[TriLUG] Advice on an ultra-light notebook

[Carl Crider]

Can you upgrade or replace the hard drive in the EEEPC? I've read that
they are on-board, and in another report it says they are replaceable.
Do tell. I've been testing these drives and can tell you that they are FAST!

On Jan 16, 2008 2:10 PM, Kane, Kristopher R SSG <
kristopher.kane at iraq.centcom.mil> wrote:

> 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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> University of North Carolina - CB#3210, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210 USA
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