I think I need to video this and send a link to it because the performance is now staggering. It is much much faster than any Windows netbook I have used, The extra RAM makes a huge difference because it reduces the need for a swap file and of course swap files are a bit of a performance problem with SSDs.
I have now switched to Cromium as the browser as it is a lot faster than Firefox.
As for skills I have always shied away from laptops. I often do hard drive replacements, RAM upgrades and keyboards and but always avoided anything which requires a proper disambly. My next challange is to repair the Dell. It needs new screen cables and a new hinges so I may just buy a dead one of ebay and use parts of that.
The main issue with this acer is despite the keyboard being large for a netbook it is still a bit tricky to touch type on. That said I got a brand new laptop for £133 and out of the box it was crap. Only thing I am worried about is those write cycles, I've had five different operating systems on it already! Sticking to Ubuntu 10.4 now though.
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