[TriLUG] Eee?

[Kevin J.]

We've been having the same discussion on the UCLUG list (http://uclug.rrci.com/mailman/private/uclug/). I've been debating between the n810, eee, Cloudbook, or a regular laptop for a while now. The Cloudbook has some pretty bad reviews (e.g., slow boot up times, draconian EULA, gOS problems, etc.) so I stopped looking at that one. 

The eee is growing in popularity very rapidly and seems to be a very versatile machine. You can watch the YouTube videos to get some ideas for what's possible (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUPxetUrjXw). Supposedly, they are coming out with a 9" touchscreen in the near future, which I am waiting for. You can boot off of SD cards or other media (the video shows you how) so it's plausible that you could just load up a different OS on several 8GB SDHC cards and choose your distro of choice. The 16GB SD cards may be a problem for now (another reason I'm waiting on a newer model), but it looks like a very nice little laptop for the money. You can read a good review at http://www.epinions.com/content_415156702852, or search Google.

Kevin


----- Original Message ----
From: Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>
To: trilug at trilug.org
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 12:21:27 PM
Subject: [TriLUG] Eee?


I'm considering buying an Asus Eee, but am wondering:

* Can one get hands-on with an Eee locally? The main thing scaring me
  off is the undersized keyboard, so I'd like to try before I buy. I'm
  in ChHill close to Durham and RTP, could drive to Raleigh.

* How performant are filesystems mounted via SD or USB? I'm wondering
  if it makes sense to get a 4G instead of a 2G: one could get
  an additional 2G thumbdrive ~$20 instead of paying the $50 delta
  (2G->4G), but perhaps the installed drive space is much more
  performant?

TIA, Tom Roche <Tom_Roche at pobox.com>

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