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You can still get the tiny form factor with a decent sized (well, 100s Gb) hard disk... But for purely surfing, they're ace. Be aware most of them run Linux though (inc. the one in the link), not Windows - which actually isn't a bad thing.

I just want a small computer for lectures and uni stuff so I can pick up wireless. I'm not fussed about anything else. I want something on a student budget. Can't really take my massive laptop in.

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i was looking at one of these as they are supposed to be very good 'samsung netbook' http://www.samsung.com/uk/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=itbusiness&type=notebookcomputers&subtype=nseries&model_cd=NC10RH/XEU

but in the end i got one of these instead Toshiba Satellite L300-1AQ http://uk.computers.toshiba-europe.com/innovation/product/Satellite-L300-1AQ/1058205/tab/3/ you can get them from Staples :)

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Jeez, get a room geeky guys. :rolleyes:

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Having looked up quickly, Lenovo have recently released the attached laptop with a 10inch screen and a pretty good spec for £290... slightly more than the other machines listed here though :-(

http://shop.lenovo.com/SEUILibrary/controller/e/gbweb/LenovoPortal/en_GB/catalog.workflow:expandcategory?issBase=ProductsCategory&issCategory=/Notebooks/IdeaPad%20notebooks

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I tried Sam's suggestion today and it arrived earlier. I have to say it was hell on earth with Linux coming up with an Error 17 message on boot. After searching on Google it appears to be a common problem and the only solution is to reinstall Linux. As it doesn't come with anything it was not much help. I rang HP and got an Indian who was trying to send me a DVD and was trying to convince me I'd be able to use it - there's no DVD drive! Plus it'd take 8-10 days.

Anyway, I rang eBuyer who would have took it back and sorted it but it seemed like a lot of problems. They advised I could try it but I didn't want to mess with it and not be able to send it back.

Very sexy model so I've added an extra £100 (not what I'd intended on doing!) and got a Vista version. Shame really as Linux was something I wanted to try but I'm a bit put off. Hopefully this one will be fine.

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I tried Sam's suggestion today and it arrived earlier. I have to say it was hell on earth with Linux coming up with an Error 17 message on boot. After searching on Google it appears to be a common problem and the only solution is to reinstall Linux. As it doesn't come with anything it was not much help. I rang HP and got an Indian who was trying to send me a DVD and was trying to convince me I'd be able to use it - there's no DVD drive! Plus it'd take 8-10 days.

Anyway, I rang eBuyer who would have took it back and sorted it but it seemed like a lot of problems. They advised I could try it but I didn't want to mess with it and not be able to send it back.

Very sexy model so I've added an extra £100 (not what I'd intended on doing!) and got a Vista version. Shame really as Linux was something I wanted to try but I'm a bit put off. Hopefully this one will be fine.

awww sorry to hear your probs with it jono :( & i hope you get it sorted.

i know one or two people with linux & it can take getting used to & there is help out there but it can get a bit technical.

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awww sorry to hear your probs with it jono :( & i hope you get it sorted.

i know one or two people with linux & it can take getting used to & there is help out there but it can get a bit technical.

Well HP seemed to going running scared when they heard it was Linux.

what version of Linux was it? Ubuntu? It takes a while to learn, but once you do you see the benefits :)

Enterprise Desktop 10. Never really got to see any of it as it didn't loan past the start up!

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Enterprise Desktop 10.

That's SUSE Enterprise (now distributed by Novell, of interest for NetWare and the 90% share of the file and application server market they had before Microsoft's NT Server came along. We still use it for our directory infrastructure, it's better than MS's offering)...

The error 17 is actually with Grub, the boot-loader (like ntldr - what you use to get into safe mode) - it can't read the disk the OS is on. It is actually correctable without reinstalling the OS.

However, it's absolutely terrible they send them out in this state. And then fob you off with solutions you can't even apply!

Good to hear you got something sorted in the end.

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