David Pelletier wrote: > After some consideration, I'm getting an Asus Eee PC 1000HE, it has a > very long battery life, Asus claims 9.5h, but some users reported > getting as much as 10h30 without wifi and with brightness set at > minimum. Reviews claim a bit over 7h of battery life in their battery > tests. They improved the keyboard, though it might not be as good as the > NC10's keyboard, it certainly looks good enough. > > It has the new Atom 280, for what its worth (2-5% performance > improvement) and has a GMA950, so no drivers problem on linux. It has N > wifi and bluetooth... and it's shipping in the states, so it should be > here soon. > > The best part: it's cheap, they sell it for 475$ at micro-boutique (but > they don't have it in stock yet), I'm sure you can find it cheaper if > you shop online. NCIX had some in stock but they sold out very very fast.
You better pre-order now because Asus wants to raise prices starting March 1, by as much as 20%... http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/275886/asus_hikes_prices_all_notebooks_eee_products?fp=4&fpid=399285820 David Montminy _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
