From: James Forrester <james@jdforrester.org>
To: wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org
Sent: Saturday, 14 January 2012, 23:13
Subject: Re:
[Wikimediauk-l] Laptop recommendations?
On 14 January 2012 22:39, Michael Peel <
michael.peel@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently putting together a proposal for purchasing tech equipment to support future events/activities at:
>
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/2012_Event_Tech> Input on this would be very welcome - please edit the page directly, or leave comments on the talk page.
>
> In particular, I'm going to recommend that we purchase a couple of laptops this month, for volunteers to use at events/activities/when visiting the office (the OTRS workshop last weekend highlighted the need for getting these asap). Laptop recommendations would be much appreciated. The default option at the moment is a
standard cheap Asus 15"/1.5GHz/4GB/500GB machine, with the pre-installed Windows wiped and Linux installed - but there must be better low-cost laptop options out there than that...
What about Google Chromebooks? They're a little cheaper, but more
importantly they're near-impossible to damage the OS (so you can hand
them out at an event, get them back then "wipe" them). Also, no
Windows tax. :-)
J.
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