On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Anselm R Garbe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/9/5 Matthias-Christian Ott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Anselm R Garbe wrote: >>> What do people think about such an EEE PC as low budget option to run >>> dwm on? Any experiences already if the screen is big enough for daily >>> work? I had an opportunity yesterday to try one, and I must admit I'm >>> keen to order one. The keyboard and keys have surprisingly proper >>> size. >> >> The previous EEE PC models were unusable with dwm (well, pretty much >> unusable with everything), except maybe monocle. >> I don't have one (I think these mini-notebooks are just toys and wasted >> money), but my 17" CRT runs at 1024x768. As far as I know the EEE PC >> has a resolution of 1024x600, so it's compareable. >> Working with 1024x768 makes tiling unusable (except maybe with multiple >> horizontal masters and no stacking area (there were some patches for >> this some time ago)) and you are forced to use tags as workspaces or use >> monocle and floating. > > Well, I used 1024x768 most of my life and it was very usable for me. > All you need to do is using some 10pt font to get some terminals on > the screen. > >> So as far as I can tell, running dwm on everything >19" or >1600x1200 is >> painful and does only have some smaller advantages (like code size, >> keyboard usage, performance) over other WIMP window managers. >> Therefore save our planet and don't buy these e-waste. > > Well give it a try in some shop and I bet you will judge it > differently then. I also thought exactly the same about such small pcs > that they are unusable and wasted money, but now I think I was wrong > after having tested one... > > Kind regards, > --Anselm > >
What's the advantage compared to the thinkpad x series? Or is it just because of the price?
