On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 11:56, Nick Lidakis <nlida...@verizon.net> wrote: > On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 08:39:06PM +0200, Leonardo Canducci wrote: >> I'd like to buy a netbook and install debian on it, of course. It should be: >> 1. cheap, light and small, otherwise no use for a netbook :) >> 2. linux friendly >> 3. usable (decent keyboard, 9" screen minimum) >> 4. with a decent battery life (3h is not enough) >> >> Most eeepc seem to be well supported and some have a good battery >> life. nc10 seems good but it's not cheap nor friendly. dell mini 9 is >> really cheap but has little battery and bradcom wifi. So... what would >> you recommend? > > You didn't mention price. Right now, Lenovo has a sale on its X series > sub-notebooks. $1169 USD for the x200 and $1269 USD for the x200s. The > x200s has better than 3 hour battery life, and LED backlight screen > --12.1" wide screen-- with a resolution of 1400x900, and one of the best > keyboboards foound on any laptop/sub/net-book. These machines, IMHO, are > the ultimate netbooks; you get what you pay for. If you Google > "Lenovo e-coupons" you can get and additional 15 to 20% off, on > top of the the sale price. > > I would also recommend a used X series if price was a consideration. > My Thinkpad x40 can be found on used on eBay for a few hundred > dollars in decent condition. It weighs exactly (I tested!) the same as > my friends Lenovo Ideapad s10. Used X61's are also available and very > good machines. The Ideapad, and most netbooks I have fondled, hav a > horrible keyboards and touchpads. I can't stand touchpads... > > Always Innovating should be releasing their ARM based netbook soon. > > Fron their website: http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/index.htm > > The specifications > > * 9.4" x 7" x 1.4" for 2 lbs (with keyboard) > * ARM Texas Instruments OMAP3 chip > * 1024x600 8.9'' screen > * Storage: 8GB micro SD card > * Wifi 802.11b/g/n and Bluetooth > * 3-dimensional accelerometer > * Speakers, micro and headphone > * 6 USB 2.0 (3 internal, 2 external, 1 mini) > * 10h to 15 hours of battery life > > > Personally, I am pateintly awaiting the onlslaught of long battery > life ARM based netbooks. Hopefully there will be a very decent one > (looking at you Lenovo!) with an excellent keyboard, a trackpoint > pointer, and a decent screen.
If I was looking at ARM netbooks, I would wait around for ones with OMAP4, although that'll be a while. Cheers, Kelly Clowers. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org