Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:00:07 +1000
From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] OPD: Dan's Basiclink Libretto List?
Matthew Hanson wrote:
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:02:47 +0000
From: Matthew Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [LIB] OPD: Dan's Basiclink Libretto List?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyways, just testing to see if this list still works. Figure by now, anyone with
any interesting in a mini-notebook has moved onto the dozens of eeePC competitors
out today for ~$500. These are the 'best available' mini-notebooks out right now
for a decent price, and vs. any Libretto, you'd really have to wonder about anyone
buying a decade ol' Libretto vs. the eeePC.<
The eeepc>is< a slick little notebook... but flash memory?? I see they're up to
12GB... but these days that's pretty pathetic for anyone storing multimedia files. And
$600 for the 12GB model? Flash memory>is< getting cheaper. But at today's prices
it's just not practical for me cost-wise yet.
Wow, it's been so long since I've posted to this list I didn't even have
a profile set up to send email from this account anymore! >_<
I've got the eee 900, very nice little machine and the 20GB model (4GB
inbuilt SSD on the motherboard + 16GB plug-in installed) was less than
$500AUD with Xandros Linux (which quickly got the boot in favor of
Kubuntu) ... the SSD is nice in that you don't need to worry about
thumping it around although it is a bit creepy in that you can't hear or
feel the hard drive going ... true it isn't going to store all your
multimedia files but I have a Hyperdrive Colorspace O for that :-D
The Kohjinsha UMPCs are looking very tempting though and are going back
to Libretto-like in size (especially the models without inbuilt optical
drives) ... and amazingly they also pack a 1.3GHz Atom, 2GB of RAM,
proper hard drive (could be good or bad), flip/swivel touchscreen,
webcam, a couple of USB ports, 3-in-1 cardreader, ExpressCard slot, GPS
and TV tuner! O_o Goodness knows how they manage to fit all that in ...
- Raymond
