Thanks Joe..... On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Joe Heaton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just went to a 1 day Win7 class this past Monday, and the instructor had > one of those EEE PCs. He had Win7 installed on it, and it booted from power > button to useable desktop in about 20 seconds or so. Have no idea what he > had as far as RAM or anything, other than it did have an Atom cpu. > > > > By the way Sherry, you make lots of typos no matter the size of the > keyboard… ;) > > > > Joe Heaton > > Employment Training Panel > > > > *From:* Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 01, 2009 7:59 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: OT: Netbooks > > > > I have a personal netbook, Asus EEE PC. It came with their version of > *nix, which I promptly overwrote with Ubuntu. I have not connected it to my > work domain, but when I connected to my dmz, I can see the domain in > networking. It wouldn't take much to be added to that domain I'm thinking. > I chose a netbook that came with a 160GB harddrive rather than the solid > state drives because those are just too small. Personally I love it, but > probably my biggest complaint is the keyboard, it's very small and I have to > be careful when typing on it because I do make a lot of typos. I have a > corporate issued Dell Latitude laptop, so I'm accustomed to a laptop > keyboard, but this is much smaller. Other than that, I don't have a > complaint. I'm actually typing this response on my netbook. So it's very > usable, and user friendly. Ubuntu is probably the easiest *nix distros out > there. Recently went on vacation with my sister-in-law and niece (girls > week out) and took my netbook. My s-i-l is a Windows XP user, and my niece > is a Mac user, neither had any trouble using this netbook with Ubuntu on > it. I do know someone that installed the Mac OSX on his Asus netbook and > loves it. > > For the prices on these, they are really nice, especially for tight > budgets. I would allow $$ for accessories like usb mouse and keyboard for > your users, and if you want a monitor attached to it, it would have to be a > usb monitor also. (At least for the Asus that I have). > > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 9:37 AM, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was looking at the Atom's from Dell when we began the process of > replacing desktops. I liked what I saw and the price was very good but I > could not get one in my hands to try out. I am waiting until I see some of > these new types of machines before ordering any. Like your budget mine is > super tight at the moment. > > > > Jon > > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:25 AM, John Hornbuckle < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Anyone have any experiences on netbooks in the enterprise? > > We're a school district, and are just now looking at them. But the ones I'm > seeing all come with Windows XP Home Edition, which presents manageability > problems for us. > > Are we better off just waiting for Windows 7? My understanding is that all > flavors of it will run on netbooks. > > > > John Hornbuckle > MIS Department > Taylor County School District > 318 North Clark Street > Perry, FL 32347 > > www.taylor.k12.fl.us > > > > NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications > to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the > public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to > public disclosure. > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > > > > > > > > > > -- Sherry Abercrombie "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
