Best cheap laptop for linux?

[Douglas Pollard]

Steve Lamb wrote:
> Scott wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, 2009-08-13 at 17:50 +0300, n3mo wrote:
>>     
>>> I'm about to buy laptop. Can you recomend to me some models where
>>> linux run well. I don't have enough money for some monster laptop, so
>>> I prefer cheap ones.
>>>       
>> The Dell mini is really nice and haves a low price sticker.  My wife
>> loves her Mini 9 with Ubuntu.  I don't think the Mini 9 is sold anymore,
>> but the Mini 10 is slightly larger and just as affordable.
>>     
>
>      A second for the Mini series.  Some notes on it though:
>
> 1: Presuming the laptop is only for moderate productivity work.  The Mini is 
> more than acceptable for that.  Gaming, however, is right out.
>
> 2: That you don't mind the smaller keyboard.  Go to a local electronics story 
> (Best Buy on this side of the pond) and take a test-type on the Windows 
> variant of the Mini if you're unsure.  It is a different feel.
>
> 3: Every Ubuntu Mini sold is further proof to Dell directly and the industry 
> indirectly that we value Linux as a choice.  If the Mini is not an acceptable 
> alternative please do try to find an alternative that comes preloaded with 
> Linux if you're going to buy new.  :)
>
>   
My Wife has a Dell mini 9  using Ubuntu 8.04 and is happy as a clam.  
She browses the web, does e-mail and plays a few  simple games on 
line.    I have a friend that is using one with a GPS plugged in that 
uses marine charts  to navigate his sailboat.  These dell netbooks have 
the hardware to be a GPS built in but no software so he has been trying 
to write software to run it.  I think the GPS is there for roaming 
wireless and will likely come with software at a later date?  I don't 
know if other makes do or not.  They are built modular so you can open 
them up and add in hardware  and Dell encourages this with out the loss 
of warranty. Makes them easy to up grade!
                                                                         
                                                               Doug