[SGVLUG] Eee PC by Asus - reading great press on it

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Wow,

this does look interesting.  Zack,  how will the books be loaded on these
units?  will it be distributed to students with an additional USB disk or
all on the 2GB drive?

In any case, I enjoy this mailing list as I get information on all the cool
things that run and work with Linux.

thanks


Manny


On Jan 8, 2008 1:00 PM, Zack, James <JZack at unex.ucla.edu> wrote:

> I have personally held one before and plinked with it for about 10
> minutes.  The keyboard is tiny, but then so is the screen and the entire
> unit.  We have one on order here for classroom technical support, and
> our Legal program certificate students will all be getting one with
> thier tuition, as well as PDF copies of all their textbooks starting
> next year (I think).  They are piloting it shortly... all I know is that
> there is an order for about 50 of them in that department.
>
> These units will replace the need for students to have little hand carts
> to carry their books to class each day.  Should be exciting, and I can
> probably report more on it once we actually get one in our hands to play
> with.
>
> We ordered the bigger model, the students are getting the one with less
> memory on it.  This isn't a machine I would want to work a lot on, but
> for field work it's ideal.  It's solid state (no moving parts), and
> looked fairly durable (the rep from Asus threw it across the room).
>
> I can't speak to performance but it seemed reasonable in the UI for
> responsiveness.
>
> -JZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Robert Leyva
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:27 PM
> To: sgvlug at sgvlug.org
> Subject: [SGVLUG] Eee PC by Asus - reading great press on it
>
> ...and now I want one! :)
>
> It comes preinstalled w/Linux, and is of micro size. Just right for
> quick remote administration and such, or being on-call and having to VPN
> into somewhere.
>
> I don't need it, but sure looks cool and fun.
>
> Anyone own one, and can mention about how well made?
>
> --
> "Knowledge is Power" -- Francis Bacon
>
> Robert Leyva
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>
>
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