I gather Chromebooks are basically useless when not connected to t'Internet,
but they'd probably be good for our purposes, since we'd mostly be using them
to get online.
Harry
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From: James Forrester <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Saturday, 14 January 2012, 23:13
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Laptop recommendations?
On 14 January 2012 22:39, Michael Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently putting together a proposal for purchasing tech equipment to
> support future events/activities at:
> http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Event_Tech
> Input on this would be very welcome - please edit the page directly, or leave
> comments on the talk page.
>
> In particular, I'm going to recommend that we purchase a couple of laptops
> this month, for volunteers to use at events/activities/when visiting the
> office (the OTRS workshop last weekend highlighted the need for getting these
> asap). Laptop recommendations would be much appreciated. The default option
> at the moment is a standard cheap Asus 15"/1.5GHz/4GB/500GB machine, with the
> pre-installed Windows wiped and Linux installed - but there must be better
> low-cost laptop options out there than that...
What about Google Chromebooks? They're a little cheaper, but more
importantly they're near-impossible to damage the OS (so you can hand
them out at an event, get them back then "wipe" them). Also, no
Windows tax. :-)
J.
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