Little Linux Laptop: $324.46

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 11:43:53PM -0400, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> This looks like an interesting deal.
> 
> This week, Buy.com Canada is taking 7% off all prices. This includes
> their listing for the Acer One, which is an EeePC-like system.
> 
> Specs (cut and pasted from the Acer site): Linpus Linux Lite;
> English/French OS (user must make one-time choice of language on first
> start-up); Intel?? Atom Processor N270 (512KB L2 cache, 1.60GHz, 533MHz
> FSB); 512MB DDR2 533 SDRAM; 8GB NAND flash memory (SSD), multi-in-one
> card reader, SD Card reader; 8.9" WSVGA (1024 x 600) TFT display, Acer??
> CrystalBrite Technology; Intel?? Graphics Media Accelerator 950;
> 802.11b/g WLAN, 10/100 LAN, webcam; seashell white chassis; three-cell
> battery
> 
> Another version, including a 120GB hard disk instead of 8GB SSD (and
> blue instead of white), is selling for the same price.
> 
> Note: I have no financial interest in this, I don't know any more about
> it, I've never bought from buy.com and I won't be needing one myself.
> But this seems like a very good buy for a 9"  laptop, about $200 less
> than the Asus 901. And isn't it nice to be able to buy computers without
> the Windows Tax now?

Well the reviews I have seen of the acer seem to indicate the mouse
buttons are places stupidly, and the battery life is awful (compared to
the Eee).

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Len Sorensen
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