Check microcenter specials. I grabbed a nice Acer for <$500 and Fedora installed with no weirdness. I also grabbed a refurbished Toshiba (has an external SATA port) and Fedora choked on the wireless. Bought a different mini wireless and dropped it in and have been happy every since. Acer also has the larger screen netbook which also has a slightly larger keyboard (I think). <br>
<br>The Duluth MicroCenter gave me no hassles when I showed up with a live CD to test their laptops with. In fact one of the managers came over to see my progress and took note that Toshiba model ran Linux well.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Richard Bronosky <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Richard@bronosky.com">Richard@bronosky.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">My dad just had a mobo failure on his Acer One netbook and is looking<br>
for a replacement. It has to have Linux friendly components, of<br>
course, but other than that nothing is sacred but price. It could be<br>
anywhere between a netbook and a 15". Goal is to spend <$300 for a<br>
netbook or <$500 for a laptop.<br>
<br>
What brands do you trust?<br>
<br>
Which do you avoid?<br>
<br>
Are there any deals you would like to take advantage of this week?<br>
<br>
Are there any local deals worth me picking up for him?<br>
<br>
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