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

[Zack, James]

As I understand it, the books are all contained on a USB thumb drive, so
none of the EEPC memory is used.  This gives the students the
flexibility of using their own laptop if they would prefer.  The USB
drives are pressed by the book publisher and I think they must include
some DRM stuff on the files... I can't imagine they won't.

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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
	

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	...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
	mrflash818 at geophile.net
	AOL IM: mrflash818
	
	


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