As mentioned, as long as it can run a flash app in a browser with the possibility of streaming media (again, inside the flash app), then it'll work for me. It doesn't have a PCMCIA slot, does it? I'm just thinking out-of-town access... Mathew Albert van Aardt wrote:
I've had one for about a week now and like it a LOT. WiFi works fine; Ethernet works fine, webcam works fine.... well, let me rather say I have not yet found anything NOT working.
Bear in mind it's aimed as an Internet device rather than a PC. It wont replace my desktop, but it is very useful. And the 15 seconds boot-up time is a bonus. And at 900gm it's not a brick.
BigAl.
On Thu, 2007-11-15 at 18:52 +0900, Mathew Carley wrote:
I've been hoping to get my hands on about 10 or 20 of these for kind of an oversized PDA (for audio and visual tours)... as long as I can install Flash, It will work just fine. Did anyone get to pick one up and see how heavy/annoying it is to carry?
I would be wanting to lend these to customers, so a PDA is too small (pockets, thieves etc) and I want something that could even potentially be attached to a neckstrap (or something).
The battery life isn't so hot, but I doubt that the customers would have the things open *all* the time. Anyone know if bigger/longer life batteries are being sold for it?
Ian McDonald wrote:
You might have seen this selling for $599 at Dickies. It runs Linux and a good review at Ars Technica here:
http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/eee-pc-review.ars/1
My take on this device is that it's not as innovative as the OLPC and it isn't fully featured enough. Better to buy a second hand or cheap laptop.
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