Alternative to the Eee? - Page 2

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bigtomrodney /etc/init.d/moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sunny South-East of Ireland Posts: 6,038	I love my Acer Aspire One. I prefer SSDs in principle but the one that ships with this is very slow, so I'd take that into consideration. The hardware itself is great looking and works well. __________________ Registered Linux user #378740 New members read here / Forum Rules #linuxforums on irc.freenode.net

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waterhead

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kieren

That does look nice and the reviews suggest that it's battery life is a massive 7 hours! On the downside looking at the pictures it does have a rocker for mouse buttons so pressing both at the same time wont be possible.

I forgot, that was the first thing to break on my Eee PC. The left-click no longer works, so I have been doing the "Double-Tap" on the mousepad. It does work if I remove the rocker and click with a small object, like a pen. So it must be the rocker itself that is bad.

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waterhead Trusted Penguin Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Franklin, Wisconsin Posts: 3,957	I wouldn't get a POV Mobii from the USA. Especially since they come from The Netherlands. There seems to be a lot of them for sale in Germany, at least that is what I think the .de means. The red one seems to be the cheapest. POV Mobii RED POV Mobii WHITE POV Mobii BLACK I hope it doesn't seem like I'm "Pushing" this netbook. But I would consider one for myself, if it had an extra slot for a wireless broadband card. __________________ Paul Please do not PM me with requests for help. I will not reply.

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redbook

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kieren

Thanks, I'll check it out although the place I bought it is claiming they can only repair/replace as it is over 7 days old

Trading standards mate, unsuitable for purpose, they must give at least 30 days for refund. I have a Packard bell and I think it rocks running suse 11.2 everything out of the box.

2 Weeks Ago	#15 (permalink)
Kieren Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 730	Ah well, even if that's the case I'm still over; it's more like 4 months. I think I'm going to take the replacement but to be honest that keyboard will probably break in no time at all anyway and they will soon realise I can't be trusted with the Eee __________________ Linux User #453176

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Dapper Dan Super Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: The Sovereign State of South Carolina Posts: 4,136	I hate to hear the 901s are having keyboard issues. I've had three of the previous EEEs the "Surf" model that first came out and all three are still going strong for me with no hardware problems... __________________ CRUX 2.5 + IceWM Registered:#371367 New Members: click here

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Kieren Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 730	Yeah, apart from the keyboard issue I love the thing __________________ Linux User #453176

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oxf

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kieren

Thanks, I'll check it out although the place I bought it is claiming they can only repair/replace as it is over 7 days old

Only 7 days????
You have a right of full refund under the Sale of Goods Act. You can return it of "unmerchandisable quality" If they persist in refusing to accept it (unlikely) tell them you will be filing a complaint with the Trading Standards Office

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Last edited by oxf; 2 Weeks Ago at 02:56 PM.. Reason: Oh OK I you're over 4 months so that wont work. However, seven days is most definatly not legal!

2 Weeks Ago	#19 (permalink)
Kieren Linux Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: England Posts: 730	I thought it was a bit off but I've sent it back now, costing me £10! If they send me a new one I'll just return it within the 7 days __________________ Linux User #453176

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rokytnji Linux Guru Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Pecos, Texas Posts: 1,503	Before I inherited/purchased my wifes Acer Aspire one and I also own A Asus 900 4igig/16gig SSD I was checking out, NorhTec - Products Base model is cheap but the Netbook is highly upgradeable. Have no need for one now but it looked interesting just the same. __________________ Free Linux Books Linux Registered User # 475019 And I’ll keep using Linux until they pry it from my cold dead fingers.

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