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color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net
[mailto:sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Consult
Links<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 08, 2008 1:10 PM<BR><B>To:</B> SGVLUG
Discussion List.<BR><B>Cc:</B> sgvlug@sgvlug.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [SGVLUG]
Eee PC by Asus - reading great press on it<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Wow, <BR><BR>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? <BR><BR>In any case,
I enjoy this mailing list as I get information on all the cool things that run
and work with Linux. <BR><BR>thanks <BR><BR><BR>Manny <BR><BR><BR>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Jan 8, 2008 1:00 PM, Zack, James <<A
href="mailto:JZack@unex.ucla.edu">JZack@unex.ucla.edu</A>> wrote:<BR>
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">I
have personally held one before and plinked with it for about 10<BR>minutes.
The keyboard is tiny, but then so is the screen and the entire<BR>unit.
We have one on order here for classroom technical support, and<BR>our
Legal program certificate students will all be getting one with <BR>thier
tuition, as well as PDF copies of all their textbooks starting<BR>next year (I
think). They are piloting it shortly... all I know is that<BR>there is
an order for about 50 of them in that department.<BR><BR>These units will
replace the need for students to have little hand carts <BR>to carry their
books to class each day. Should be exciting, and I can<BR>probably
report more on it once we actually get one in our hands to
play<BR>with.<BR><BR>We ordered the bigger model, the students are getting the
one with less <BR>memory on it. This isn't a machine I would want to
work a lot on, but<BR>for field work it's ideal. It's solid state (no
moving parts), and<BR>looked fairly durable (the rep from Asus threw it across
the room). <BR><BR>I can't speak to performance but it seemed reasonable in
the UI for<BR>responsiveness.<BR><BR>-JZ<BR>
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<DIV class=Wj3C7c>Behalf Of Robert Leyva<BR>Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008
12:27 PM<BR>To: <A
href="mailto:sgvlug@sgvlug.org">sgvlug@sgvlug.org</A><BR>Subject: [SGVLUG] Eee
PC by Asus - reading great press on it<BR><BR>...and now I want one!
:)<BR><BR>It comes preinstalled w/Linux, and is of micro size. Just right
for<BR>quick remote administration and such, or being on-call and having to
VPN <BR>into somewhere.<BR><BR>I don't need it, but sure looks cool and
fun.<BR><BR>Anyone own one, and can mention about how well
made?<BR><BR>--<BR>"Knowledge is Power" -- Francis Bacon<BR><BR>Robert
Leyva<BR><A
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