The Netbook Thread

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:35 am 0

Looks like it!

http://eeepc.asus.com/en/product.htm

But even 4 gig is a lot, really. Just think how much stuff you get on a typical Linux live CD (Knoppix et al). Provided you keep all your ripped films/tunes on SD cards, that should be plenty of room.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:45 am 0

I'm probably going to stick XP on it though - my fundamental desire is to be able to use MSVC on holiday after all

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Does add a massive chunk to the price but it's more worthwhile than wasting time learning a new IDE, libs and debugger.

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:47 am 0

Indeed...not that bothered by the extra storage, it's being able to buy it with 1GB RAM as standard instead of buying 1GB and slinging the 512MB stick.

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:55 am 0

Oh, alright! I'll probably be buying the top-of-the-range one!

It's mainly the compact 'n' lightweight angle that interests me. Even my old 12" iBook seemed a bit too heavy and cumbersome at times.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:10 pm 0

Well, I'm going to be holding on until just before I need it, hoping for a 10" model. Otherwise it probably will be worth looking at the linux options, because MSVC in an 800xwhatever window will be hard work

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HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:13 pm 0

If it had BTDUN support (So I could get net access via my phone) I could see myself giving one a try.

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:16 pm 0

Dio wrote:Well, I'm going to be holding on until just before I need it, hoping for a 10" model. Otherwise it probably will be worth looking at the linux options, because MSVC in an 800xwhatever window will be hard work .

As a internet toy 800x480 would be fine, but it would be a pain to use it
as a laptop. Eclipse wouldn't be any better than Visual Studio, and likes
a faster processor as well.

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:17 pm 0

Dio wrote:Well, I'm going to be holding on until just before I need it, hoping for a 10" model. Otherwise it probably will be worth looking at the linux options, because MSVC in an 800xwhatever window will be hard work .

Probably be about 48x48 pixels of editor window left after all the toolbars and sidebars are in...

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:30 pm 0

Kemper_Boyd wrote:Eclipse wouldn't be any better than Visual Studio, and likes
a faster processor as well.

No shit, it's written in java

. I can't imagine using Eclipse on a machine of that specification and it being any fun to use.

Cheers

Bubba

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:32 pm 0

HGFB wrote:If it had BTDUN support (So I could get net access via my phone) I could see myself giving one a try.

Yeah, that's my only 'against' point for what I want to use it for at the moment. It does, however, have plenty of USB ports and an internal mini-pci slot so adding a bluetooth adapter may not be beyond the realms of possibility.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:33 pm 0

I haven't been following this much but I assume that because it runs Linux it's pretty much an open development platform like the N800?

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 12:37 pm 0

Yup...the machine is completely open, hardware details here:

http://unicap-imaging.org/unicap_eeepc.htm

It's only really been the amount of RAM and SSD storage that's been changing over the last few weeks. That and the two bottom-end 'Surf' machines don't have the camera and have a smaller battery.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:21 pm 0

Kemper_Boyd wrote:
Dio wrote:Well, I'm going to be holding on until just before I need it, hoping for a 10" model. Otherwise it probably will be worth looking at the linux options, because MSVC in an 800xwhatever window will be hard work .
As a internet toy 800x480 would be fine, but it would be a pain to use it as a laptop. Eclipse wouldn't be any better than Visual Studio, and likes a faster processor as well.

Well, up until this point I've been doing emulation R&D work on holiday - mostly analysing games - using a PDA, so a keyboard and Notepad would already be a huge improvement!

If I'm actually going to be building code, the IDE probably isn't the major problem, it's the debugger - and that's the one place where going to 19x12 widescreen has made a big difference over 16x12 (which now feels a bit cramped). But I'm sure I can make it work.

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:26 pm 0

Dio wrote:Well, up until this point I've been doing emulation R&D work on holiday

Doesn't the missus get a bit stroppy when you do that?

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 1:33 pm 0

Only a little bit. Not really much difference between being sat by the pool with a book or a PDA, is there?