Terry Porter wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> A refurbished Asus Eee PC netbook for $180 shipped
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>> | As you might expect given that impulse-buy price, this model is pretty
>> | bare-bones: 512MB of RAM, a 4GB solid-state drive, and a Linux
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>> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-10204848-58.html
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> Bargain!
>
> Same as mine, tho I have 1GB ram and a slower 12GB SSD in addition to the
> faster 4GB SSD.
>
> 4GB of SSD is plenty for a lightweight, wifi enabled Linux netbook,
> as is 512MB ram. The LCD is 1024x700 with a Intel video chipset which it
> 100% Linux friendly.
>
> Compare it to my $200 Palm Pilot, no wifi, 8MB ram, 16Mhz cpu with a b&w
> lcd screen!
>
> The EeePC900 has a 900Mhz Mobile Celeron, fast enuf to play movies, decode
> mp3s, and run Open Office, Gimp, FwBuilder etc.
>
> I really recommend this unit, its solid, and well built, tho not as pretty
> as the Acer Aspire One, it's 100% functional.
>
> Mine is one of my most useful tools.
>
> And easy to add more ram and a mini pci SSD if you must, tho you'll
> probably never need it.
>
I don't know if this belongs here... I have a "refurbed" dell mini 910, 2
gig memory, 16 gig ssd and the latest ubuntu runs dreamy on it. These
netbooks are probably the best thing I've ever discovered.
Here of late I've been digging into GAMBAS. I use my mini to dev code and
getting a good over all feel for the IDE. I aim at converting a few vb
coders I know....
Cheers all...
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