The Netbook Thread

[hyphz]

Does anyone know if there's any way to get a WPA2E connection working under Xandros?

[everklear]

I'd like one of these things. I really would, but I just can't get past the price tag. For another $50 I could buy myself a small laptop...and I wouldn't need to buy extra SD cards and various other pieces. Granted it won't go in my pocket, but I'm not sure the eee will fit in your average pocket either.

[zip accident]

everklear wrote:

For another $50 I could buy myself a small laptop.

Where?

A small laptop would interest me, but the cheap ones all seem to be huge, and have really very crap graphics.

[everklear]

Okay, so I can't currently find one for $50 more, but I can find several for $100 more. This is here in Canada.

Dell regularly has laptops on for $500 (or less), and the eee's are $400. (After searching around I see the 2GB ones are $300.) I stick by my original point; once you outfit these little guys with accessories you're in laptop country.

[HGFB]

Dell regularly has laptops on for $500 (or less), and the eee's are $400. (After searching around I see the 2GB ones are $300.) I stick by my original point; once you outfit these little guys with accessories you're in laptop country.

What accessories do you need that turn it into a big laptop? I think you're talking at cross purposes. The Eee is effectively a solid state ultraportable. A $500 laptop compared to it is huge. Try and get a look at one in the flesh. They're tiny. They won't fit in your pocket but they sure as hell won't take up anywhere near the space of a $500 laptop.

[wanye]

Dell regularly has laptops on for $500 (or less), and the eee's are $400. (After searching around I see the 2GB ones are $300.) I stick by my original point; once you outfit these little guys with accessories you're in laptop country.

What accessories do you need that turn it into a big laptop? I think you're talking at cross purposes. The Eee is effectively a solid state ultraportable. A $500 laptop compared to it is huge. Try and get a look at one in the flesh. They're tiny. They won't fit in your pocket but they sure as hell won't take up anywhere near the space of a $500 laptop.

damn right, i usually keep mine in its neoprene slipcase in the little rucksac bag i carry round with me most of the time.
theres no way you could do that with a "normal" cheap laptop.

[PVB]

Dell regularly has laptops on for $500 (or less), and the eee's are $400. (After searching around I see the 2GB ones are $300.) I stick by my original point; once you outfit these little guys with accessories you're in laptop country.

What accessories do you need that turn it into a big laptop? I think you're talking at cross purposes. The Eee is effectively a solid state ultraportable. A $500 laptop compared to it is huge. Try and get a look at one in the flesh. They're tiny. They won't fit in your pocket but they sure as hell won't take up anywhere near the space of a $500 laptop.

Tiny is right; the keyboard/main base unit's hardly any bigger than a bit of A5 paper.

[benedictw]

Specs released for the elonex one:
http://www.reghardware.1co.uk/2008/02/2 ... nches_one/

1Gb storage.
128Mb Ram(!)
300Mhz cpu (LNX code

Thats too low - could something like that run a proper webbrowser ? Looks like the eeePC doesnt have a challenger just yet.

[Firefox]

Specs released for the elonex one:
http://www.reghardware.1co.uk/2008/02/2 ... nches_one/

1Gb storage.
128Mb Ram(!)
300Mhz cpu (LNX code 8 )

Thats too low - could something like that run a proper webbrowser ? Looks like the eeePC doesnt have a challenger just yet.

"LNX code 8", as in Elonex code 8. Love to know what that really is...

(BBC news clip about the Elonex One)

[defsdoor]

I installed ubuntu on the work Eee PC on Friday and it's lovely - a much better platform than the Asus bastardised Xandros.

I liked ubuntu so much (how neat is compix ?) that I've just installed it on my home PC now also.

[Kemper_Boyd]

Specs released for the elonex one:
http://www.reghardware.1co.uk/2008/02/2 ... nches_one/

1Gb storage.
128Mb Ram(!)
300Mhz cpu (LNX code 8 )

Thats too low - could something like that run a proper webbrowser ? Looks like the eeePC doesnt have a challenger just yet.

"LNX code 8", as in Elonex code 8. Love to know what that really is...

(BBC news clip about the Elonex One)

The link I posted says "Aday5F-300 MHz X86" which doesn't help much.

It may be related to this chip from DMP Electronics.
http://www.vortex86sx.com/products.html

[Firefox]

The link I posted says "Aday5F-300 MHz X86" which doesn't help much.

It may be related to this chip from DMP Electronics.
http://www.vortex86sx.com/products.html

Ah, like in those £99 desktop PCs. That fits.

http://www.embeddedpc.net/eBox2300/tabi ... fault.aspx

[Kemper_Boyd]

I looked for an x86 SoC that fit the specifications on Aware's
site. That chip looked the closest to it.

This may interest people. This is a board that uses Menlow,
it's 65 mm by 58 mm. If you look at the picture the CPU is
the tiny narrow chip at the bottom, which should give you
a good idea how small this multi-thread 64bit x86 is.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9807836688.html

[Firefox]

I have to say that I'm more excited* about Via's new Isaiah processors:

http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT3050747809.html


* Well, as excited as I can get about an x86 chip.

[Kemper_Boyd]

I don't see Isaiah being very successful. It looks like it will be beaten
by Silverthorne at the low-end and Penryn at the high-end. Via has
done okay in recent years because Intel didn't care about the niche
Via is in, that is no longer the case.