[SGVLUG] Questions on the Asus eee (was Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook...)

[Shang-Lin Chen]

I have an Asus 1000HE netbook.

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Emerson, Tom (*IC) <
Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> wrote:

> 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)
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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?
>

I can't say I was really concerned with that. Mine came with Windows XP
installed. I now have it dual boot with Eeebuntu.


> 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?)
>

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.

Shang-Lin


> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net
> > [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On Behalf Of Edgar Garrobo
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 7:52 AM
> > To: 'SGVLUG Discussion List.'
> > Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook w/ Ubuntu
> > Linux $207
> >
> >
> > I just bought this off Ebay but with 1GB ram.  Hopefully the
> > SSD (along with some online storage and flash drives) isn't
> > too limiting, or is easy to replace once prices on them drop a bit.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net
> > [mailto:sgvlug-bounces at sgvlug.net] On Behalf Of matti
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 6:29 PM
> > To: sgvlug at sgvlug.org
> > Subject: [SGVLUG] Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook w/ Ubuntu Linux $207
> >
> >
> >
> > fyi - another linux deal from slickdeals:
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> > Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Netbook: Intel Atom 1.6 GHz, 512MB DDR2,
> > 8GB SSD, Ubuntu Linux $207 ($201 w/ DPA)
> >
> > http://www.slickdeals.net/permadeal/19349/Dell-Inspiron-Mini-9
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> -Atom-1-6-GHz--512MB-DDR2--8GB-SSD--Ubuntu-Linux-207-201-w-DPA<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>
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