Re: [WISPA] Small footprint $399 laptop
On Fri, February 1, 2008 7:38 pm, Calvin Owens wrote: > Ron, Asus EPCees are running from 250 -400 but I have only seen open > source > versions. Not sure how quick/stable they'd be if you needed Win tho. If you want it pre-installed, Asus says that's coming later this quarter (it's already available in Japan). Or if you're a clever fellow, it's apparently not too hard to install XP on the units now. (At least that's what Google says...) Hardware compatiblity isn't a problem, and reports indicate that the battery life doesn't even change very much. It's not gonna be a speed demon, but neither is Linux on these units. There's only so much you can do with the small, low-power hardware they're built from. If you want small(ish), light, AND high-power, the Macbook Air is just over there at about five times the price. :P David Smith MVN.net WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Small footprint $399 laptop
Ron, Asus EPCees are running from 250 -400 but I have only seen open source versions. Not sure how quick/stable they'd be if you needed Win tho. Calvin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Wallace Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:12 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] Small footprint $399 laptop To All, about 6-8 weeks ago someone mentioned a 399 dollar notebook PC. Does anyone know who was offering that and a URL, please. any help is much appreciated. Thanks to all. Ron Wallace Hahnron, Inc. 220 S. Jackson Dt. Addison, MI 49220 Phone: (517)547-8410 Mobile: (517)605-4542 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Small footprint $399 laptop
Get a Panasonic toughbook, seen a video on youtube of them driving cars over them and even trying to blow one up with dynamite. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YClt8Pq_rjs They've gotten mutch cheaper over the past 6 months since they released the new Dual Core mobile's. I bought a used CF-29 with Centrino for around $700 on ebay and it looks mint, 6 hour battery and daylight readable screens. I take it up on 150' towers when I line up 3 foot dishes. Just carabiner the carry handle to my harness and go. Kurt Fankhauser WAVELINC P.O. Box 126 Bucyrus, OH 44820 419-562-6405 www.wavelinc.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David E. Smith Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:58 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Small footprint $399 laptop Ron Wallace wrote: > To All, > about 6-8 weeks ago someone mentioned a 399 dollar notebook PC. Does anyone know who was offering that and a URL, please. > any help is much appreciated. Thanks to all. If you were thinking "some assembly required," the One Laptop Per Child was about that price, and probably insanely rugged for our use. However, the hardware specs were pretty low, and they're no longer for sale. And you'd have to fiddle with 'em to install a usable OS (for our purposes, the kid-friendly environment they ship with doesn't count). I'm somewhat disappointed they haven't made a more serious effort to commercialize the OLPC gear, as selling a few of them for a profit would be an obvious way to fund the distribution of OLPCs to the impoverished markets they're ultimately trying to reach. You may also be thinking of the Asus EEE (eeepc.asus.com). It's pocket-sized, with built-in Ethernet and wi-fi and can be persuaded to run Windows XP, but I'd hate to have to type on that teensy keyboard. I still want one, even though the last thing I need is another gadget to collect dust next to my Nokia 770 Internet Tablet... Or maybe you're just thinking of "cheap notebooks" and not something specifically for WISP-use. Right now, a bottom-of-the-line, minimal features Dell Vostro 1000 is available for $399. It's no speed demon but would work well enough for most basic use, I imagine. David Smith MVN.net WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Small footprint $399 laptop
I used to have a Fujitsu Lifebook, it ran win2k and had a eth port and a touch screen. The screen was half height resolution (512x768 iirc). On 2/1/08, David E. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron Wallace wrote: > > To All, > > about 6-8 weeks ago someone mentioned a 399 dollar notebook PC. Does anyone > > know who was offering that and a URL, please. > > any help is much appreciated. Thanks to all. > > If you were thinking "some assembly required," the One Laptop Per Child > was about that price, and probably insanely rugged for our use. However, > the hardware specs were pretty low, and they're no longer for sale. And > you'd have to fiddle with 'em to install a usable OS (for our purposes, > the kid-friendly environment they ship with doesn't count). > > I'm somewhat disappointed they haven't made a more serious effort to > commercialize the OLPC gear, as selling a few of them for a profit would > be an obvious way to fund the distribution of OLPCs to the impoverished > markets they're ultimately trying to reach. > > > You may also be thinking of the Asus EEE (eeepc.asus.com). It's > pocket-sized, with built-in Ethernet and wi-fi and can be persuaded to > run Windows XP, but I'd hate to have to type on that teensy keyboard. I > still want one, even though the last thing I need is another gadget to > collect dust next to my Nokia 770 Internet Tablet... > > > Or maybe you're just thinking of "cheap notebooks" and not something > specifically for WISP-use. Right now, a bottom-of-the-line, minimal > features Dell Vostro 1000 is available for $399. It's no speed demon but > would work well enough for most basic use, I imagine. > > David Smith > MVN.net > > > > > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Small footprint $399 laptop
Ron Wallace wrote: > To All, > about 6-8 weeks ago someone mentioned a 399 dollar notebook PC. Does anyone > know who was offering that and a URL, please. > any help is much appreciated. Thanks to all. If you were thinking "some assembly required," the One Laptop Per Child was about that price, and probably insanely rugged for our use. However, the hardware specs were pretty low, and they're no longer for sale. And you'd have to fiddle with 'em to install a usable OS (for our purposes, the kid-friendly environment they ship with doesn't count). I'm somewhat disappointed they haven't made a more serious effort to commercialize the OLPC gear, as selling a few of them for a profit would be an obvious way to fund the distribution of OLPCs to the impoverished markets they're ultimately trying to reach. You may also be thinking of the Asus EEE (eeepc.asus.com). It's pocket-sized, with built-in Ethernet and wi-fi and can be persuaded to run Windows XP, but I'd hate to have to type on that teensy keyboard. I still want one, even though the last thing I need is another gadget to collect dust next to my Nokia 770 Internet Tablet... Or maybe you're just thinking of "cheap notebooks" and not something specifically for WISP-use. Right now, a bottom-of-the-line, minimal features Dell Vostro 1000 is available for $399. It's no speed demon but would work well enough for most basic use, I imagine. David Smith MVN.net WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Small footprint $399 laptop
That's it. Thanks John - >-Original Message- >From: John Valenti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, February 1, 2008 12:18 PM >To: 'WISPA General List' >Subject: Re: [WISPA] Small footprint $399 laptop > >Ron, >One that is getting a lot of buzz currently is the Asus EEE. Look at >Newegg or Google for that. >-John > >On February 1, at 12:11 PM February 1, Ron Wallace wrote: > >> To All, >> about 6-8 weeks ago someone mentioned a 399 dollar notebook PC. >> Does anyone know who was offering that and a URL, please. >> any help is much appreciated. Thanks to all. >> Ron Wallace >> Hahnron, Inc. >> > > > >WISPA Wants You! Join today! >http://signup.wispa.org/ > > >WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
Re: [WISPA] Small footprint $399 laptop
Ron, One that is getting a lot of buzz currently is the Asus EEE. Look at Newegg or Google for that. -John On February 1, at 12:11 PM February 1, Ron Wallace wrote: > To All, > about 6-8 weeks ago someone mentioned a 399 dollar notebook PC. > Does anyone know who was offering that and a URL, please. > any help is much appreciated. Thanks to all. > Ron Wallace > Hahnron, Inc. > WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
[WISPA] Small footprint $399 laptop
To All, about 6-8 weeks ago someone mentioned a 399 dollar notebook PC. Does anyone know who was offering that and a URL, please. any help is much appreciated. Thanks to all. Ron Wallace Hahnron, Inc. 220 S. Jackson Dt. Addison, MI 49220 Phone: (517)547-8410 Mobile: (517)605-4542 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
