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

[Don Saxton]

I friend had these comments / questions:

The little Nokia doesn't look very practical to me,
but the eee PC looks interesting.
I'm not sure how I can get answers to Qs such as:

1. Can it run Palm Desktop?
2. Does it have USB port(s)?
3. How good is it with voice recognition?
4. How noisy is the keyboard?
5. Can I connect it to a larger monitor or keyboard?

Also, I'm reluctant to get shiny new technology.
I prefer to wait 6 mos. to 1 yr to let others work out
the bugs.

Where does one look for the latest in last year's
gadgets?

SG



Charles N Wyble wrote:
> 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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