[ILUG] Laptop for the missus - 2 years on and still deciding...

[Declan McGrath]

Though I broadly agree with Frank on this one. I use mine as a fully fledged Rails and Python development machine - as long as the keyboard is big enough (Mini 10's is big enough) and a bit of grunt under the hood the user experience should be great!

Dec

On Wednesday 04 November 2009 11:30:28 Frank Duignan wrote:
> As always it depends.....The mistake some people make with netbooks is that
> they try to use them as full featured computers and are disappointed.
> Limiting yourself to a 16BG SSD stops this feature creep and you use the
> device as intended
> 
> 2009/11/4 Conor Wynne <mariconor at gmail.com>
> 
> > Hi lads,
> >
> > I've been procrastinating for bloody ages, but I'm leaning towards a
> > mini10 with linux on it.
> > I see that you can now get it with the HDD, so my question is, would you
> > get the SSD or the HDD?
> >
> > Advantages of the larger HDD are obvious, but what about battery life?
> > Is it really better with the SSD?
> > I'll go for the 6 cell battery (obviously)
> >
> > And what's the craic with the limited writes, is that true or rubbish?
> > Can I happily change distro a few times and not worry?
> > Help me decide or it will be another two years before I get my own
> > laptop back.
> >
> > Would you stick with the dell distro (ubuntu 8.04) or would you change it?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Conor.
> >
> > p.s.: Damn this cold and now rainy weather, and I was just about to pop
> > to the shops....
> >
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