One further observation Caryl, you may want to consider a netbook with an SD Card slot. I have found that SoaS on SD Card is a good way to avoid a protruding stick ready to be snapped off. Of course, as it is smaller, it is also easier to lose and requires a case, so your call.
The Acer Aspire One 532h can read several card types: http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/netbook/2010/Acer/Aspire/AspireOneAO532h/AspireOneAO532hsp2.shtml Sean On 4/15/10, Sean DALY <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/15/10, James Cameron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The Mac will run SoaS, with a boot helper disk, will burn cds and dvds, > > > but it is much easier to create the SoaS sticks on a Windows machine. > > > > > > Have you tried running Windows inside a VirtualBox on the Mac? That > > might get you the ability to create the sticks. > > > What makes SoaS loading on Windows easy is the friendly GUI > liveusb-creator application > (https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/). It's true that the > current Mac OSX instructions > (http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_on_a_Stick/Blueberry#For_Mac_OS_X_Users) > require a Terminal command; installing Windows on a Mac just for > liveusb-creator seems like a lot of effort though. If anyone can > assist with coding a graphical Mac installer (using e.g. Applescript), > that would be very helpful. > > > > > > Do you know of any other electronics store chains that might let me > > > come in and test SoaS on their floor models? > > > > > > It takes either a brave, trusting or expert salesperson to let this > > happen. Brave in that they are betting on a sale to you despite the > > risk of their demo unit needing a restore. Trusting in that they have > > to extend their trust to you holding a USB key of unknown origin. > > Expert is best though; if you can first select the most technical > > salesperson by asking lots of questions until you are handed off to the > > best of the lot ... then you reduce the risk of refusal. > > > I agree that few salespeople will be cooperative. However, I'm not > aware of SoaS ever trashing a system; the whole principle is that the > existing installation isn't touched. The only change required is the > boot order in the BIOS (USB port prior to internal drive), and even > that is optional on most recent netbooks which have a startup function > key (often F10) to allow a one-shot change to the boot order, avoiding > getting into the BIOS at all. A changed BIOS boot order can of course > be returned to its previous setting. > > I own several netbooks (Asus EeePC 901, Acer Aspire One, Dell Mini 10 > and Latitude 2100 education model, Olidata JumPc Gen1 Classmate, > Archos Gen2 Classmate) and they all run Sugar on a Stick > (http://www.flickr.com/photos/39656...@n02/3666862229/), although the > Gen1 Classmate screen is too small and the webcam on I think the Mini > 10 doesn't cooperate. > > > Sean > _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas
