On Fri, Feb 22, 2008, Martin Visser wrote: > There were dozens at LCA last month - geek envy abounded. They seem very > solid. > The Linux Action Show guys did a pretty thorough review in their > latest podcast - http://www.linuxactionshow.com > They are quite amenable to installing other distros if you don't like > the default ( boot off a SD card if you want) > Compiz apparently works a treat. > > It seems this form factor (and capability) is neatly filling the gap > between regular notebooks and PDAs that tablets and UMPC have failed > to fill. I'd be pretty confident that they other main vendors will be > quickly trying to come up with competition. (And no, even though I > work for one of them - I have no inside knowledge - I have only been > watching the public ruminations)
I like them. Its going to be my eventual replacement of my old sony picturebook, which exists in the same form factor. That form factor is surprisingly useful in all kinds of places. Now, if only you could fold the screen all the way back over the keyboard and read books on it.. :) Adrian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
