I have an early IdeaPad from Lenovo that I like. The older keyboard was smallish<br>and I had to remap one key so that I didn't continually hit the up arrow. The newer<br>ones have a larger keyboard. I upped the memory to 2 GB... you'll probably want<br>
to do this and get something that has a 6 cell battery if you want to use it outside<br>the house much. The newer ones have LED screens (less power/bright/crisp) and<br>might be worth considering.<br><br>BTW, my Lenovo Ideapad (like others) have a small Linux OS partition that allows <br>
you to surf the web and look at pictures, listen to music without booting the system<br>completely into your desired OS. This way it boots in seconds and uses little power.<br><br>Good Luck!<br><br>Oksana<br><br><br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 2:39 PM, Johnny F <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hyperflexed@gmail.com">hyperflexed@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
note: I sent this a number of times without it showing up on the list,<br>
I apologize if this is a duplicate.<br>
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Hi,<br>
<br>
Wondering if anyone could make a recommendation on the best place to get<br>
a notebook without windows in Canada. I need the netbook primarily for<br>
my electronics bench (writing code, flashing microcontrollers), and<br>
secondarily as a lightweight laptop for browsing the internet when I<br>
leave home and don't want to carry a 10 pound laptop around (which is<br>
also huge and power hungry).<br>
<br>
Places I've looked:<br>
<br>
- Dell:<br>
seems they only offer the ubuntu option in the states.<br>
Haven't had much luck getting Dell Canada to offer me a<br>
non-windows netbook.<br>
<br>
- System76:<br>
based in the states. They have nice a nice ubuntu netbook<br>
but the high international shipping costs make it somewhat<br>
cost-prohibitive. (over $100 for a $360 netbook)<br>
<br>
Ideally this netbook would be in the $300-500 range. Any help or<br>
experiences you can offer would be greatly appreciated. If it was also<br>
available in Canada that would be ideal.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
Johnny<br>
<br>
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