Desk top replacement

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On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 5:53 AM, Neil Winchurst <barnaby at drofle.com> wrote:
> My brother uses Windows XP at the moment. He is considering replacing
> his rather old desktop with a laptop. I am also considering the same
> thing as my desktop is taking up too much room in the third bedroom
> which I use as my study. (Comments have been made, especially now that
> we have grandchildren who are getting old enough to visit and stay with us.)
>
> So I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations or comments re
> laptops to replace our desktops. Weight would not be a consideration, it
> is mainly to take up less room. Incidentally my brother would consider
> going over to Linux. For what he does on his computer it would be very
> easy to convert him.
>
> So anyone...???
>
> Neil
>

I bought an Asus eeebox PC.  It is essentially a laptop without the
screen or keyboard.  It is very quiet, takes up very little room.  And
they're cheap - well under $300.  Of course I have a large LCD monitor
attached to it so that takes up a little room.  I have have 3 releases
of Ubuntu on it and have no problems.