I agree with Perry. I have found other issues with the Aspire One such as side-touchpad buttons and a finicky touchpad. I have been nothing but happy with my Asus. Also, Asus is very Linux friendly and everything is supported out of the box on Ubuntu Karmic and most other major distros (I have tried CrunchBang, Fedora, Mandriva, xPud, gOS and a couple others)<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 9:35 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dutchman_mn@charter.net">dutchman_mn@charter.net</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;">
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<br>
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Perry Hoekstra<br>
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---- Andrew Kuriger <<a href="mailto:a.kuriger@liquidphlux.com">a.kuriger@liquidphlux.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hello Tom,<br>
><br>
> On 11/5/2009 8:59 AM, Tom Poe wrote:<br>
> > Heard Wal-Mart's offering laptops as low as $300. Anyone know whether<br>
> > Linux can be put on it?<br>
> > Tom<br>
> ><br>
> ><br>
> I believe Wal-mart has a 30 day return policy so you could always buy<br>
> one and return it if it does not work as expected. Or, my personal<br>
> favorite would be to throw a Live distro on a pen drive and play around<br>
> with a display model.<br>
><br>
> Have a great day!<br>
><br>
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