On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 06:56, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:33:13 -0500, Walter Dnes wrote: > > > Do *NOT* get a machine with a Poulsbo video chip. > > Seconded. I bought a Dell Mini 10 - lovely keyboard and display but > the GMA500 video chip sucked, as did the Broadcom wireless that needed > out of kernel drivers. It wasn't just the inconvenience, the thing kept > locking up. I believe later Dell Minis, like the 10v, have the GMA950 > chip, which is a proper Intel chip, but still Broadcom wireless. > > Had problems with such hardware (some MSI netbooks) like Graphics and Wireless. An Asus EEE solved most issues, the only one remaining is the battery that reports remaining capacity in percentage instead of mwh, everything else works great. I had an old EEE 701, switched to a 900, and so far, I don't see a reson to upgrade. I like SSDs mostly cause I can (and have) drop my netbook from a certain height, or thrown my bag in the sofa (forgetting it was inside, and on) and never worry about my HDD failing. Also, less power, noise, heat, and some (not very big) read speed improve. Besides, its a netbook, its supposed to be a small storage, fast and simple device. I carry a backup of the whole system (Dual boot XP and Ubuntu NR) with me in a pendrive. I used to run Gentoo on it, worked great, I'm planning on installing Gentoo and ditching UNR, but that will take some time. Anyway, my brother have an 1000H, and that works great too with Linux. -- Daniel da Veiga
