I use one of the EEE 700 and not much the desk top and laptop now. It is
so easy. Networks fine, wired or wireless, plays music, 8 gig camera
card hides my photos and music, plays movies, goes for about 2 hours
way from mains, a wee inverter in car or camper if I need more, has some
Linux application issues that should have been sorted before it left the
factory, can hook up to big screen or TV, plug in a normal keyboard for
anyone who can type properly, chucks out a bit of heat which is nice in
Winter and quiet.
Best thing I have ever had since my Mac Powerbook 150 that I could type
crap into and play card games for about six hours. Attention span was
better in those days.
David Lowe wrote:
I agree with Andrew's comments. I have an eee PC 900 and I'm happy
with it. It came with Linux native and all the drivers etc just work.
Loading anything other than the default distro can be a bit of a
mission, but frankly I have found it best just to leave well alone and
use the custom/optimised distro they give you.
The biggest issue in the real world is the keyboard - I think Asus
have made theirs just a little too small and others may be easier to
use; I havent tried. My Asus is fine, but not for long periods of typing.
Hardware support isn't a big deal - there's almost no moving parts and
not much can go wrong once its working.
- D
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Andrew Errington
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
There's also the HP MiniNote (or something like that), the MSI
Wind, and
something from Toshiba, just to muddy the waters a little.
They're all very similar, since they're all based on the Intel Atom
reference platform.
Your choice is guided by
a) How they look (size, shape, screen)
b) How they feel (keyboard, weight, touchpad)
c) How much they cost
Fortunately you can find most of them on display at Noel Leeming,
Harvey
Norman or Dick Smith. This means you can have a good look and try
out the
keyboard and touchpad.
Asus started the trend with the Eee, but IMHO they dropped the
ball and
their later models missed the sweet spot in terms of capability
and price.
Not only that, but Microsoft stuck their oar in and decided that XP's
death could be prolonged for long enough to make buyers in this niche
suffer as much as others before them.
There seems to be a good support network for Linux on almost any
one of
these units, but often for the best price you have to buy XP and then
upgrade to Linux, since although some models have Linux versions
available
they are often not easily found in NZ.
I like my Aspire One. I think I will like it more with Linux, but
that
entails investing some effort into the process, plus outlaying
cash for an
external DVD drive. Oh, and an external hard drive for backups
(Noel's
has one for $90 160Gb. I swear I am not on commission!)
Have fun shopping!
Andrew
On Thu, February 5, 2009 13:33, John Carter wrote:
> Hmm. Googling some more... (sigh! this is becoming a bigger question
> than I have time for at work....)
>
> There seems to be three linux netbooks on the market.
>
>
> Dell inspiron mini
> Asus ee pc
> Acer inspire one
>
>
> INSPIRON, INSPIRe ONe, is someone trying to tell me something?
>
>
> Being hardware, which can go wron, rong, wrung, I prefer local
> suppliers I can waltz up to on a saturday morning and say "fix /
replace".
>
> Anyone compared the three and come to any useful conclusions?
>
>
> John Carter Phone : (64)(3) 358 6639
> Tait Electronics Fax : (64)(3) 359 4632
> PO Box 1645 Christchurch Email :
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
> New Zealand
>
>
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