[wplug] Store that carries the Asus eeePC

n schembr nschembr at yahoo.com
Thu May 29 15:31:34 EDT 2008


Eee 901 might be a good choice. The 4G is very good for the price. At twice the cost,  I would buy a full size laptop.

The Eee can't be beat for size and price. 

----- Original Message ----
From: Chris Thomas <sruchris at gmail.com>
To: General user list <wplug at wplug.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 10:18:32 AM
Subject: Re: [wplug] Store that carries the Asus eeePC

If you want a wider screen, take a look at the Eee 900.

http://www.cnet.co.uk/i/c/blg/cat/laptops/eee900/sbs_1.jpg

-Chris



On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Mathieu Dube <mujo at dubix.org> wrote:
> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 09:11:12AM -0400, shawnzier at gmail.com wrote:
>> I was thinking about getting one of the 8GB or 12GB models, hopefully
>> with the Atom processor when they come out.
>>
>> I use gentoo, which uses a good amount of space for the portage tree,
>> but I run a very minimalist system. I use wmii as my window manager and
>> run mostly command-line apps for mail, chat and irc, so I don't think
>> I'll have too much of a problem with disk space. The only real GUI apps
>> I need are a file manager (pcmanfm) and firefox.
>>
>> Thanks for the advice. I haven't been to any wplug meetings yet, but if
>> you're going to one, please let me know. I definitely want to check it
>> out before I buy one.
>>
> I use gentoo on my eeepc and it runs fine. I have a 4G and there's about 1G left.
>
> I use openbox as window manager(without gnome or anything).
>
> The only grievance I have with the eeepc is that they placed the speakers on the side of the screen which takes room uselessly imo.
>
> they could have put them underneath and would have had a wider screen.
>
> like this one for instance: http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=562
>
> -M
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