netbooks

Discussion in 'UK Motorcycles' started by wessie, Jan 29, 2011.

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    wessie Guest

    there have been a few posts over the last few weeks about cheap
    laptops/netbooks

    it seems the days of the £200 netbook have gone and we now have the £143
    netbook.

    Tesco are flogging off red or blue Acer Aspire Ones with Atom N270
    processors, 1Gb of RAM and 160Gb HDD. Only downside is Win7 Crippled
    Version rather than XP like the one I bought last year.

    http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.207-5482.aspx for blue
    http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.207-9971.aspx for red

    Super little devices.
     
    wessie, Jan 29, 2011
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    wessie Guest

    I fogot the http://www.quidco.com/tesco/?ac link for another 3% off
     
    wessie, Jan 29, 2011
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    Paul Carmichael Guest

    wessie escribió:
    I'm strongly tempted to buy a few and get some dago keyboards. They're a
    piece of piss to swap out, as I've had mine in bits twice to add memory and
    a hard disc. Only they're paying twice that down here. Could make myself a
    few shillings.
     
    Paul Carmichael, Jan 29, 2011
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    darsy Guest

    until the battery fails.
     
    darsy, Jan 30, 2011
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    ginge Guest

    £25 from ebay for a 5200w/hr 6 cell replacement that gives at least
    double the battery life. Don't bother with the 9 cell ones though,
    they're bulky.
     
    ginge, Jan 30, 2011
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    stephen.packer Guest

    I would be careful buying high capactity non-OEM batteries. Lithium
    batteries are potentially dangerous when they go off and some of the
    production processes I've seen/heard about leave a lot to be desired.

    Also... I think you want to check your units, I don't think that a
    5200Wh battery would be feasible in a portable device. 5200mAh
    possibly...
     
    stephen.packer, Jan 30, 2011
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    darsy Guest


    I have seen what happens when this shit goes wrong - a laptop spitting
    flames out of it's screen - funny, but dangerous.
     
    darsy, Jan 30, 2011
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    ginge Guest

    yeah that's what I meant.
     
    ginge, Jan 30, 2011
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    ginge Guest

    Well, the one I got uses Sanyo cells and circuitry, so given they're
    the largest manufacturer of rechargeable cells I'm not too worried.
     
    ginge, Jan 30, 2011
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    stephen.packer Guest

    Uses Sanyo cells... or just says it uses Sanyo cells...
     
    stephen.packer, Jan 30, 2011
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    ginge Guest

    Fair comment. Anyway, it works fine, runs cool, and unexpectedly makes
    you and Darsy look like the safety nazis. Top bit of kit.
     
    ginge, Jan 30, 2011
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    ogden Guest

    Did you score one of those Cameron Sino batteries for your phone?
     
    ogden, Jan 30, 2011
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    stephen.packer Guest

    No, gave up on the Desire and moved onto other phones. Umm... Motorola
    Defy (nice ergonomics), Huawei Ideos (very nice for the price), Nexus S
    (still making my mind up). Also a few others but not used for any
    significant period.
     
    stephen.packer, Jan 31, 2011
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