I purchased 2 notebooks with swivel-touch screens last weekend. Both coming with Windows 7 which I clonezilla’d, wiped out and installed Ubuntu immediately. Both are not an iPad killer whatsoever, but it suits my requirements: you can touch it, you can turn it (read books), it comes with a keyboard and I can load almost any application, even do some development work.
- Asus EEE T101MT
1.66 GHz Atom N450 CPU with hyperthreading
10.1 inch screen, multi-touch resistive display with 1024 x 600 pixels resolution
2 GB RAM and 320 GB HDD at 5400 RPM
WiFi 802.11n
4 cell 2400 mAh and 35 Wh battery pack, removable
0.3 megapixel webcam
3 USB ports, VGA output, Ethernet, Kensington Lock, Mic and Headphones jack and SD Card readerInstalling Ubuntu: A breeze with 10.10 (Maverick). All info here.
- Acer Aspire 1825PTZ
Intel Pentium processor SU4100 (1.3 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)
2GB Memory
Graphics Controller: Intel GMA 4500MHD
11.6″ Acer CineCrystal LED LCD With (capacitive) Multi Touch(1366×768)
320GB HD
0.3 megapixel webcam
3 USB ports, VGA output, HDMI Port,Ethernet, Kensington Lock, Mic and Headphones jack and SD/XD/MS Card readerInstalling Ubuntu: Basic Installation straight forward, but requires some hacking to get the touchscreen properly running and the auto-rotate screen. But you find all answers in this thread. And some more tricks here.
