If its just something to type on, do email and web browsing, I would go
with a chrome book. I have had a 13 inch samsung chromebook 2 for about a
year and a half now, and still use it with chromeOS every day. It's wight
and dimensions are comparable to at macbook air. The battery will last
about 6-8 hours, and any issues I can't figure out are usually resolved by
a factory reset. Most everything is kept in the cloud, and you can get
some apps to work locally when you don't have wifi access. You can get
them for under $200, but for what its worth, I spent the extra money and
got one with a 1080p screen and 4 GB of RAM. I would definitely get the 4
GB of RAM. If you are planning on installing Linux on it, I would get one
with a intel processor. The Exynos processor in mine just didn't play well
with some of the stuff I tired to do with Crouton.
The only other issue I have had was issues with VPN. I have gotten it to
work with some providers, but my work VPN just didn't have the right
settings on the server side. Which was a shame, be cause the RDP client
works and it would have been great for remote access.
On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 7:20 AM, Tim Johnson <tim@akwebsoft.com> wrote:
> * Christopher Howard <ch.howard@zoho.com> [151102 19:47]:
> > Hello, AKLUGers. My girlfriend is asking for advice on buying a new
> > laptop. Something small and portable, not very expensive, and mainly
> > for typing on. I think that basically what she wants is a netbook. She
> > doesn't really care about the OS issue (not a gamer or anything) so I
> > could convince her to buy a Linux netbook or Chromebook easily enough.
> >
> > I certainly know enough about computers to look through the computer
> > stats - RAM, CPU, etc. But what I'm not sure about is /brand/. In your
> > opinions, what is a really reliable and quality brand to go with?
>
> I can't speak to anything current when it comes to netbooks. I've
> got two asus eee900's, an hpmini and an aspire. They all
> originally came with .5 Gig of RAM. I upgraded every one to 2 G
> RAM and after several different installs, I settled on lubuntu for
> an OS.
>
>
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> Tim
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