Ubuntu Laptop

[bunnyboy]

Hi,


This is my first visit to the ubuntu forums and i like it here already!. what do you guys think of such a laptop? i find it a very good deal for just 299 euros especially considering you get ubuntu pre installed on it and a intel 1.5 ghz processor.

http://www.celestia.nl/Avlee.html

[mips]

Screen: 14.1 inch XGA screen
Processor: Intel Celeron 1.5 Ghz (1500MHz ,128KB L2)
Type Screen: Touch Screen
FSB: 533 Mhz
Memory: 128 MB DDR
Usb port: USB 2.0 ( up to 480 MB/ps)
Graphics Card: Intel 845GV
Harddisk: 20G HDD (5400 RPM, 2MB Cache)
CD-ROM (24X speed)
Operating System: Ubuntu Pre-Installed.(or windows xp with a additional price of +100 euros)

[arkangel]

a huge 80gb 5400rpm disk costs 65 eu and 512 mb of memory is aorund 120 eu
so 200 + to make it like normal low end computer, that means that computer would cost 500+ eu
still a good deal

fix your budget and try to spend to the last cent , if U try to save some € for something with lower perfomance in one months or 2 you will regret it

20 G is small nad 128 mb of ram is far below the standar for a normal user

[dolphinsonar]

Look on Ebay. I heard that you can get a really decent laptop for something around 200 usd, which is probably like 300 euros.

You can get it without anything loaded on it, then install ubuntu for free.

[arkangel]

actually is the other way around
200 € is like 250 +/- bucks ;)

[fluffnik]

Mips has highlighted some downsides but didn't point out that the Intel845 graphics will want some of that system RAM...

I'd get the best second hand ThinkPad you can afford.

[RAV TUX]

moving this thread to the cafe, not sure why it was placed in the backyard?