[SGVLUG] Linux netbook for $150

[Roger's Discount]

Hello Linux friends

I don't attend the meetings yet, but I read your list. I own the Asus
EEEPC that is mentioned in these e-mails. I have owned it since Feb.
2008 and it works, period. It only has 512 MB of RAM but that is
perfect for the Debian-esque Linux that it runs.

It is a joy to carry, due to its light weight. Fits in my backpack and
runs from the battery for at least two hours. It has 3 USB ports, and
it takes SDHC cards, which is what my camera uses. The wireless
networking is not as good as I have seen on other computers, but it
beats Vista wireless networking (which I have noticed does not seem to
work at all).

Yours truly
Neil



On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 7:50 PM, Jana Lingo<jana.lingo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well it was too good of a deal to pass up!
> I'l try and report when I get it
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Emerson, Tom
> (*IC)<Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> wrote:
>>> -----Original Message----- Of Dan Borne
>>> Am Dienstag 30 Juni 2009 14:07:01 schrieb Emerson, Tom (*IC):
>>> > [...]
>>> > Interesting to read the customer reviews though...
>>>
>>> There were only six reviews. The vast majority, five of them,
>>> were quite
>>> positive in their evaluations. The one that was not complained about
>>> a lack of a cd or dvd drive and, for all intense and
>>> purposes, how they
>>> did not know how to use a computer.
>>
>> What I found interesting of the "positive" reviews was the fact that nobody seemed to "notice" they weren't using windows  (though I suspect they did, it was a fact that was "below the radar" so far as discussing it)
>>
>>> I found the following question, derived from the woman's silly
>>> response, interesting: how many of us here actually use cds and dvds
>>> with any frequency? Since we are not using any proprietary software,
>>> there does not seem to me to be any incentive short of maybe
>>> reinstalling an operating system.
>>
>> Backups, perhaps?  Granted, with the device you get 10gb hosted "somewhere" on the web, but that requires a decent 'net connection whenever you want to create or access a backup.
>>
>> Yes, a thumb drive can be as effective (especially since they are re-writable, but you can get DVD-RW's...)  but the media cost is still a factor ($10+ for a 4GB thumb drive vs. $0.25 or less for a DVD)
>>
>>
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