Re: Reasonable deal for pre-ordering Ubuntu tablets

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Is that Ubuntu the new (well, not really new now but I've avoided it) GUI
all pictures and scratch'n'sniff?
I'm  very non-visual and find icons a pita, have to mentally translate them
into words every time, much prefer menus etc in words so as to save time
for getting on with whatever I want to use the tool for.  Tough shit if
this upsets designer types who want to impose their post-verbal
art-ahead-of-communication passion on us without providing an easy switch
on/off to accommodate language people as well as pix-ies.

On 30 March 2016 at 18:56, Reece Arnott <[email protected]> wrote:

> Pre-notice notice: I just realised an hour ago that all the DunLUG
> messages for at least the last month have ended up in Gmail's spam filter.
> If you get this then you won't be affected but feel free to pass the
> message on.
>
> Two 10.1 inch tablets that come with the mobile version of Ubuntu are
> available for pre-order.
> https://store.bq.com/gl/ubuntu-edition/
> See http://www.ubuntu.com/tablet/features for some details.
>
> There is also a 5 inch smartphone at the same store that has a
> significantly higher resolution camera for 200 euros:
> https://store.bq.com/gl/ubuntu-edition-e5/
>
> All say they come with Ubuntu 15.04.
>
> Saw this mentioned on slashdot.org, did a bit of poking around and
> decided to buy the more expensive one (cost of 300 euros is a little under
> $NZ500 at the moment, pretty much the only difference compared to the 250
> euro version is screen resolution). As its a pre-order the 10.1 inch tablet
> comes with a free screen-protector and cover. And as its over 99 euros and
> is to be delivered to NZ, delivery is free. Shipping mid-April with
> standard 2 week delivery so I'd expect to get this at the start of May.
>
> (Note that this particular web-store probably don't have good security as
> they sent me a confirmation of my login with my password in the clear. For
> that reason, I'd suggest that if you decide to buy anything from them, pay
> using Paypal as then you don't have to give them your credit card details
> which they can then store insecurely and have them stolen at some point in
> the future. To change your password on the bq store you need to select to
> edit your contact details - which only showed my name and email address
> until I clicked edit which was more than a little non-intuitive.)
>
> --
> "Believing men would act in their own interest was not cynicism, it turned
> out, but sheerest optimism; in reality men do not meet so high a standard."
> -- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (Chapter 84)
> http://hpmor.com/
>
> Reece Arnott
> Dunedin
> New Zealand
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,=
serif">Is that Ubuntu the new (well, not really new now but I&#39;ve avoide=
d it) GUI all pictures and scratch&#39;n&#39;sniff?</div><div class=3D"gmai=
l_default" style=3D"font-family:georgia,serif">I&#39;m =C2=A0very non-visua=
l and find icons a pita, have to mentally translate them into words every t=
ime, much prefer menus etc in words so as to save time for getting on with =
whatever I want to use the tool for.=C2=A0 Tough shit if this upsets design=
er types who want to impose their post-verbal art-ahead-of-communication pa=
ssion on us without providing an easy switch on/off to accommodate language=
 people as well as pix-ies.</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div =
class=3D"gmail_quote">On 30 March 2016 at 18:56, Reece Arnott <span dir=3D"=
ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">reece.=
[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"=
 style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Pr=
e-notice notice: I just realised an hour ago that all the DunLUG messages f=
or at least the last month have ended up in Gmail&#39;s spam filter. If you=
 get this then you won&#39;t be affected but feel free to pass the message =
on.<br>
<br>
Two 10.1 inch tablets that come with the mobile version of Ubuntu are avail=
able for pre-order.<br>
<a href=3D"https://store.bq.com/gl/ubuntu-edition/" rel=3D"noreferrer" targ=
et=3D"_blank">https://store.bq.com/gl/ubuntu-edition/</a><br>
See <a href=3D"http://www.ubuntu.com/tablet/features" rel=3D"noreferrer" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">http://www.ubuntu.com/tablet/features</a> for some details.=
<br>
<br>
There is also a 5 inch smartphone at the same store that has a significantl=
y higher resolution camera for 200 euros: <a href=3D"https://store.bq.com/g=
l/ubuntu-edition-e5/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://store.bq=
.com/gl/ubuntu-edition-e5/</a><br>
<br>
All say they come with Ubuntu 15.04.<br>
<br>
Saw this mentioned on <a href=3D"http://slashdot.org" rel=3D"noreferrer" ta=
rget=3D"_blank">slashdot.org</a>, did a bit of poking around and decided to=
 buy the more expensive one (cost of 300 euros is a little under $NZ500 at =
the moment, pretty much the only difference compared to the 250 euro versio=
n is screen resolution). As its a pre-order the 10.1 inch tablet comes with=
 a free screen-protector and cover. And as its over 99 euros and is to be d=
elivered to NZ, delivery is free. Shipping mid-April with standard 2 week d=
elivery so I&#39;d expect to get this at the start of May.<br>
<br>
(Note that this particular web-store probably don&#39;t have good security =
as they sent me a confirmation of my login with my password in the clear. F=
or that reason, I&#39;d suggest that if you decide to buy anything from the=
m, pay using Paypal as then you don&#39;t have to give them your credit car=
d details which they can then store insecurely and have them stolen at some=
 point in the future. To change your password on the bq store you need to s=
elect to edit your contact details - which only showed my name and email ad=
dress until I clicked edit which was more than a little non-intuitive.)<br>
<br>
-- <br>
&quot;Believing men would act in their own interest was not cynicism, it tu=
rned out, but sheerest optimism; in reality men do not meet so high a stand=
ard.&quot;<br>
-- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality (Chapter 84)<br>
<a href=3D"http://hpmor.com/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://h=
pmor.com/</a><br>
<br>
Reece Arnott<br>
Dunedin<br>
New Zealand<br>
<br>
<br>
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 target=3D"_blank">http://dunlug.kallisti.net.nz/</a></blockquote></div><br=
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