On 06/02/13 13:37, Paula Graham wrote:
I also buy from PCSpecialist, their laptops are a similar Clevo chassis
to the Zoostorm but you get higher spec for lower price with the
Zoostorm laptop. I just bought a PCSpecialist mini ITX since Zoostorm
desktop boxes sound like low-flying aircraft. I bought the Zoostorm
laptop to replace a Lenovo G500 which I accidentally left in Starbucks
on Freiburg Central Station before xmas. The Lenovo was fine but it
weighed a ton, I had to pay Windows tax on it (not available naked) and
the spec per £ ratio is even lower with low-end Lenovos than it is with
the (naked) PCSpecialist Clevos.
the more expensive PC specialist laptops have prettier cases, I'd rather
have the RAM though ;)
Paula
Linux Emporium do quite a range of Lenovo's with Ubuntu ready installed.
I suppose when you rate the machines against the prices, you find that
for any given price you're getting less of a machine, because the margin
they charge for the installation is not inconsiderable. But they do work
- even the radio interfaces, and for all I know, the Bluetooth
interfaces too. Their installations, incidentally, are quite elaborate
multi-partition affairs, probably intended for developers rather than
mere nerds like me. When you run a major upgrade on them, you have the
option of losing all that and getting some more free space.
Rowan
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