Re: [dwm] [OT] Reputable online computer shops in Germany?
On Sat, 9 May 2009 23:22:38 +0200 Preben Randhol wrote: > What I can say is that dwm is a perfect match for the Eee family! Forgot to mention that the mousepad is really nice in the Eees. I don't like mousepads normally, but this I can live with if you don't have space for a mouse. Like on a plane. -- Preben Randhol http://wee-free-lore.blogspot.com/ http://www.pvv.org/~randhol
Re: [dwm] [OT] Reputable online computer shops in Germany?
On Sun, 10 May 2009 10:03:47 +0200 Adam F wrote: > Its like everyone just gave up on the SSDs for now. There is no > way I need more than ~60, and 30 would probably be fine. Has to do with price. SSDs are expensive and besides OSes are not optimized for this medium yet. With a 901 you have 16 or 20 Gb depending on if you get the Linux version. Then addingin a 32 Gb SD card should give you 52 Gb. Note, have not tested 32 Gb SD card in the card reader, but I guess you can find out if it works if you google a bit. -- Preben Randhol http://wee-free-lore.blogspot.com/
Re: [dwm] [OT] Reputable online computer shops in Germany?
>Alternate, K&M Elektronik and notebooksbilliger.de ... thanks, this was just what i was looking for. >I am considering buying a netbook in the very near future, too. You might >share your criteria and the results of your comparison -- I at least would >be interested in that. my requirements are quite similar to yours, but with weight, and battery life being at the top of the list, noise is not as critical. After reading over the old subnotebook threads on this list and spending some hours yesterday looking at stuff online I am kind of underwhelmed by the current selections and prices. The closest I see to what I am looking for is probably the 901 eee pc, although after reading Preben's comment I think I want to go to a shop to compare in person the keyboard issue. I find it kind of strange the HDD options seem to jump from 12 to 160 GB with nothing in between. Its like everyone just gave up on the SSDs for now. There is no way I need more than ~60, and 30 would probably be fine. It also seems like once you go to the 10.2" size a lot of the netbooks have almost exactly the same specs; asus, lenovo, msi, etc, atleast at the ~300 euro price range, so really one needs to physically compare them, imo. In summary, there seems to be less possibility than I hoped of getting exactly what I want. I will probably wait a while before buying anything. Also this site was mentioned on of the other threads and is pretty informative: www.umpcportal.com cheers, adam. >
Re: [dwm] [OT] Reputable online computer shops in Germany?
On Sat, 9 May 2009 19:30:12 +0200 [email protected] wrote: > My requirements are pretty simple in my opinion, but I get the > impression they seem not to be very common ... Instead current offers > are bloated with stuff I am only using once per year or not at all. I have an Asus Eee 1000H and my wife has an Eee 901. Both running Linux (XP ditched) > - silent (very silent pls) 901 is silent (well there is a fan you can slightly hear if the machine get really hot). I'm "allergic" to computer noise, but I don't find the fan noise from the 1000H problematic. If you are pushing the computer for a long time so it really gets hot, you can hear the fan well. > - light (up to 1.2kg) 1000H is 250 g more, but that should not be a problem. 901 feels almost too light :-) > - above 3(.5) hours of battery life (text input) I have now 6 hours battery life with the 1000H running dwm on Ubuntu 9.04. My wife has about 5.5-6h running xfce4 Xubuntu 9.04, but this PC is not power optimized like my 1000H though. > - usable keyboard (best seen so far is the one of HP mini, fell in The keyboard of 1000H is very good. The 901's is small and needs getting used to. My fingers are too big for it I think. Try the keyboards in a shop! > - 8.9 inch display or bigger 8.9" - 901 10" -1000H > - as small dimensions as possible The 1000H is slightly bigger, but still very small. > - more than 8 GB internal drive (I think 16 to 32 GB would be perfect. > unlike most of them having 100GB+ ...) 640kb should be enough for everyone? Well it depends on your needs. For me I wanted more space so I can install all the software I want and need. On my wifes Eee I have had to remove things in order to stay within the 4Gb (of the primary SSD) secondary is 12Gb. I don't find the SSD to be practically any faster. In fact I find the 901 to be more sluggish than the 1000H, but it could be due to the CPU also. You need to change the scheduler at least to get the 901 more responsive. At the moment there is no loss going for a HDD IMHO. For me I would choose the 1000H over the 901 for usability. The 901 is great too, my wife has written two papers on it without a problem, but for me the keyboard is a bit troublesome. What I can say is that dwm is a perfect match for the Eee family! HTH Preben -- Preben Randhol http://wee-free-lore.blogspot.com/
Re: [dwm] [OT] Reputable online computer shops in Germany?
Hello, * Adam [2009-05-09 11:50]: > Hello, I am considering getting an eee pc or something similar, and am > trying to compare prices. I am considering buying a netbook in the very near future, too. You might share your criteria and the results of your comparison -- I at least would be interested in that. My requirements are pretty simple in my opinion, but I get the impression they seem not to be very common ... Instead current offers are bloated with stuff I am only using once per year or not at all. - silent (very silent pls) - light (up to 1.2kg) - above 3(.5) hours of battery life (text input) - usable keyboard (best seen so far is the one of HP mini, fell in love with it, actually; but lenovo's one is not that bad, too) - 8.9 inch display or bigger - as small dimensions as possible - more than 8 GB internal drive (I think 16 to 32 GB would be perfect. unlike most of them having 100GB+ ...) The problem with deciding whether some requirement is satisfied is not that simple: e.g. reviews on battery life are based on Win XP or SomeLinux+KDE or whatever, and if they say 2.5 hours how much does it mean for me with debian+dwm or without X at all? If someone has experience with these things, pls share. > I currently live in germany but the only > store i have bought from here before is "bora computer" which is ok, > but I am looking for a few more data points. I am wondering if there > are some good online shops dwm users in germany can recommend. For > laptops and also general things (ram, drives, etc) would be > helpful...maybe comparable to newegg.com in the u.s. if you are > familiar. Amazon.de seems more expensive that the .com version for > some reason. One I found is notebook.de --- are they ok? Any > recommendations? I cannot recommend anything, but for more data points you can just type in any search engine 'preisvergleich eee pc' or 'preisvergleich netbook' or 'preisvergleich computer zubehoer' and examine the top 10-15 search results for what online shops they offer. In the past, I used to visit http://www.notebooksbilliger.de/ because I liked their advanced search and comparison, but now they don't offer (anymore?) the currently for me most interesting netbooks. Hope this helps. -- cheers stanio_
[dwm] [OT] Reputable online computer shops in Germany?
Hello, I am considering getting an eee pc or something similar, and am trying to compare prices. I currently live in germany but the only store i have bought from here before is "bora computer" which is ok, but I am looking for a few more data points. I am wondering if there are some good online shops dwm users in germany can recommend. For laptops and also general things (ram, drives, etc) would be helpful...maybe comparable to newegg.com in the u.s. if you are familiar. Amazon.de seems more expensive that the .com version for some reason. One I found is notebook.de --- are they ok? Any recommendations? thanks for the help, -adam.
