Hehe, Gustin, I knew you'd have to have one. I'm sure you've no doubt figured it out, but to those who don't know... hidden gems:
-Apt-Get -Synaptic -Konsole -AmaroK -Frozen Bubble -Tetris -Tux Racer Not all hidden, but definitely some possible deal-sealers here. I simply love all aspects of it. ASUS has done a great job of packaging it all and making the GUI easy, but with the ability to expand it if (and only if) you know what you're doing. -- posting from my bed on my Eee PC :) -- On 11/2/07, Gustin Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Obviously I broke down and picked one up today. I have yet to use my > actual laptop since I have been out of the office most of the day. It > has proved to be quite handy. > > Not for everyone, but I can say that I am pleasantly surprised. > > Gustin Johnson wrote: > > Sure you *could* get a used laptop, but the size and battery life of > > this thing is pretty close to the sweet spot for me. It boots in 2 or 3 > > seconds, has the apps I need for light duty, and did I mention that it > > is tiny? > > > > Anyway, I have an older P3 laptop (similar specs as this thing) that I > > never ended up using, mainly because the batter life is not all that > > great, and it takes longer than my regular laptop to boot. > > > > Even with my stubby fingers the keyboard is usable although a little > > awkward. > > > > Remember, this is not a replacement for a full scale laptop, but it does > > fit a certain niche quite well. > > > > Kevin Anderson wrote: > >> I bought two Dell 1501s last Christmas prices at 499 each. For that, > we got a > >> 80G HDD, a mobile Athlon, 512M of RAM and the usual bells and > whistles. My > >> money says that they'll be back on sale in another month, likely in an > >> upgraded version. For the extra $100, why even bother with a used > one? This > >> gives a year of warranty, and current hardware. > > > >> Kev. > > > > > > > >> On Friday 02 November 2007 13:24:56 Jesse Kline wrote: > >>> To the people that have already purchased one of these, > >>> > >>> Do you think that the Eee PC offers good value for money? If so, why? > I > >>> must admit that they look attractive and if the price point was around > >>> $250, I probably wouldn't think twice about buying one. The $400 price > >>> seems reasonable, but I was looking at laptops awhile back and for > $400 > >>> you can buy a decent used laptop with much more horsepower, more RAM, > a > >>> way bigger hard drive, and a removable media (CD/DVD) drive. If you're > >>> looking for something small, you can probably get a pretty nice PDA > for > >>> the same price. So, I'm trying to figure out if these things are > >>> actually worth buying. > >>> > >>> Jesse > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> clug-talk mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >>> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >>> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> clug-talk mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFHK7+DwRXgH3rKGfMRAsIiAKCLj/6o1FFHJG6E0ST+PHo700oP2gCcDfVi > btgodkpM3LrHpxQaqWH8j8c= > =yVr8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying >
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