I was just looking at the HDD version, thanks for that, Adam.<br><br>Cheers<br><br>Bruce<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 11:17 AM, Adam Bagnall <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bagnaj97@googlemail.com">bagnaj97@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Rob Beard wrote:<br>
> Dale Clarke wrote:<br>
><br>
>> The Problem is that Tesco tried to get on the Acer Aspire One Linux<br>
>> bandwagon selling it at £170, but have had huge returns (see Acer Forum)<br>
>> as people have not liked the linux frontend. This in my opinion will<br>
>> leave a sour taste in Tesco's mind towards Linux and can be put squarely<br>
>> in Acer's backyard as they do not provide enough information about the<br>
>> product and have done it with a very beta type setup.<br>
>><br>
>> /After writing the above I thought I would ring our local Tesco this<br>
>> morning to check and their response was that they have sold all<br>
>> theirs within 1 days last Monday and have had no returns, so maybe<br>
>> sold to Linux user's, but the person said that as like Argos they<br>
>> cannot provide software or hardware support so just do refunds,<br>
>> slightly different if you went to PC World etc.../<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
><br>
> That's a bit disappointing. I can't help but think that some people buy<br>
> these things because they're cheap and see having a laptop as being<br>
> cool. I know a few people who have no use for a laptop and bought the<br>
> cheapest laptop possible when they could have bought a much better spec<br>
> desktop for the same money. Then there's also the problem that lots of<br>
> people perceive computer = Windows.<br>
><br>
><br>
>> Microsoft were clever in not providing any CD based software due to the<br>
>> amount of people asking for refunds, as they did not want the Oem.<br>
>> Especially with early Vista users and customers returning to XP, now you<br>
>> cannot get a refund as you cannot prove you have not run the software.<br>
>><br>
><br>
> Yep, plus there's the fact that if a hard disk dies and the customer<br>
> doesn't make a set of recovery discs they'd have to fork out for another<br>
> Windows licence (or badger the manufacturer for discs). I know someone<br>
> who's been caught out on this.<br>
><br>
><br>
>> There should be and always be a refund slip in every computer in which<br>
>> you can get a refund on the Oem if you do not require it, this way<br>
>> people would realise that they are paying for the software and that it<br>
>> does not come free with the computer, as it was found out in a survey in<br>
>> Computer magazine that people perceived.<br>
>><br>
><br>
> I could see this working as long as the customer was required to<br>
> Activate Windows. By default Windows generally comes pre-activated when<br>
> it's preinstalled. If however it wasn't activated and the customer had<br>
> to do this, then the customer could maybe choose not to Activate Windows<br>
> and request a refund. Otherwise what's stopping them asking for a<br>
> refund and continuing to use Windows.<br>
><br>
><br>
>> I personally now run Ubuntu 8.10 on my One with adjustments and it is<br>
>> now a great package, especially with SSH now being a standard kernel<br>
>> addition.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
><br>
> Cool. I'm really tempted to pickup an Aspire One. I'm in the market<br>
> for a new laptop (my Thinkpad is just getting too old and slow now even<br>
> with Ubuntu Lite). Not sure if I should stump up £170 for an Aspire One<br>
> or pay the extra for a cheap Dual Core laptop.<br>
><br>
> Rob<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
</div></div>If you're thinking of getting the aspire one I'd definitely save the<br>
extra for the normal HDD version. I'm all for solid state, even if it's<br>
only 8gb, but the ssd in my aspire one is painfully slow. Even doing<br>
fairly trivial things sometimes causes the ssd activity light to just<br>
stay on solidly and the laptop freezes for a few seconds (and it's not<br>
swapping. 0k swap used). Updates on it are a nightmare because they take<br>
so long and pretty much render it unusable until they're complete.<br>
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