On 14 Jan 2012, at 23:13, James Forrester wrote:
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. :-)
I haven't come across these before; can you send me some links to them please (or post links on-wiki)? They sound promising.
Thanks, Mike