Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} laptops for a developing country (Vanuatu)

[Mick]

On Saturday 27 Apr 2013 22:09:38 Grant wrote:
> >>> *Someone* has all those netbooks that Westeners ditched in favour of
> >>>
> >>> > iCraps, I recommend you look into who is now selling them 2nd hand.
> >>
> >> I should look to eBay, right?
> >
> > I reckon that's a good start.
> >
> > There are other companies around that sell refurbed machines, check
> > those out too. I have no idea how to find such companies in your part of
> > the world, so you are probably gonna need some uber-google-fu to find
> > them.
> >
> > And as almost, do your homework and due diligence.
>
> How about Android netbooks or tablets?  Here are a well-reviewed
> Android 4.0 netbook and 4.1 tablet for about $80 each brand new:
>
> Kocaso NB726A netbook:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1M80H31141
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kocaso-NB726A-Black-7-1-2Ghz-Google-Android-4-0-Net
> book-Notebook-Laptop-/300826243684
>
> Avatar Sirius S701-R2A-1 tablet:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834686007
>
> - Grant

What-ever you source for them, can I please ask you to think seriously about 
avoiding installing any MSWindows OS?  The amount of botnets out there that 
hit my webservers is only getting worse and any IPs that I've scanned to 
investigate who the attackers are, I see them running MSWindows.  :-(
-- 
Regards,
Mick