The Asus EEE PC is may be available for PHP18,000.00 depending on memory size and SSD capacity.
The MSI Wind may also be available for PHP18,000.00 depending on memory size and SATA disk capacity. Both machines have been successfully reinstalled with Ubuntu, even if originally they might not be pre-installed with it: http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/wiki/index.php5?title=Main_Page http://wiki.msiwind.net/index.php/Ubuntu_8.04_Hardy_Heron There is a bit of work involved to get Ubuntu to run on either, but everyone knows that happiness comes only after hardwork. He he he. Seriously though, I suggest that you pay a bit more and get a Netbook with 2GB ram and at least 160GB SATA disk. The 512MB ram and 20GB SSD disk on the Asus EEE PC might be too little for any serious work with a Netbook. You buy a Netbook for PORTABLE power, so that you do not have to get hemorrhoids lugging a 2Kg laptop with you, but you get Linux on the Netbook so that you can bring your work with you. If all you do is word processing, then the low-end Netbooks (512MB ram and 20GB SSD disk) will be sufficient. My PHP0.02 worth! Pablo Manalastas *** > --- On Wed, 1/21/09, Emerito Santillan > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Emerito Santillan <[email protected]> > > Subject: [plug] Linux SSD-based netbooks > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2009, 11:55 AM > > Sorry, resent with subject. > > > > I've seen lots of posts and ads about Linux-based > > netbooks. I now like to hear the opinion of the list > on the > > best SSD-based netbook. Aside from the usual good > hardware > > build, my criteria for "best" also includes: > > > > 1. Cheap (below P18,000) > > 2. Can hibernate, suspend and shut down without any > > problems (no fsck's or hangs after restart). > > 3. WiFi works well (rarely disconnects, etc) > > 4. Supported out-of-the-box by mainstream distros like > > Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian or Opensolaris (for #3 and #4). _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
