On Fri, January 8, 2010 22:39, Roy Britten wrote: > 2010/1/9 Hadley Rich <h...@nice.net.nz>: > >> http://www.einfo.co.nz/shop/product_info.php?products_id=16925 >> http://www.einfo.co.nz/shop/product_info.php?products_id=16273 >> http://www.einfo.co.nz/shop/product_info.php?products_id=11904 >> > > Thanks! Nice to see it is possible to get (some variant of) Linux > pre-installed. Would anyone onlist with experience with Benq and/or MSI > products care to comment on their general Linux-compatibility and/or > hardware quality?
Can't talk about Benq or MSI, but the MSI Wind had very good reviews. I have an Acer Aspire One (model ZG-5). 1Gb RAM, 160GB HDD. My wife has one too. They came with XP, but mine is running Mepis 8.0 these days. I think everything worked out of the box, but the wireless drivers were flaky. This might be fixed with a later Mepis, but I compiled the free ath5k driver myself and it's all good. I love this little laptop- my advice is to have a go with the keyboard before you buy one. I didn't like the HP or Acer keyboard, plus the Acer does not have a Synaptics touchpad (which I specifically wanted). Battery life is about 2 hrs with the small battery. A bigger one is available. I'm usually not far from a power socket, but if you want more battery life then buy a bigger battery. The laptop is small and light and very capable. I don't use it for games (not interested) but I use it for web, email, development and OSM mapping. Actually, anything really. HTH, A
