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. -- Web1: http://wand.net.nz/~iam4/ Web2: http://www.jandi.co.nz Blog: http://iansblog.jandi.co.nz
Having looked at these I feel the exact opposite, I will however probably be forced to run Winslows on it for the usual driver reasons. It's a perfect idea for a road warrior like myself. For me I will be RDP'ing through a VPN into work, (So far so good) through a Telecom Wireless network card (bummer) if this card had Linux support I could just add RDP and stay on Linux. Flash means fast boot, portable, and I don't need to lug a laptop, and the associated bag into meetings through airport security. If only I had a Linux driver for he Telecom Cards I'd be in geek heaven. The 4GB of memory is countered by adding an extra 4GB of flash in the SD slot (2nd drive) or a USB drive when I am in the hotel. Its already in my 2008 budget. 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.
It's a perfect idea for a road warrior like myself. For me I will be RDP'ing through a VPN into work, (So far so good) through a Telecom Wireless network card (bummer) if this card had Linux support I could just add RDP and stay on Linux.
Which card do you use? I have had great luck with the Sierra aircards under linux - no problems at all in the two years I've been using it.
They gave me a MiniMax MM5500U CDMA/EVDO usb thing according to http://quozl.linux.org.au/mm-5100/ its possible to do this if you have the /cdc-acm/ kernel module. I might go into DSE with it and try a dmesg and see if it show up. given the xandros backgroud, I tend to be suspicious, but maybe Daniel Lawson wrote:
It's a perfect idea for a road warrior like myself. For me I will be RDP'ing through a VPN into work, (So far so good) through a Telecom Wireless network card (bummer) if this card had Linux support I could just add RDP and stay on Linux.
Which card do you use? I have had great luck with the Sierra aircards under linux - no problems at all in the two years I've been using it.
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Daniel Lawson wrote:
It's a perfect idea for a road warrior like myself. For me I will be RDP'ing through a VPN into work, (So far so good) through a Telecom Wireless network card (bummer) if this card had Linux support I could just add RDP and stay on Linux.
Which card do you use? I have had great luck with the Sierra aircards under linux - no problems at all in the two years I've been using it.
Thats pretty much my experience with them, Telecom say they're not supported and wont work but 2nd or third result from google is a howto for using the sierra cards on telecom nz, pretty sure feisty had support for it out of the box
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.
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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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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