[dc401-l] Netbook recommendations

[ducksauz]

I like my Acer AO751h. It is a little wonky in that the video chipset 
isn't supported out of the box in Ubuntu. You have to add a PPA and be 
careful about what kernel updates you accept, as they'll sometimes break 
your video drivers.

I've been thinking of swapping it out for the Lenovo Ideapad S12 with 
the nVidia ION chipset. It's a little more pricey at $539 [1], but m33p 
says she gets excellent framerates in WoW on it.

/d


[1] 
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834146606&cm_re=lenovo_s12-_-34-146-606-_-Product


On 03/11/2010 04:06 PM, Scott Dexter wrote:
> Something non-Con related. I am thinking of getting a netbook
> (something lighter for the commute). Wondering if anyone has got one
> recently, and has any thoughts. I have been looking a bit, I'm more
> than happy with a 160GB drive, which seems the most common these days.
> More of concern for me is the keyboard at least be decent, I was too
> thrilled with the original EeePC keyboard when I played with one once.
>
> I am likely going to replace the built-in OS with Ubuntu Netbook Remix.
>
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