[ale] netbooks - what is good with Linux?

[Brian Pitts]

On 01/24/2010 09:56 AM, Greg Clifton wrote:
> While I don't have any hands on experience, if your budget allows, I
> would look for one with the nVidiia ION chipset. You will get MUCH
> better video performance since it includes nVidia 9400 video chipset and
> longer battery life (all else being equal) than with the "stock" Intel
> 945G chipset.

I'll point out an option in a similar vein and but a bit more extreme.
If you like the small size, reasonable cost, and long battery life of
netbooks but are turned off by the low performance or lack of features,
then consider skipping the Atom and going for one of Intel's CULV chips.
Perhaps because Intel and Microsoft consider them "laptops" instead of
"netbooks", they support more RAM and often have other niceties (eg
expresscard slots) that the Atom-based systems.

When I checked a couple months ago, with an 11" screen your options were the

Acer Aspire 1410
Asus UL20
Dell Inspiron 11z
HP Pavilion dm1
Samsung X120
Toshiba Satellite T115

There are probably more now; engadget is a good place to keep up with
that stuff.

http://www.engadget.com/tag/culv
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Ultra-Low_Voltage


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All the best,
Brian Pitts