Just got my Agora Pro today. Putting on Ubuntu NBR as per: http://agoranetbook.kayno.net/2009/04/25/installing-ubuntu-over-netboot/ be sure to read comments on blog / click next at top to get touchpad and wifi working.
2009/7/23 Dean Hamstead <d...@fragfest.com.au>: > How does battery life fare? >From reports I've read the battery life on the pro (6 cell) is really, really good. The stats I saw were 3:17 under heavy load (HD movie playing full screen max brightness). I would assume using 3G or other wireless would have a significant impact. Ben > Dean > > Terry Dawson wrote: >> >> Marghanita da Cruz wrote: >>> >>> Any thoughts on these? >>>> >>>> Powering the Kogan Agora Netbook is gOS, a very aesthetically pleasing, >>>> powerful, intuitive, and fast operating system. Combined with the power and >>>> great value of our hardware, it brings you one step closer to cloud >>>> computing. gOS facilitates easy access to a number of Google™ services as >>>> well as a host of easy to use, powerful open source programs. >>> >>> <http://www.kogan.com.au/shop/kogan-agora-netbook/> >>> <http://www.kogan.com.au/shop/kogan-agora-netbook-pro/> >> >> Marghanita, >> >> I realise you posted this message quite a while ago now, but I've recently >> purchased four of the Agora Pro Netbooks and if you're still considering >> purchase I thought you might be interested in my comments. In summary I'm >> really very happy with them. >> >> They're surprisingly solidly built for a machine of their class. They feel >> well-built with no flimsiness and I suspect you'd have to try pretty hard to >> do any real physical damage to them. >> >> The operating system has been well localised for Australia and is Ubuntu >> 8.04 based. The 8.04 is a little out of date, but the update process is >> obvious and works as expected. It was almost disappointing to discover that >> I didn't need/want to do much after creating my login account to customise >> it; the setup is quite sensible. All I ended up doing was disabling the >> Google gadgets on the desktop because they're not to my taste and installing >> a few application package that I like to use. >> >> I find the keyboard quite comfortable to use, with the possible exception >> of the '/' key being a little awkward to get to from some angles. The >> touchpad works well, but again, from some angles I find that my thumbs >> sometime accidentally stray onto it while I'm typing. I'm sure both of these >> problems will dissipate with time as I become more familiar with it. >> >> Wireless/sound work as expected. Bluetooth, as you will know, manifests as >> a small USB dongle which I haven't yet tried, but suspect will work just >> fine. >> >> The screen is quite pretty, with default fonts small but readable even for >> someone rapidly turning middle-aged and both short and far-sighted :) >> >> Happy to field any particular questions you (or others) might have. >> >> regards >> Terry >> > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
