[SGVLUG] Fw: Laptop computer - do you know anything about it?

[Charles N Wyble]

I plan to buy an eepc myself. Its attractive to me due to being 
completely designed from the ground up to have a long running batter 
life etc. Its solid state which is attractive as well.

I spend a substantial amount of time every year on bus/train/plane and 
having something like this would be a life saver.

So its certainly fully hackable and might be a halfway decent 
replacement for a general purpose laptop.... but be aware its really 
designed to conserve power. So sticking a lot of ram in it .... eh I 
dunno what that will do. Maybe not much more power consumption but who 
knows?



Emerson, Tom (*IC) wrote:
> the "top-end" model appears to be priced at $500 [499] on Amazon
>  
>   1gb main memory
>   8gb "solid state" disk drive
>  
> notes from the wikipedia article [look it up...]
>    -- the "void if removed" sticker covers the user-accessible memory
> slot  >doh<
>    -- the actual max memory is 2gb, however the kernel has been hacked
> so as not to recognize more than 1gb
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On
> Behalf Of Steve Morin
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 10:50 AM
> To: SGVLUG Discussion List.
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Fw: Laptop computer - do you know anything about
> it?
> 
> 
> I'd use this machine if it came with a gig of ram for $399
> 
> 
> On Dec 13, 2007 9:48 AM, Emerson, Tom (*IC)
> <Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> wrote: 
> 
> 
> ughh -- what an ugly site, but the hidden gem is when (if) you find the
> "specifications" link...
>  
> [it's flash, so I can't copy/paste -- gotta do it the "old fashioned
> way" and retype by hand...]
>  
>      "Operating system: Linux [and on the line below that] windows XP
> compatible"
>  
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On
> Behalf Of Harold Totten
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2007 9:15 AM
> To: SGVLUG Discussion List.
> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Fw: Laptop computer - do you know anything about
> it?
> 
> 
> I like this one:
> http://eeepc.asus.com/global/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 

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