[MLUG] netbooks / laptops

[Alex Bedard]

I tried one, but what I find annoying is that unless you use the default
limited linux distro, if you use a regular distro like Debian or Ubuntu, the
resolution is so low that it cuts off the bottom of some unresizeable
windows, like say you go in Evolution under tools->options, you can't see
the bottom of the window to go click OK or Cancel. Of course you can grab
the window by doing ctrl-alt-click and moving it up, but it's pretty
annoying.

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Pragnesh Chauhan <pragu12 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I actually initially ordered from ncix, but after seeing that the ETA
> was for march 24th i cancelled the order and called microbytes the
> next day (march 4th), and they had one left in stock, went and picked
> it up right away, i like it, took a while to get used to the 10"
> screen, because my two other laptops are 15.4" and 14.1", but i
> thought it was a good deal. i am still running xp on it, but plan to
> install ubuntu on it, in the next couple of days, will post how it
> goes, would love to hear from others of their experiments.
>
> Pragnesh Chauhan
>
> On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 6:50 PM, David Pelletier <dpelletier at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Thanks for the info. I guess I should have ordered from ncix.com from
> the
> > beginning... I have the bad habit of wanting to help local commerce. I
> > canceled my order with micro-bytes (they couldn't get it) and started
> > looking for other laptops, because ncix was showing an ETA of march
> 24th...
> > then I was lucky and all of a sudden 10 blue 1000HEs appeared in stock,
> and
> > I found a coupon with redflagdeals that lowered the price to 449$. With
> > taxes and shipping, it's even cheaper than it was at micro-bytes. I
> > instantly placed an order and now I expect it next week... I'll then get
> to
> > work on that Debian install report ASAP. ;)
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:13 AM, Emery Guevremont
> > <emery.guevremont at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Ordered it 2 thursday ago on feb 19th and he got it on Friday feb 27.
> >> Got it from ncxi.ca. One thing though, is my dad lives in Alberta and
> >> the laptop was shipped from BC.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 07:36:15AM -0500, hendrik at topoi.pooq.com wrote:
> >> > On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 10:07:12PM -0500, David Pelletier wrote:
> >> > > Not fair, mine hasn't even shipped yet. Where did you buy it?
> >> >
> >> > Which explains why we haven't received the long-awaited (and probably
> >> > long to be awaited) report on installing Debian on it yet!
> >> >
> >> > -- hendrik
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