[TriLUG] Advice on an ultra-light notebook

[Kane, Kristopher R SSG]

I own the ASUS EEEPC and am happy with it.  If ultra portable is what
you need, this is it.  I have not verified how long the battery lasts
but it is sufficient.  No CD but has 3 USB 2.0s, VGA out, 802.11 G, web
cam, speakers/mic.  

The keyboard took a little bit to get used to, but it is not
uncomfortable.  I bought the first generation and it can take 2GB DDR-2
with an additional mini PCI-E slot.  Does anyone know how to turn that
into a cell phone?  

-Kane

-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Andrew Perrin
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:47 PM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: [TriLUG] Advice on an ultra-light notebook

It's getting to be time to replace my laptop, which is currently a Sharp

Actius PC-MM10. I like it a lot - particularly its extremely light
weight 
and ease of carrying. However, battery life is poor.  Any advice? I need

it to run linux competently and preferably have built-in both ethernet
and 
wi-fi. Built-in bluetooth would be a plus, but not an important one.
Very 
light and good battery life are the most important.

Thanks,
Andy

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Andrew J Perrin - andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu -
http://perrin.socsci.unc.edu
Associate Professor of Sociology; Book Review Editor, _Social Forces_
University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA


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