On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 2:32 PM, Roy Britten <[email protected]> wrote: > This morning either my monitor died or something has gone sad in the > video hardware (weird on-mobo stuff). I currently have a black screen. > > Should it be a mobo issue I'll replace the whole desktop box with > something appropriate. I'm dithering between something cheap and > large, or slightly more expensive and terribly compact (in the eee > line) with an external keyboard and monitor for desktop use. > > Leaving aside the practicalities of raw computational power, can those > with experience running Linux on the newer small form-factor netbook > thingies advise on how readily they accept external keyboard input and > (full-resolution) monitor output? > > Thanks, > Roy. >
If it is all for the desktop (ie you want something small low power and compact, but not portable or sitting on yur knee) then the eeebox could be a good choice. About $500 in NZ I believe. Although looking at it, I am not sure if the atom chip in it is single or dual core?
