2:59 p.m.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/5p7mvc
All is revealed on the webpage. Nice looking bit of kit but not as
expandable as others on the market.
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3:45 p.m.
Not bad looking at it, The laptop isnt that much different than my eeepc 701
but it only has 128MB of memory and no mention how fast/slow the processor
is. It's good that it has linux on it and these small laptops can be really
handy for checking email/browsing web on the go. Not a desktop replacement
or in my opinion a replacement for a normal laptop but if you get caught
short for example on a train or long journey they are great. My niece saw my
eeepc and thought it was a baby laptop bless her :P
~Jon
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com> wrote:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/5p7mvc
All is revealed on the webpage. Nice looking bit of kit but not as
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Kevanf1 wrote:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/5p7mvc
All is revealed on the webpage. Nice looking bit of kit but not as
expandable as others on the market.
Looks like Cannock has two units, might pop up and have a look tomorrow.
5:13 p.m.
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 5:03 PM, dick_turpin <dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us> wrote:
Kevanf1 wrote:
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/5p7mvc
>
> All is revealed on the webpage. Nice looking bit of kit but not as
> expandable as others on the market.
>
Looks like Cannock has two units, might pop up and have a look tomorrow.
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/me finally delurks.
Hello long time lurker first time poster :)
It looks suspiciously like the machine elonex are are calling the ONEt:
http://www.elonexone.co.uk/onet.html
When I ordered my One+ I was asked if I wanted to upgrade to one of
these for free but did not take it as I was interested in the
detachable keyboard on the original (made a mistake there :( ).
Regards
Tig
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 5:03 PM, dick_turpin <dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us> wrote:
Kevanf1 wrote:
> http://preview.tinyurl.com/5p7mvc
>
> All is revealed on the webpage. Nice looking bit of kit but not as
> expandable as others on the market.
>
Looks like Cannock has two units, might pop up and have a look tomorrow.
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On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 6:06 PM, Tig <staffslug(a)caveconnect.com> wrote:
/me finally delurks.
Hello long time lurker first time poster :)
It looks suspiciously like the machine elonex are are calling the ONEt:
http://www.elonexone.co.uk/onet.html
When I ordered my One+ I was asked if I wanted to upgrade to one of
these for free but did not take it as I was interested in the
detachable keyboard on the original (made a mistake there :( ).
Welcome lurker :)
Your find does lead for that belief, which would lead to the theory
that the CPU is 400MHz...
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Welcome lurker :)
Cheers :) I have been reading the list for ages but never got around
to posting :)
Your find does lead for that belief, which would lead to the theory
that the CPU is 400MHz...
Also the price point seems about right, elonex were saying they would
be flogging them around the £189 price point but I am not sure if that
includes VAT. No idea who actually makes them, it will be like the
Elonex One which is a rebadged something else, or the RM rebadging of
the Eee, I hope that it does not have the same software stack as the
One though as that is rubbish :(
Personally I would spend a little more cash and go for the Atom based
Eee you linked to in the other thread :) IIRC they were doing two
versions of the Atom Eee, both for about the same price point, one
was XP based and the other Linux based. The linux based machine had
better hardware too (bigger SSD and memory iirc) which I assume they
spend the cost they would have had to pay for the XP licence on :)
3 p.m.
I dont know how good it would be with a 400mhz processor my eeepc struggles
sometimes when I have a few applications open. still its highly portable. I
wonder what the battery life is on it though my eee 701 is pretty poor to be
honest :(
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Tig <staffslug(a)caveconnect.com> wrote:
> Welcome lurker :)
Cheers :) I have been reading the list for ages but never got around
to posting :)
> Your find does lead for that belief, which would lead to the theory
> that the CPU is 400MHz...
Also the price point seems about right, elonex were saying they would
be flogging them around the £189 price point but I am not sure if that
includes VAT. No idea who actually makes them, it will be like the
Elonex One which is a rebadged something else, or the RM rebadging of
the Eee, I hope that it does not have the same software stack as the
One though as that is rubbish :(
Personally I would spend a little more cash and go for the Atom based
Eee you linked to in the other thread :) IIRC they were doing two
versions of the Atom Eee, both for about the same price point, one
was XP based and the other Linux based. The linux based machine had
better hardware too (bigger SSD and memory iirc) which I assume they
spend the cost they would have had to pay for the XP licence on :)
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2008/8/7 Jonothon Nihill <jonothon.nihill(a)gmail.com>:
I dont know how good it would be with a 400mhz processor my eeepc
struggles
sometimes when I have a few applications open. still its highly portable. I
wonder what the battery life is on it though my eee 701 is pretty poor to be
honest :(
On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Tig <staffslug(a)caveconnect.com> wrote:
>
> > Welcome lurker :)
>
> Cheers :) I have been reading the list for ages but never got around
> to posting :)
>
> > Your find does lead for that belief, which would lead to the theory
> > that the CPU is 400MHz...
>
> Also the price point seems about right, elonex were saying they would
> be flogging them around the £189 price point but I am not sure if that
> includes VAT. No idea who actually makes them, it will be like the
> Elonex One which is a rebadged something else, or the RM rebadging of
> the Eee, I hope that it does not have the same software stack as the
> One though as that is rubbish :(
>
> Personally I would spend a little more cash and go for the Atom based
> Eee you linked to in the other thread :) IIRC they were doing two
> versions of the Atom Eee, both for about the same price point, one
> was XP based and the other Linux based. The linux based machine had
> better hardware too (bigger SSD and memory iirc) which I assume they
> spend the cost they would have had to pay for the XP licence on :)
Strange about the Elonex. The last I read they were aiming at a £100
price tag. It seems to have jumped rather a lot....
I'm not sure if I want one of these ultra portables. The price is not
very nice when compared to normal laptops which are somewhat more
upgradeable and certainly easier to use and view. On the one hand it
would certainly be nice to have one, though I do remember even my
Psion 3a not being very portable after about 10 minutes of carrying it
around, while on the other I'd prefer a full size.
I honestly don't think I will bother as much as they are desirable.
I'm trying to cut down my time on any PC at the moment as the old
arthritis has kicked in badly in my neck and, well, it simply bloody
well hurts to sit at a PC. A laptop is even worse...
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Strange about the Elonex. The last I read they were aiming at a
£100
price tag. It seems to have jumped rather a lot....
They are still flogging the Elonex ONE and ONE+ (about £100 and £120)
respectively, the link was to the ONEt (someone should be shot for
product names this poor and confusing :( ).
I have a ONE+ and an Eee 701 and tbh I would not recommend a ONE or
ONE+ to anyone really it seems to be a bit of a nail atm, I bought it
to play around with an possibly add a touch screen and have it as a
car PC for GPS logging and OGG playing. If you want to have a play
with one I am in Cannock and could haul them down the pub at some
point easily enough :)
Tig
11:07 a.m.
2008/8/7 Tig <staffslug(a)caveconnect.com>:
> Strange about the Elonex. The last I read they were aiming at a
£100
> price tag. It seems to have jumped rather a lot....
They are still flogging the Elonex ONE and ONE+ (about £100 and £120)
respectively, the link was to the ONEt (someone should be shot for
product names this poor and confusing :( ).
I have a ONE+ and an Eee 701 and tbh I would not recommend a ONE or
ONE+ to anyone really it seems to be a bit of a nail atm, I bought it
to play around with an possibly add a touch screen and have it as a
car PC for GPS logging and OGG playing. If you want to have a play
with one I am in Cannock and could haul them down the pub at some
point easily enough :)
Tig
That actually sounds like an interesting proposition. I wouldn't mind
having a look and comparison of both of them.
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10:41 p.m.
On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 02:59:27PM +0100, Kevanf1 wrote:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/5p7mvc
All is revealed on the webpage. Nice looking bit of kit but not as
expandable as others on the market.
It's not an Elonex device at all. Interestingly it has an ARM CPU which
means some proprietary stuff flat out wont work, whereas a lot of open stuff
should.
Cheers,
Al.
2:17 p.m.
Kevanf1 wrote:
2008/8/7 Tig <staffslug(a)caveconnect.com>:
That actually sounds like an interesting proposition. I wouldn't mind
having a look and comparison of both of them.
Misco
http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=32...
Aspire One AOA150-Ab Netbook PC / Intel® Atom™ processor N270 1.60GHz /
512MB RAM / 120GB 2.5" HDD / InviLink™ 802.11b/g / 8.9" WSVGA LCD /
Crystal Eye webcam / Linpus™ Linux® Lite / Sapphire Blue
£160.00 (Ex VAT)
7:14 p.m.
2009/1/5 dick_turpin <dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us>:
Kevanf1 wrote:
> 2008/8/7 Tig <staffslug(a)caveconnect.com>:
>
> That actually sounds like an interesting proposition. I wouldn't mind
> having a look and comparison of both of them.
Misco
http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=32...
Aspire One AOA150-Ab Netbook PC / Intel(R) Atom™ processor N270 1.60GHz /
512MB RAM / 120GB 2.5" HDD / InviLink™ 802.11b/g / 8.9" WSVGA LCD /
Crystal Eye webcam / Linpus™ Linux(R) Lite / Sapphire Blue
£160.00 (Ex VAT)
Gorgeous bit of kit isn't it? I have e-mailed the UK office of Acer.
I want to know if they are likely to be firstly doing a BIOS upgrade
to enable 2gb+ of RAM to be installed and secondly whether they have
any plans to either offer a factory fitted Aspire One with 1.5gb of
RAM (the max it will currently take) or 2gb with note to the previous
question.
Currently the best spec you can get from Acer is 1gb of RAM and a
160gb HDD (Acer Aspire One AOA150-Ab - 1GB - 160GB)
http://www.acerdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_One_AOA150-Ab_-_1GB_-_160GB_-_Blu...
This model is hard to come by though and it is more likely that you
will find a 1gb RAM with 120gb HDD.
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Expect a reply in 4-6 weeks, most likely by someone who has no fkn clue ;)
2009/1/5 Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com>:
2009/1/5 dick_turpin <dick_turpin(a)archlinux.us>:
> Kevanf1 wrote:
>> 2008/8/7 Tig <staffslug(a)caveconnect.com>:
>>
>> That actually sounds like an interesting proposition. I wouldn't mind
>> having a look and comparison of both of them.
>
> Misco
> http://www.misco.co.uk/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=32...
>
> Aspire One AOA150-Ab Netbook PC / Intel(R) Atom™ processor N270 1.60GHz /
> 512MB RAM / 120GB 2.5" HDD / InviLink™ 802.11b/g / 8.9" WSVGA LCD /
> Crystal Eye webcam / Linpus™ Linux(R) Lite / Sapphire Blue
>
> £160.00 (Ex VAT)
>
Gorgeous bit of kit isn't it? I have e-mailed the UK office of Acer.
I want to know if they are likely to be firstly doing a BIOS upgrade
to enable 2gb+ of RAM to be installed and secondly whether they have
any plans to either offer a factory fitted Aspire One with 1.5gb of
RAM (the max it will currently take) or 2gb with note to the previous
question.
Currently the best spec you can get from Acer is 1gb of RAM and a
160gb HDD (Acer Aspire One AOA150-Ab - 1GB - 160GB)
http://www.acerdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_One_AOA150-Ab_-_1GB_-_160GB_-_Blu...
This model is hard to come by though and it is more likely that you
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2009/1/5 Andrew Edwards <andrew(a)andrewedwards.name>:
Expect a reply in 4-6 weeks, most likely by someone who has no fkn
clue ;)
Quite likely... or, they simply don't want to say becuase they will
want to flog the ones on the shelves before introducing a new model.
I'm actually pretty sure they will do an upgraded model possibly with
a slightly bigger screen to compete with the Samsung netbook (hate
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12:14 p.m.
2009/1/6 Andrew Edwards <andrew(a)andrewedwards.name>:
> a slightly bigger screen to compete with the Samsung netbook
(hate
> Samsung products by the way).
>
Sounds typical for you Kevan, but they probably don't give a damn
about your custom if you wont even consider them as an option.
;)
Oh crikey I know they don't give a damn about me, one potentila
customer (or not) out of millions. I also know full well that many of
the electronics firms just rebadge the same items. It's a personal
thing for me, I hate Samsung. I, or members of my family, have had
many products made by Samsung and they have without exception been
awful in some way or another. You may think it strange but I
currently have a Samsung mobile. It's horrible as texting is just
vile with it give me my other mobile (Motorola) any day and I don't
like texting at the best of times. Why do I have it? It was cheap,
easy to unlock and I use O2 on it rather than Orange so that I get
nice cheap broadband (£7.50 per month at a full 8gb).
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Kevanf1 wrote:
Quite likely... or, they simply don't want to say becuase they
will
want to flog the ones on the shelves before introducing a new model.
I'm actually pretty sure they will do an upgraded model possibly with
a slightly bigger screen to compete with the Samsung netbook (hate
Samsung products by the way).
Which is completely unjustified.
The Samsung NC-10 is one of the nicest nettops I've laid my hands on.
With a view to built quality and keyboard layout, etc.
Bit-Tech recently gave it an award for, pretty much, 'best nettop,
2008'. And I'm sure, given that they used to share offices with Trusted
Reviews, they've seen quite a few of the things.
But it only echoes what I've found out myself. Walking around the mobile
phone shops in any large town will get you some significant hands-on
time with a lot of these little devices, and for some, the build quality
is (as you'd expect for the price) dire.
But, again, the Samsung's the nicest one I've picked-up off of a shelf.
Second only in quality to the Dell Mini 9 I happen to have beside me,
but even then, the Dell's more expensive and has a pretty odd keyboard.
And there's no reason to be brand snobbish either: Samsung's laptops are
generally very good VFM.
Tom
1:31 p.m.
Not to mention Samsung LCD TV panels are pretty good too ;)
I had a samsung p?(something) for my first laptop... and i have to
admit, it was good for its day.. and took some punishment too.
I have a samsung (nv30?) compact digital camera for taking snapshots
when out etc... and for £80 it rivals all in its price class, not to
mention possibly being one of the most stylish around...
2009/1/6 Tom Hill <tom(a)ninjabadger.net>:
Kevanf1 wrote:
> Quite likely... or, they simply don't want to say becuase they will
> want to flog the ones on the shelves before introducing a new model.
> I'm actually pretty sure they will do an upgraded model possibly with
> a slightly bigger screen to compete with the Samsung netbook (hate
> Samsung products by the way).
Which is completely unjustified.
The Samsung NC-10 is one of the nicest nettops I've laid my hands on.
With a view to built quality and keyboard layout, etc.
Bit-Tech recently gave it an award for, pretty much, 'best nettop,
2008'. And I'm sure, given that they used to share offices with Trusted
Reviews, they've seen quite a few of the things.
But it only echoes what I've found out myself. Walking around the mobile
phone shops in any large town will get you some significant hands-on
time with a lot of these little devices, and for some, the build quality
is (as you'd expect for the price) dire.
But, again, the Samsung's the nicest one I've picked-up off of a shelf.
Second only in quality to the Dell Mini 9 I happen to have beside me,
but even then, the Dell's more expensive and has a pretty odd keyboard.
And there's no reason to be brand snobbish either: Samsung's laptops are
generally very good VFM.
Tom
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2009/1/5 Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com>:
Gorgeous bit of kit isn't it? I have e-mailed the UK office of
Acer.
I want to know if they are likely to be firstly doing a BIOS upgrade
to enable 2gb+ of RAM to be installed and secondly whether they have
any plans to either offer a factory fitted Aspire One with 1.5gb of
RAM (the max it will currently take) or 2gb with note to the previous
question.
Why not just add another Gig in yourself?
Cheers,
Al.
4:01 p.m.
Wow these netbooks have really taken off. I still have my original
eeepc 701 with the standard xandros installation. Dont like to play
devils advocate or anything but every samsung mobile I've had has been
rubbish. how many people are keeping linux installed on these things?
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Alan Pope <alan(a)popey.com> wrote:
2009/1/5 Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com>:
> Gorgeous bit of kit isn't it? I have e-mailed the UK office of Acer.
> I want to know if they are likely to be firstly doing a BIOS upgrade
> to enable 2gb+ of RAM to be installed and secondly whether they have
> any plans to either offer a factory fitted Aspire One with 1.5gb of
> RAM (the max it will currently take) or 2gb with note to the previous
> question.
>
Why not just add another Gig in yourself?
Cheers,
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2009/1/6 Alan Pope <alan(a)popey.com>:
2009/1/5 Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com>:
> Gorgeous bit of kit isn't it? I have e-mailed the UK office of Acer.
> I want to know if they are likely to be firstly doing a BIOS upgrade
> to enable 2gb+ of RAM to be installed and secondly whether they have
> any plans to either offer a factory fitted Aspire One with 1.5gb of
> RAM (the max it will currently take) or 2gb with note to the previous
> question.
>
Why not just add another Gig in yourself?
Cheers,
Al.
Warranty issues. :-)
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4:12 p.m.
My Dell came with a Dell-ified Ubuntu 8.04.1, but I've since wiped that
and installed a standard 8.10 installation. Works a treat. :)
Jonothon Nihill wrote:
Wow these netbooks have really taken off. I still have my original
eeepc 701 with the standard xandros installation. Dont like to play
devils advocate or anything but every samsung mobile I've had has been
rubbish. how many people are keeping linux installed on these things?
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 1:55 PM, Alan Pope <alan(a)popey.com> wrote:
> 2009/1/5 Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com>:
>> Gorgeous bit of kit isn't it? I have e-mailed the UK office of Acer.
>> I want to know if they are likely to be firstly doing a BIOS upgrade
>> to enable 2gb+ of RAM to be installed and secondly whether they have
>> any plans to either offer a factory fitted Aspire One with 1.5gb of
>> RAM (the max it will currently take) or 2gb with note to the previous
>> question.
>>
> Why not just add another Gig in yourself?
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
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2009/1/6 Tom Hill <tom(a)ninjabadger.net>:
Kevanf1 wrote:
> Quite likely... or, they simply don't want to say becuase they will
> want to flog the ones on the shelves before introducing a new model.
> I'm actually pretty sure they will do an upgraded model possibly with
> a slightly bigger screen to compete with the Samsung netbook (hate
> Samsung products by the way).
Which is completely unjustified.
The Samsung NC-10 is one of the nicest nettops I've laid my hands on.
With a view to built quality and keyboard layout, etc.
Bit-Tech recently gave it an award for, pretty much, 'best nettop,
2008'. And I'm sure, given that they used to share offices with Trusted
Reviews, they've seen quite a few of the things.
But it only echoes what I've found out myself. Walking around the mobile
phone shops in any large town will get you some significant hands-on
time with a lot of these little devices, and for some, the build quality
is (as you'd expect for the price) dire.
But, again, the Samsung's the nicest one I've picked-up off of a shelf.
Second only in quality to the Dell Mini 9 I happen to have beside me,
but even then, the Dell's more expensive and has a pretty odd keyboard.
And there's no reason to be brand snobbish either: Samsung's laptops are
generally very good VFM.
Tom
Tom, I'm not being brand snobbish I simply don't like Samsung products
because of personal or close family experiences with them. I may have
been unlucky but my god if I have then I've had a massive run of bad
luck. This is not an opinion formed from reading reviews it's a
personal, actual hands on opinion :-)
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4:15 p.m.
2009/1/6 Andrew Edwards <andrew(a)andrewedwards.name>:
Not to mention Samsung LCD TV panels are pretty good too ;)
Taht may be so but when I looked for a new tv 2 years ago LG came out
on top for picture quality. I did get a plasma though and not LCD. I
was unimpressed with every LCD screen I viewed. Again though, I was
looking at 40" plus screens and eventually settled for 42" LG. It was
far superior to every other screen and I stood looking at each one for
about 5 minutes side by side.
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it'd be the first ever laptop (as far as i know, in my lifetime!)
manufacturer to void a warranty based on a ram upgrade... even apple
encourage you to do your own ram upgrades!
2009/1/6 Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com>:
2009/1/6 Alan Pope <alan(a)popey.com>:
> 2009/1/5 Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com>:
>> Gorgeous bit of kit isn't it? I have e-mailed the UK office of Acer.
>> I want to know if they are likely to be firstly doing a BIOS upgrade
>> to enable 2gb+ of RAM to be installed and secondly whether they have
>> any plans to either offer a factory fitted Aspire One with 1.5gb of
>> RAM (the max it will currently take) or 2gb with note to the previous
>> question.
>>
>
> Why not just add another Gig in yourself?
>
> Cheers,
> Al.
>
Warranty issues. :-)
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Kevanf1 wrote:
Tom, I'm not being brand snobbish I simply don't like Samsung
products
because of personal or close family experiences with them. I may have
been unlucky but my god if I have then I've had a massive run of bad
luck. This is not an opinion formed from reading reviews it's a
personal, actual hands on opinion :-)
I am quite as picky, but believe me. Samsung can make good laptops. ;)
4:29 p.m.
Taht may be so but when I looked for a new tv 2 years ago LG came
out
on top for picture quality. I did get a plasma though and not LCD. I
was unimpressed with every LCD screen I viewed. Again though, I was
looking at 40" plus screens and eventually settled for 42" LG. It was
far superior to every other screen and I stood looking at each one for
about 5 minutes side by side.
hmm... LG have had some absolutely awful reviews for their LCD tv's
though, and its clear once you've viewed one next to a sony or
samsung... there's such a difference
just a side note... isn't plasma technology dead yet? i was sure it was?
6:18 p.m.
2009/1/6 Andrew Edwards <andrew(a)andrewedwards.name>:
> Taht may be so but when I looked for a new tv 2 years ago LG came
out
> on top for picture quality. I did get a plasma though and not LCD. I
> was unimpressed with every LCD screen I viewed. Again though, I was
> looking at 40" plus screens and eventually settled for 42" LG. It was
> far superior to every other screen and I stood looking at each one for
> about 5 minutes side by side.
hmm... LG have had some absolutely awful reviews for their LCD tv's
though, and its clear once you've viewed one next to a sony or
samsung... there's such a difference
just a side note... isn't plasma technology dead yet? i was sure it was?
Give me a plasma screen over an LCD if you going over 40" in size
anyday. Below that I'd opt for LCD. Of course, technology may have
caught up by now, I did say I bought ours nearly 2 years ago now.
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6:20 p.m.
2009/1/6 Andrew Edwards <andrew(a)andrewedwards.name>:
it'd be the first ever laptop (as far as i know, in my
lifetime!)
manufacturer to void a warranty based on a ram upgrade... even apple
encourage you to do your own ram upgrades!
It's not a simple job of removing a plate on the back and then
slotting a new RAM module in place. With the Acer One you have to
take the whole thing apart. I'm pretty sure that would definitely
void any manufacturer's warranty :-)
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6:31 p.m.
you might have bought just before LCD's shifted to being better,
bigger (err... if that makes sense?)
contrast ratios have gotten much better, and the technology has come
far in the past 18 months... infact i'm currently shopping for a 40+
LCD for gaming... hard to decide which are better i find...
2009/1/6 Kevanf1 <kevanf1(a)gmail.com>:
2009/1/6 Andrew Edwards <andrew(a)andrewedwards.name>:
>> Taht may be so but when I looked for a new tv 2 years ago LG came out
>> on top for picture quality. I did get a plasma though and not LCD. I
>> was unimpressed with every LCD screen I viewed. Again though, I was
>> looking at 40" plus screens and eventually settled for 42" LG. It was
>> far superior to every other screen and I stood looking at each one for
>> about 5 minutes side by side.
>
> hmm... LG have had some absolutely awful reviews for their LCD tv's
> though, and its clear once you've viewed one next to a sony or
> samsung... there's such a difference
>
> just a side note... isn't plasma technology dead yet? i was sure it was?
>
Give me a plasma screen over an LCD if you going over 40" in size
anyday. Below that I'd opt for LCD. Of course, technology may have
caught up by now, I did say I bought ours nearly 2 years ago now.
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6:40 p.m.
2009/1/6 Andrew Edwards <andrew(a)andrewedwards.name>:
you might have bought just before LCD's shifted to being better,
bigger (err... if that makes sense?)
contrast ratios have gotten much better, and the technology has come
far in the past 18 months... infact i'm currently shopping for a 40+
LCD for gaming... hard to decide which are better i find...
It is always possible. At the time I had no choice as our tv had
died, completely. I wanted to wait another 12 months and if I had I
would have saved myself at least £100 on the price. As it was this tv
that I bought, and which I am still absolutely pleased with 2 yrs down
the line, cost me just under £1,000 Which at the time wasn't a bad
price.
As far as I am aware the general concensus of opinion in tech forums
etc is that plasma still beats LCD over 40". Now that is purely
hearsay and I admit it as I have not gone comparing LCD and plasma
myself since I made my purchase. No need :-) Perhaps in about 8 or
10 years I will be comparing again.
Oh, at the time I bought ours I did web look ups but I based my final
buying decision on what I could personally see. If LCD had looked
better then I'd have an LCD screen now. I also rejected some models
that were over £500 more expensive simply because the picture quality
was not as good as the one I finally decided on.
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