[geeks] Best Cheap Netbook?

[Andrew Jones]

As in many things, you get what you pay for.  Netbooks are dead as a 
market segment because no one wants a "cheap" laptop.

By the time you've taken an off-brand, low-spec laptop and filled it 
with RAM and an SSD, you've paid most of the price of a decent laptop 
with a usable warranty.


On 02/03/2013 01:55 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> 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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>> like no-one is watching.
>>                 Alex White
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