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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 John Williams wrote: > On Thu, 2009-11-19 at 12:09 +0000, John Hansen wrote: >> Our eldest granddaughter is hoping Father Christmas will bring her >> a new laptop. I see Morrisons offer an Emachine with Windows Vista >> for £279 which seem reasonable. However I know very little about >> Vista as I use Kubuntu and Windows XP on my computers. > > Providing they are suitable for purpose then netbooks can be a really > cheap and very flexible choice. My little Acer Aspire One really does > everything I want, and then some. > >> I wonder if any of you know a source of decent refurbished laptops >> preferably in Devon/Cornwall. > > If its specifically a recon laptop, then Andrew in Holsworthy had some > in, could be well worth a look as he is local. > > if I get one I want it new, partly as that way if it goes wrong it's covered under warranty, also the battery if new will last so long (as discussed at a previous meeting), if you get a 2nd hand laptop the battery may not last long or will have a shorter life as its not 100 percent new. Paul - -- Paul Sutton www.zleap.net Ubuntu 9.10 is out : Visit www.ubuntu.com for details The December meeting of the DCLUG will now take place on the SECOND Saturday in December. This is December 12th 2009. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAksFq90ACgkQaggq1k2FJq3YiwCfQYO3QjSPijCaAfRVf92HYwSB i1UAn0q6LDTdUUNr7GYtOsTTZmhYWYeB =ra66 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html