On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 1:07 PM, David Kaiser <[email protected]> wrote:
> In case you don't take the time to watch the video (I had to click stop > after 15 seconds - maybe I could go longer if I turned down the speaker > volume) you definitely should read the funny comments on that page. > > Many of the anonymous pundits think $98 is way overpriced for this little > toy (and the annoying voice on the video actually says it costs $120). > > Seriously, I'm not sure what I would do these days with a 400mhz > processor and 1Gb of flash. I guess it does have ethernet so you could > stand it up as an ultra low powered mail proxy or something. But > browsing or doing anything graphical at all on this thing would be very > painful. Ditto on this. The Eee PC is 900Mhz and that's as low as it gets for a usable desktop experience, unless your name is Michael Sokolov. > > > On 9/10/2008, "Chris Penn" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >http://gizmodo.com/5047705/hivision-shows-off-sub+100-linux-mini-laptop > > > >If you havent seen this on Digg yet, wow. MIPS-based processor, 1GB > >flash storage, 3 USB ports, Ethernet, an SDHC card reader, WiFi, audio > >in and out, voice-chat and Firefox browser support on a Linux user > >interface. For $98, it does not even matter. > > > >Chris... > > > >-- > >"As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to > >be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." > > -Roger Penrose > >_______________________________________________ > >LinuxUsers mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
