Re: [Ql-Users] sub-£100 notebook
Thanks Richard for your informative and helpful machine assesments. However, about (8GB) SSD... I am ignorant! SSD? please Richard. TIA Greetings to all John in Wales ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] sub-£100 notebook
On 4 Sep 2008, at 10:42, hitchies wrote: Thanks Richard for your informative and helpful machine assesments. However, about (8GB) SSD... I am ignorant! SSD = Solid State Disc. Smaller, more expensive per GB, and slower - but very hard to break. The primary drawback of a machine with a smaller one, is that upgrading it will be very expensive and difficult. For experimentation and most applications, I prefer HD equipped models in theory; in practice, mine are all SSD equipped because they're the models most available. Richard ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: 25th+AGM news
Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 03/09/2008 19:57: This is advance notice of a special event Quanta will be holding to celebrate the 25th Anniversary next year. I hope that announcing it this early will help QLers everywhere to make advance arrangements to attend the event. Dilwyn Jones == QUANTA ANNOUNCEMENT 25th Anniversary Workshop and AGM Saturday April 18th and Sunday April 19th 2009 I am probably singing in Venice that weekend (8-(# Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: 25th+AGM news
Tony, Be careful, the street are flooded ... Tony Firshman wrote: Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 03/09/2008 19:57: This is advance notice of a special event Quanta will be holding to celebrate the 25th Anniversary next year. I hope that announcing it this early will help QLers everywhere to make advance arrangements to attend the event. Dilwyn Jones == QUANTA ANNOUNCEMENT 25th Anniversary Workshop and AGM Saturday April 18th and Sunday April 19th 2009 I am probably singing in Venice that weekend (8-(# Tony ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.16/1650 - Release Date: 9/3/2008 16:13 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: 25th+AGM news
Evening Tony, I am probably singing in Venice that weekend (8-(# Make the most of it. I read recently that the city council (or equivalent) have given the go ahead to put up neon signs in St Marks! At least I think it was neon - but with my memory, it could have been something else. Regardless, it was something 'tacky'. Cheers Norman. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] sub-£100 notebook
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard Kilpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi Dilwyn, I have just bought the October issue of PC Pro magazine, and Asus, who make the Eee Pc have a massive 12 page advertising booklet within it. So, they do a very wide range of products. In the notebook ( mini-laptop ) PC range the lowest priced is the Eee PC 4G - with an Intel Mobile processor, Linux OS, 7 ( 800 x 600 ) display, 512Mb memory, 4GB SSD - priced at £169.36 RRP ex VAT. So, a sub-£100 notebook is still a way off, as yet. The highest priced in the notebook PC range is the Eee PC 1000 - Intel Mobile Atom 1.6Ghz processor, Linux OS, 10 ( 1024 x 600 ) display, 1024Mb memory, 40GB SSD - priced at £314.04 RRP ex VAT The equivalent model with a standard 80Gb hard drive is priced at £297.02 RRP ex VAT. The rivals in this market are starting to appear. Like the new MSI Wind U100 - Intel Mobile Atom 1.6Ghz processor, Windows XP OS, 10 ( 1024 x 600 ) display, 512Mb memory, 80GB hard drive - priced at £281 RRP ex VAT. The other mini-laptop already available is the Acer Aspire one - Intel Mobile Atom 1.6Ghz processor, Linux OS, 8.9 ( 1024 x 600 ) display, 1024Mb memory, 8GB SSD - priced at £196 RRP ex VAT. Thus, it is probably better to think of a sub-£300 or sub-£200 potential price range for these smaller portable computers at present. Although, that is around 2/3 rds to a 1/2 the cost of well specified regular portable PC. The mini-laptops have the smaller size for even greater portability, yet not as well as specified as standard portable PC. However, they do have features like wi-fi, USB ports, and Ethernet, etc. I guess, with the right effort and software, a QL system emulator will run on many of these mini-laptops. On 4 Sep 2008, at 10:42, hitchies wrote: Thanks Richard for your informative and helpful machine assesments. However, about (8GB) SSD... I am ignorant! SSD = Solid State Disc. Smaller, more expensive per GB, and slower - but very hard to break. The primary drawback of a machine with a smaller one, is that upgrading it will be very expensive and difficult. For experimentation and most applications, I prefer HD equipped models in theory; in practice, mine are all SSD equipped because they're the models most available. Richard ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] Fw: 25th+AGM news
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tony Firshman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Dilwyn Jones wrote, on 03/09/2008 19:57: This is advance notice of a special event Quanta will be holding to celebrate the 25th Anniversary next year. I hope that announcing it this early will help QLers everywhere to make advance arrangements to attend the event. Dilwyn Jones == QUANTA ANNOUNCEMENT 25th Anniversary Workshop and AGM Saturday April 18th and Sunday April 19th 2009 I am probably singing in Venice that weekend (8-(# Tony On Gondola, no doubt ... :-) -- Malcolm Cadman ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] sub-£100 notebook
On 4 Sep 2008, at 20:26, Malcolm Cadman wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard Kilpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi Dilwyn, I have just bought the October issue of PC Pro magazine, and Asus, who make the Eee Pc have a massive 12 page advertising booklet within it. So, they do a very wide range of products. In the notebook ( mini-laptop ) PC range the lowest priced is the Eee PC 4G - with an Intel Mobile processor, Linux OS, 7 ( 800 x 600 ) display, 512Mb memory, 4GB SSD - priced at £169.36 RRP ex VAT. So, a sub-£100 notebook is still a way off, as yet. No, it isn't. PC Pro might not have featured one, but Elonex launched the Elonex One in February; shipments are happening now - a £99 notebook. It is a rubbish device, with 128MB RAM, 1GB storage, 800 x 480 non- touch 7 LCD (a small trackball is on the rear of it) and a 300MHz MIPS-clone CPU, running an antique Linux kernel, but it is a sub £100 notebook. The Eee is under £150 ex VAT now. Acer's Aspire comes in 8GB, 120GB and 160GB versions. Richard ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [Ql-Users] sub-£100 notebook
Hi Malcom, I cn get the EEEPC for less than the prices you quote, but I would have to buy in batches of 10-20 to get the discounted price. I am not sure if there is a mrket for this type of thing. What do you think. Derek Malcolm Cadman wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], Richard Kilpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi Dilwyn, I have just bought the October issue of PC Pro magazine, and Asus, who make the Eee Pc have a massive 12 page advertising booklet within it. So, they do a very wide range of products. In the notebook ( mini-laptop ) PC range the lowest priced is the Eee PC 4G - with an Intel Mobile processor, Linux OS, 7 ( 800 x 600 ) display, 512Mb memory, 4GB SSD - priced at £169.36 RRP ex VAT. So, a sub-£100 notebook is still a way off, as yet. The highest priced in the notebook PC range is the Eee PC 1000 - Intel Mobile Atom 1.6Ghz processor, Linux OS, 10 ( 1024 x 600 ) display, 1024Mb memory, 40GB SSD - priced at £314.04 RRP ex VAT The equivalent model with a standard 80Gb hard drive is priced at £297.02 RRP ex VAT. The rivals in this market are starting to appear. Like the new MSI Wind U100 - Intel Mobile Atom 1.6Ghz processor, Windows XP OS, 10 ( 1024 x 600 ) display, 512Mb memory, 80GB hard drive - priced at £281 RRP ex VAT. The other mini-laptop already available is the Acer Aspire one - Intel Mobile Atom 1.6Ghz processor, Linux OS, 8.9 ( 1024 x 600 ) display, 1024Mb memory, 8GB SSD - priced at £196 RRP ex VAT. Thus, it is probably better to think of a sub-£300 or sub-£200 potential price range for these smaller portable computers at present. Although, that is around 2/3 rds to a 1/2 the cost of well specified regular portable PC. The mini-laptops have the smaller size for even greater portability, yet not as well as specified as standard portable PC. However, they do have features like wi-fi, USB ports, and Ethernet, etc. I guess, with the right effort and software, a QL system emulator will run on many of these mini-laptops. On 4 Sep 2008, at 10:42, hitchies wrote: Thanks Richard for your informative and helpful machine assesments. However, about (8GB) SSD... I am ignorant! SSD = Solid State Disc. Smaller, more expensive per GB, and slower - but very hard to break. The primary drawback of a machine with a smaller one, is that upgrading it will be very expensive and difficult. For experimentation and most applications, I prefer HD equipped models in theory; in practice, mine are all SSD equipped because they're the models most available. Richard ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.169 / Virus Database: 270.6.16/1650 - Release Date: 9/3/2008 16:13 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
