Simón A. Ruiz wrote: > Vern Ceder wrote: >> True, but this one will be out by the end of the month and I don't know >> how much longer I can stand to watch you play with your eee without >> getting something myself... ;) > > But, Vern, the Dell one will have SUSE on it! > > ...or Vista...or XP...
Same for the HP... see the review at http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/hp-2133-mini-note.aspx. Or did you mean to say "the HP one"? If so, yeah I agree it's not wonderful, but we're all used to that... > The HP offering STARTS almost twice as high as the EeePC, so isn't it > kind of aiming at a different market? The HP model looks more like a > full laptop crammed into a small case than a cheap, light laptop. Actually the HP starts at $500, vs $350-400 for a 4Gb eee, so that's less than a 50% premium (but you get more than 50% more pixels on the screen! ;)) But yeah, I think it's aiming just one notch higher one the weight/performance curve than the eee. > > As the battery life isn't much better on the HP ones, I'm not > particularly tempted at this time... According to the reviews, the optional 6 cell battery gets you 4 hours - there isn't a larger battery option at all on the eee, so I would count that as improved battery life... Vern -- This time for sure! -Bullwinkle J. Moose ----------------------------- Vern Ceder, Director of Technology Canterbury School, 3210 Smith Road, Ft Wayne, IN 46804 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 260-436-0746; FAX: 260-436-5137 _______________________________________________ Fwlug mailing list [email protected] http://fortwaynelug.org/mailman/listinfo/fwlug_fortwaynelug.org
