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Netbook for 150 euro

  • 10-06-2009 9:35pm
    #1
    djmarkus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭


    Power City has a linux netbook for 150 euro, I was thinking of buying it.

    Before i do,


    Does anyone know of it being cheaper anywhere else?


Comments

  • #2
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,408 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Is in the Acer Aspire One? Thats a decent price if it is!


  • #3
    djmarkus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭djmarkus


    Black_Knight wrote: »
    Is in the Acer Aspire One? Thats a decent price if it is!

    I think so, I remember the two mouse buttons being either side of the touch pad.


  • #4
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,408 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Well the mouse buttons are like the on the aspire one so it could very well be it.

    Good price though. Closest ive found are refurbished ones off dabs for €145 but ad postage and the fact its only a 30 day guarantee (i believe) your better going with the power city one.

    If you think 8Gb of storage isnt enough, buy an 8gb SD card on ebay or somewhere to give you 16gb storage, im gonna guess the if power city try sell you one, they're gonna rip you off. About €15 will get you one delivered off ebay. Quick search found this


  • #5
    djmarkus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭djmarkus


    Black_Knight wrote: »
    Well the mouse buttons are like the on the aspire one so it could very well be it.

    Good price though. Closest ive found are refurbished ones off dabs for €145 but ad postage and the fact its only a 30 day guarantee (i believe) your better going with the power city one.

    If you think 8Gb of storage isnt enough, buy an 8gb SD card on ebay or somewhere to give you 16gb storage, im gonna guess the if power city try sell you one, they're gonna rip you off. About €15 will get you one delivered off ebay. Quick search found this

    I'm writing this on my 150 euro netbook!

    16 gb SSD 1gb RAM. Acer aspire one. When i got there they wer sold out so i persuaded him to sell me the display machine! free 4gig memory stick too. sweet!

    Installed ubuntu remix straight away, going pretty good, bit slow here and there but nothing i cant live with.


  • #6
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Very nice deal. Would probably have bought one myself at that price.


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  • #7
    Black_Knight
    Moderators Posts: 12,408 ✭✭✭✭Black_Knight


    Good stuff. If you wanted XP on it you can get/make lite versions of XP and they run pretty smoothly on it. I popped a Gb of ram into my girlfriends one so hers is 1.5Gb, and put a lite version of XP on it. Works great, though putting ram in isnt an easy process, but theres youtube vids to help you out.

    If you do go with XP, get portable apps for it, and put em on the SD card. Try to run as little as you can from the Solid state drive.


    Good deal though, well done


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