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Subject: Re: [ILUG] Acer laptop €299 at Dunnes Stores
From: "David Howe" <david.howe at howesystems.com>
Date: Tue, August 26, 2008 11:39 pm
To: "Michael Watterson" <watty at eircom.net>
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On Tue, August 26, 2008 9:32 pm, Michael Watterson wrote:
> David Howe wrote:
>> For those of you looking for a small ASUS Eee pc clone, Dunnes Stores
>> are
>> selling an Acer laptop with 8GB solid state drive and 512MB of RAM.
>>>>>>> Maplin €277
> Dunno what it is exactly.
>> IMO 4" to 5" for pocket portable 800x480
> 9" to 10" approx for super light 1024 x ???
>> 7" falls between two stools.
>> --
> Mike
>>I had a good play with the little ACER PC and I was really surprised by
how well it performed. The keyboard is probably a little bigger than the
ASUS and the screen is 9" approx and the resolution is excellent.
The operating system is Linpus (Xamdros/Linspire) and it uses Xfce for the
Desktop. It has a built in webcam and microphone and it plays virtually
any media file. The webcam saves video in the ogg-vorbis format, so this
may become a de-facto standard in the future.
Being sold as a back to school PC. It is only available with Linux in
Dunnes Stores.
It can be modified under the present operating system but you need to know
your way around the system. Getting to a terminal window requires a bit of
googling.
I would say its amazing value at €299. The store in Arklow had 50 machines
and these are nearly all gone (2 left when I bought one ).
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David Howe
Managing Director
Howe Systems Limited
Tel: +353 402 93030
Mob: +353 86 328 2903
Registered Address: Rock Big, Arklow, County Wicklow
Place of Registration: Dublin, Ireland.
Company Registration Number:399359
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David Howe
Managing Director
Howe Systems Limited
Tel: +353 402 93030
Mob: +353 86 328 2903
Registered Address: Rock Big, Arklow, County Wicklow
Place of Registration: Dublin, Ireland.
Company Registration Number:399359
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