[geeks] Best Cheap Netbook?

[Lionel Peterson]

There is always the option of an SSD, if you want to add a bit more 'zip' to
the netbook.

8 Gig of DDR3 goes a long way towards making up for a reduced CPU speed.

Good luck, glad I could help.

Lionel

On Feb 3, 2013, at 1:43 PM, William Barnett-Lewis <wlewisiii at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Joshua:
>> Acer C7 is $200.  MrBill has one I believe. They are ChromeBooks, but can
take 8 gigs of ram, and can run Ubuntu instead of ChromeOS.
>
> Ooh. Me likes the sound of this.
>
> Lionel:
>> Here's a link to a how-to install a version of Linux on a Celeron-based
>> Chromebook:
>
> PDF'd that page. Thank you. I'd need to whack Unity with extream
> prejudice & put on XFCE for my tastes but that shouldn't be that
> difficult.
>
> Stick enough ram in there and even that Celeron will still be faster
> than a 10 year old 1.8 P4M I'd wager. Terrifying that I can find an 8
> gb Crucial kit on Amazon for less than $50... Plus easy to get at the
> disk when 320 is too small.
>
> Thank you gentlemen, I think I know what I'll get in the somewhat near
> term. I appreciate your help.
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