On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:26:32PM -0500, 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. > > Here's a review, theres many more, but I find that laptopmag usualy has good > and balanced reviews: > http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/asus-eee-pc-1000he.aspx?page=1
Having looked at (part of) the review, the obvious question is: Will I have to pay the Windows tax? Or is there a Linux version, like the original eeepc? -- hendrik _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
