Re: [Hampshire] Asus EEE BOX ?

2008-11-26 Thread Victor Churchill
2008/11/26 Bob Dunlop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have a project in mind that requires just the scroll wheel mechanism from > a USB mouse so maybe it'll be a hacksaw job. Saw one somewhere on t'web (probably O'Reilly Maker pages) acting as the encoder for a weather station wind meter thing ... (ane

Re: [Hampshire] Asus EEE BOX ?

2008-11-26 Thread Bob Dunlop
> BTW Bob, have you looked carefully at the mouse that came with your MPC-L? > If it is the same as the one I received you may want to throw it out > before it contaminates anything :) I did point out the warning message to Kelly. We've left it carefully sealed in it's plastic bag so far. I hav

Re: [Hampshire] Asus EEE BOX ?

2008-11-26 Thread Alan Pope
2008/11/26 Andy Random <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > BTW Bob, have you looked carefully at the mouse that came with your MPC-L? > If it is the same as the one I received you may want to throw it out > before it contaminates anything :) > I don't mind coming out and saying "I love microsoft mice". There,

Re: [Hampshire] Asus EEE BOX ?

2008-11-26 Thread Andy Random
On Wed, 26 Nov 2008, Bob Dunlop wrote: > Okay how about 79 quid, including VAT and delivery. > > Not quite the same spec but that's what I just got a Viglen MPC-L for > thanks to Alan Popes pointer to the Ubuntu podcast. Mine arrived last Thursday as it happens :) > 512Mb RAM, 80G hard drive, 4

Re: [Hampshire] Asus EEE BOX ?

2008-11-26 Thread Dr Adam J Trickett
On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 at 08:35:30AM +, Bob Dunlop wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Nov 25 at 05:06, Andy Random wrote: > > > > If it was half the price I might have considered it (though even then the > > kit might end up in boxes for months) but for a saving of 20-30 quid, it > > really isn't worth

Re: [Hampshire] Asus EEE BOX ?

2008-11-26 Thread Bob Dunlop
Hi, On Tue, Nov 25 at 05:06, Andy Random wrote: > > If it was half the price I might have considered it (though even then the > kit might end up in boxes for months) but for a saving of 20-30 quid, it > really isn't worth it to me. Okay how about 79 quid, including VAT and delivery. Not quite

Re: [Hampshire] Asus EEE BOX ?

2008-11-25 Thread Andy Random
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008, Bob Dunlop wrote: > You might want to look at some of the Atom bundles that are about > like[1] I've just built the above spec for 171 inc vat. Slightly > chunkier case so there room to add DVD if you want, and no XP. > Or [2] for 175 with a bigger disc. > > [1] http://lini

Re: [Hampshire] Asus EEE BOX ?

2008-11-25 Thread Bob Dunlop
On Tue, Nov 25 at 02:08, Sean Gibbins wrote: > Bob Dunlop wrote: > > [1] http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12194 > > [2] http://mini-itx.com/store/?c=44 > > It's been a few years now, but I had a terrible time getting > mini-itx.com to accept returns, to the point that I had to threaten the

Re: [Hampshire] Asus EEE BOX ?

2008-11-25 Thread Sean Gibbins
Bob Dunlop wrote: > [1] http://linitx.com/viewproduct.php?prodid=12194 > [2] http://mini-itx.com/store/?c=44 It's been a few years now, but I had a terrible time getting mini-itx.com to accept returns, to the point that I had to threaten them with Small Claims Court, i.e. send the initial recorded

Re: [Hampshire] Asus EEE BOX ?

2008-11-25 Thread Bob Dunlop
Hi, On Tue, Nov 25 at 07:39, Andy Random wrote: > > Has anyone purchased or played with one of these: > > Asus EBXB202-BLK-X0024, Intel Atom, 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM 160GB HDD > >http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148886 > Uhm nope. > So does anybody have any experience of running Linux on one? Given

Re: [Hampshire] Asus EEE BOX ?

2008-11-25 Thread Stephen Rowles
> > Has anyone purchased or played with one of these: > > Asus EBXB202-BLK-X0024, Intel Atom, 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM 160GB HDD > >http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148886 > > Yes I know if comes with XP Home, but it seems like a reasonable spec for > the price (even with the M$ tax) and it's a small footp

[Hampshire] Asus EEE BOX ?

2008-11-25 Thread Andy Random
Has anyone purchased or played with one of these: Asus EBXB202-BLK-X0024, Intel Atom, 1.6GHz, 1GB RAM 160GB HDD http://www.ebuyer.com/product/148886 Yes I know if comes with XP Home, but it seems like a reasonable spec for the price (even with the M$ tax) and it's a small footprint lowish p