[ale] Current Netbook Options (thanks!)

[m-aaron-r]

Sent off a compendium of the suggestions today.

Thanks for the feedback!

peace
aaron

On 2010/05/13, at 06:53 , David A. De Graaf wrote:

> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 06:41:29PM -0400, m-aaron-r wrote:
>> I recently had to request a spreadsheet document from an
>> associate at an organization I work with.  Very surprisingly,
>> offered the file format choices of ODS _and_ gnumeric!  It
>> turns out the person keeping the records and her partner got
>> fed up with windisease a few years back and they switched
>> to Linux and OOo for all their computer needs.
>>
>> One of their machines is a Acer Aspire One Netbook, but it has
>> been problematic for them, apparently a faulty BIOS flash memory
>> issue that makes the track pad and mouse dysfunctional across
>> all the distros they have tried.  Since the factory fix only lasted  
>> for
>> a week, they are looking to replace the device.
>>
>> I sent them a Netbook comparison & review article from an
>> older Linux format issue, but also promised to ask here for
>> current recommendations for Linux  netbooks or mini notebooks.
>>
>> Any input appreciated!
>>
>
> I'm more than happy with this ASUS N10J netbook which I'm using while
> traveling in Europe.  It's running a full install of Fedora 12 with
> every program that I've ever wanted, completely trouble-free.
>
> It is a priced-up netbook, about $700, but has worthwhile features,
> including Atom dual-processor, 2 GB RAM, 320 MB hard drive, 10 inch
> screen with NVidia video.  There's 802.11n wireless, bluetooth,
> ethernet, 3 USB ports, an SDcard slot, HDMA and 15pin video out,
> and builtin camera and audio.  It does everything.
>
> It came with Vista Biz, but I've only ever used that to demonstrate
> how slow to boot it is.  When necessary I use VirtualBox to run XP.
>
> The keyboard is compact, the right SHIFT key is annoyingly small, but
> I've adapted.
>
> -- 
> 	David A. De Graaf    DATIX, Inc.    Hendersonville, NC
> 	dad at datix.us         www.datix.us
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo