The big issue is battery life. The Acer has a 3-cell/2.5 hours with the ASUS Eee 1005HA-MU17-BU which has 8.5 Hours of battery life. The difference in price is $45.00 Perry Hoekstra ---- Andrew Kuriger <a.kuriger at liquidphlux.com> wrote: > Hello Tom, > > On 11/5/2009 8:59 AM, Tom Poe wrote: > > Heard Wal-Mart's offering laptops as low as $300. Anyone know whether > > Linux can be put on it? > > Tom > > > > > I believe Wal-mart has a 30 day return policy so you could always buy > one and return it if it does not work as expected. Or, my personal > favorite would be to throw a Live distro on a pen drive and play around > with a display model. > > Have a great day! > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list