On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Paolo Falcone <[email protected]> wrote: > So far my pet peeves about the current generation of cheap ultraportables are: > > 1. The awfully cramped keyboards > 2. Anemic battery life > 3. Widescreen
I've been using an OLPC XO-1 booting to the SD card with Ubuntu for quite some time and I must admit that despite the very limited resource this machine has, the resolution and the battery life is just great. With the 7.5" LCD churning out 1200x900 plus you have dual modes (backlit color/direct sunlight greyscale) every site I go to seems to fit well. The battery usually lasts 4-5 hours with the LCD brightness cranked up and wifi signal is pretty darn strong. Unfortunately, the CPU is a dog and the memory is only at 256MB. There isn't much to do here except use it as an internet terminal for common use and flash/heavy ajax wil make everything crawl. But then, I'm not complaining since its a first generation device. Hopefully, the hardware refresh will make things much better in terms of speed and performance (crossing fingers). I noticed one thing that the XO-1 is unique at, as a netbook which I think the rest should have done as well - the mainboard and LCD is in the same casing on top while the keyboard and battery is located at the bottom which makes it thinner and pretty much no heat generated at all (the battery itself is of different chemical composition) which makes it really useful on your lap. I'm not sure this is possible though with the Atom powered chips. -- Jerome G. Pinoy Tech Podcast: http://www.pinoytechpodcast.com Blog: http://blog.gotangco.com _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
