[olug] Pre-installed Linux machines at BestBuy

[Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T]

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 10:26 PM, Bill Brush <bbrush at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 7:34 PM, Eric P <eric.maillist at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Phil Brutsche wrote:
>>> Dave Pfister wrote:
>>>> Isn't the EEE a netbook?  I seem to remember that it is.
>> I went to Best Buy today to check it out.
>>
>> The Asus 900 EEE PC on sale ($280) is a netbook.
>>
>> Go to:
>> http://www.bestbuy.com/
>> Then click 'Weekly Ad'; it's on pg. 5.
>
> I saw these at Target today for $299.  White or black.  :-)
> _______________________________________________

I recently got an Acer Aspire One with the 6cell battery and 160GB
hard drive.  I'm running Ubuntu 8.10 and netbook-remix on it.  I like
it quite a bit.  Everything works - wireless is an atheros,
sleep/hibernate, webcam.  It has a much larger screen than my nokia
770<g>.  It came with a different OS but at 399 with the 6cell
battery, I happily deleted the installed OS<g>

I used powertop to help optimize battery life and I regularly do 5+
hours.  I've never ran it completely out yet.