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gymophett
March 5th, 2009, 08:24 AM
Pretty nice price :D and specs are nice too.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10893674
jomiolto
March 5th, 2009, 09:24 AM
That depends entirely on what you want it for. If I was buying a netbook for myself, I would not buy that model -- I want an SSD drive instead of a hard drive and Linux instead of Windows :)

Otherwise it looks good, though. Especially the 6-cell battery is good for longer battery life.
billgoldberg
March 5th, 2009, 09:30 AM
Looks good.

I can't recommend anything without using it but the Aspire One series seems to get positive reviews.
gymophett
March 5th, 2009, 06:50 PM
That depends entirely on what you want it for. If I was buying a netbook for myself, I would not buy that model -- I want an SSD drive instead of a hard drive and Linux instead of Windows :)

Otherwise it looks good, though. Especially the 6-cell battery is good for longer battery life.

I know it comes with Windows, but I'll put Ubuntu on there when I get it.
GreyShadow
March 5th, 2009, 07:53 PM
Don't buy from Walmart.
They treat their workers like dirt.
TheLions
March 5th, 2009, 08:53 PM
Don't buy from Walmart.
They treat their workers like dirt.

:lolflag:

you surely don't want to buy any electronics because it is all factored in China, and in China workers don't have any rights!
Vince4Amy
March 5th, 2009, 08:55 PM
I know it comes with Windows, but I'll put Ubuntu on there when I get it.

Good luck, whatever you don't do Do not update the Kernel on either Intrepid or Hardy on there. Intrepid breaks ethernet and Hardy kernel panics. Ubuntu is not a good choice on there IMO. In fact I've not had one distro which has worked great on that hardware.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-meta/+bug/322867

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/intrepid/+source/linux/+bug/326891