Re: [silk] One Laptop Per Hamster

2008-04-25 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 7:19 AM, ss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 23 Apr 2008 1:26:01 pm Valsa Williams wrote: those who do not like to carry around a large laptop like me Ah so you're a large laptop then? I think Michael Kelso would say, Burn! ;-)

Re: [silk] One Laptop Per Hamster

2008-04-24 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 23-Apr-08, at 1:26 PM, Valsa Williams wrote: I have one too . I hear Asus is open to suggestions for improvements. The next version is supposed to have a 40GB HDD and will be available at the same price. That's the challenge keeping the price low. We also got Tata Indicom wireless USB

Re: [silk] One Laptop Per Hamster

2008-04-24 Thread divya manian
On 4/24/08, Kiran Jonnalagadda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given how inexpensive these are, I'm looking forward to the improvements ASUS can come up with in a year. The 7-incher can affordably be retired to some corner of the home. Probably to the kitchen as a recipe manager/meal planner?

Re: [silk] One Laptop Per Hamster

2008-04-24 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 24-Apr-08, at 1:16 PM, divya manian wrote: Probably to the kitchen as a recipe manager/meal planner? I was thinking to the treadmill, with Miro, as a video feed viewer.

Re: [silk] One Laptop Per Hamster

2008-04-23 Thread Charles Haynes
My fairly techie sweetie has one we picked up in Singapore in Feb. She loves it. -- Charles

Re: [silk] One Laptop Per Hamster

2008-04-23 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 23-Apr-08, at 11:23 AM, Biju Chacko wrote: So, who else has got an eeepc? I bought one and haven't yet been able to pry it out of my non-techie wife's hands. Me. Also wondering if I need extended battery backup:

Re: [silk] One Laptop Per Hamster

2008-04-23 Thread gabin kattukaran
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23-Apr-08, at 11:23 AM, Biju Chacko wrote: So, who else has got an eeepc? I bought one and haven't yet been able to pry it out of my non-techie wife's hands. Me. Also wondering if I need extended battery

Re: [silk] One Laptop Per Hamster

2008-04-23 Thread Biju Chacko
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:47 PM, gabin kattukaran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23-Apr-08, at 11:23 AM, Biju Chacko wrote: So, who else has got an eeepc? I bought one and haven't yet been able to pry it

Re: [silk] One Laptop Per Hamster

2008-04-23 Thread gabin kattukaran
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 1:01 PM, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:47 PM, gabin kattukaran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 23-Apr-08, at 11:23 AM, Biju Chacko wrote: So, who

Re: [silk] One Laptop Per Hamster

2008-04-23 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Biju Chacko wrote: | I find the keyboard annoyingly small -- otherwise it's really nice. | It's the first linux box that I could get my wife to use on an | extended basis. the keyboard is a pain - i nearly got RSI-ed from extended usage of it. and,

Re: [silk] One Laptop Per Hamster

2008-04-23 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 23-Apr-08, at 1:01 PM, Biju Chacko wrote: I find the keyboard annoyingly small -- otherwise it's really nice. It's the first linux box that I could get my wife to use on an extended basis. I've found the keyboard manageable -- takes a few days to adjust and a particular posture for

Re: [silk] One Laptop Per Hamster

2008-04-23 Thread divya manian
On 4/23/08, Kiran Jonnalagadda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What bugs me is the lack of a decent outliner on Linux. FreeMind is unusable on the small screen. I find it best useful for viewing PDFs or writing blog entries on the go - in a starbucks while sipping coffee. I have a pink one without

Re: [silk] One Laptop Per Hamster

2008-04-23 Thread Valsa Williams
I have one too . I hear Asus is open to suggestions for improvements. The next version is supposed to have a 40GB HDD and will be available at the same price. That's the challenge keeping the price low. We also got Tata Indicom wireless USB to work. I think it fits more into the first time

[silk] One Laptop Per Hamster

2008-04-22 Thread Biju Chacko
http://xkcd.com/413/ So, who else has got an eeepc? I bought one and haven't yet been able to pry it out of my non-techie wife's hands. -- b