I was just looking at the HDD version, thanks for that, Adam. Cheers
Bruce On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Adam Bagnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: > > Dale Clarke wrote: > > > >> The Problem is that Tesco tried to get on the Acer Aspire One Linux > >> bandwagon selling it at £170, but have had huge returns (see Acer Forum) > >> as people have not liked the linux frontend. This in my opinion will > >> leave a sour taste in Tesco's mind towards Linux and can be put squarely > >> in Acer's backyard as they do not provide enough information about the > >> product and have done it with a very beta type setup. > >> > >> /After writing the above I thought I would ring our local Tesco this > >> morning to check and their response was that they have sold all > >> theirs within 1 days last Monday and have had no returns, so maybe > >> sold to Linux user's, but the person said that as like Argos they > >> cannot provide software or hardware support so just do refunds, > >> slightly different if you went to PC World etc.../ > >> > >> > >> > > > > That's a bit disappointing. I can't help but think that some people buy > > these things because they're cheap and see having a laptop as being > > cool. I know a few people who have no use for a laptop and bought the > > cheapest laptop possible when they could have bought a much better spec > > desktop for the same money. Then there's also the problem that lots of > > people perceive computer = Windows. > > > > > >> Microsoft were clever in not providing any CD based software due to the > >> amount of people asking for refunds, as they did not want the Oem. > >> Especially with early Vista users and customers returning to XP, now you > >> cannot get a refund as you cannot prove you have not run the software. > >> > > > > Yep, plus there's the fact that if a hard disk dies and the customer > > doesn't make a set of recovery discs they'd have to fork out for another > > Windows licence (or badger the manufacturer for discs). I know someone > > who's been caught out on this. > > > > > >> There should be and always be a refund slip in every computer in which > >> you can get a refund on the Oem if you do not require it, this way > >> people would realise that they are paying for the software and that it > >> does not come free with the computer, as it was found out in a survey in > >> Computer magazine that people perceived. > >> > > > > I could see this working as long as the customer was required to > > Activate Windows. By default Windows generally comes pre-activated when > > it's preinstalled. If however it wasn't activated and the customer had > > to do this, then the customer could maybe choose not to Activate Windows > > and request a refund. Otherwise what's stopping them asking for a > > refund and continuing to use Windows. > > > > > >> I personally now run Ubuntu 8.10 on my One with adjustments and it is > >> now a great package, especially with SSH now being a standard kernel > >> addition. > >> > >> > > > > Cool. I'm really tempted to pickup an Aspire One. I'm in the market > > for a new laptop (my Thinkpad is just getting too old and slow now even > > with Ubuntu Lite). Not sure if I should stump up £170 for an Aspire One > > or pay the extra for a cheap Dual Core laptop. > > > > Rob > > > > > > > If you're thinking of getting the aspire one I'd definitely save the > extra for the normal HDD version. I'm all for solid state, even if it's > only 8gb, but the ssd in my aspire one is painfully slow. Even doing > fairly trivial things sometimes causes the ssd activity light to just > stay on solidly and the laptop freezes for a few seconds (and it's not > swapping. 0k swap used). Updates on it are a nightmare because they take > so long and pretty much render it unusable until they're complete. > > Adam > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >
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