I have an Asus 1000HE netbook. <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Emerson, Tom (*IC) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com" target="_blank">Tom.Emerson@wbconsultant.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Speaking of netbooks, I was looking at the Asus eee-pc line last night -- seems this has expanded greatly since it was first introduced [though finding an actual reseller that sells the /linux/ version is proving difficult...] It looks like the latest offering is the "S101[H]" (the "H" suffix indicates an actual hard disk rather than flash/ssd)<br>
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In my search, I found some articles that indicated that Asus was being a little frisky with compliance to the GPL - is that still true, or do those of you who actually have an Asus not care (or not know) about this?<br>
</blockquote><div><br>I can't say I was really concerned with that. Mine came with Windows XP installed. I now have it dual boot with Eeebuntu.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Also, per the main asus site and comparison chart, it appears that ALL models of the eee come with "1GB of ram" as a minimum, but nowhere on the site do they offer ram upgrades (and, in fact, per the above mentioned article re GPL compliance, they've also put a "void if removed" sticker over the door to the memory module, so a 'user upgrade' of memory would conceivably void the warranty...) Does anyone know if they can, in fact, be bought with more memory? (is it even a wise idea?)<br>
</blockquote><div><br>I bought a 2GB RAM upgrade from TigerDirect, via Amazon. My netbook did not have a sticker over the door to the memory module, so at least for the 1000HE it seems that upgrading the memory is fine.<br>
<br>Shang-Lin <br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><br>
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> [mailto:<a href="mailto:sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net" target="_blank">sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net</a>] On Behalf Of Edgar Garrobo<br>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:52 AM<br>
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> Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook w/ Ubuntu<br>
> Linux $207<br>
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> I just bought this off Ebay but with 1GB ram. Hopefully the<br>
> SSD (along with some online storage and flash drives) isn't<br>
> too limiting, or is easy to replace once prices on them drop a bit.<br>
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> -----Original Message-----<br>
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> [mailto:<a href="mailto:sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net" target="_blank">sgvlug-bounces@sgvlug.net</a>] On Behalf Of matti<br>
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> Subject: [SGVLUG] Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook w/ Ubuntu Linux $207<br>
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> fyi - another linux deal from slickdeals:<br>
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> Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook: Intel Atom 1.6 GHz, 512MB DDR2,<br>
> 8GB SSD, Ubuntu Linux $207 ($201 w/ DPA)<br>
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> <a href="http://www.slickdeals.net/permadeal/19349/Dell-Inspiron-Mini-9%0A-Netbook-Intel%0A-Atom-1-6-GHz--512MB-DDR2--8GB-SSD--Ubuntu-Linux-207-201-w-DPA" target="_blank">http://www.slickdeals.net/permadeal/19349/Dell-Inspiron-Mini-9<br>
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