The Netbook Thread

[HGFB]

Does anyone know what the HP Mini-books are like?

[Kronos]

Hmmm that Acer One looks nice but I've had too many problems with my memory sticks in cameras and MP3 players and USB pens lately to have my OS on one personally. I like the Acer machine but I think I'd go for the XP version and stick an extra 1gb SO-DIMM from stock in it and kill virtual memory completely to improve the battery life.

[xav]

Eee Box preview and benchmarks. Well worth a read.
http://anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=3321&p=1

I love the fact that one of the mounting options is on the back of your monitor using a VESA mount. When I recently set up a few mini-itx machines as thin clients I bemoaned the fact that nobody seemed to make a small form factor case which bolted to the back of a monitor - in fact I came pretty close to buying simple steel boxes and mounting them myself.

[Kemper_Boyd]

Better pics.
http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/2008/06/a ... icial.html

[Firefox]

I love the fact that one of the mounting options is on the back of your monitor using a VESA mount. When I recently set up a few mini-itx machines as thin clients I bemoaned the fact that nobody seemed to make a small form factor case which bolted to the back of a monitor - in fact I came pretty close to buying simple steel boxes and mounting them myself.

How does that work then? You bolt you Eee box onto the back of your monitor... then where does the stand attach?

[xav]

I love the fact that one of the mounting options is on the back of your monitor using a VESA mount. When I recently set up a few mini-itx machines as thin clients I bemoaned the fact that nobody seemed to make a small form factor case which bolted to the back of a monitor - in fact I came pretty close to buying simple steel boxes and mounting them myself.

How does that work then? You bolt you Eee box onto the back of your monitor... then where does the stand attach?

It depends on the monitor, but a lot of them still have the VESA mount accessible when their cheap-and-nasty snap-in plastic pedestal stands are in place.

[Ely]

All this choice is making my head spin really. The Acer one is rather lovely, although it looks slightly bigger than the eee900/901 given the screen sizes are the same and the bezel round the screen on the Acer looks a bit thicker.

[Firefox]

It depends on the monitor, but a lot of them still have the VESA mount accessible when their cheap-and-nasty snap-in plastic pedestal stands are in place.

Ah, yes, most monitors do. My main monitor has the stand attached to the VESA mount, of course.

Still, well worth remembering in case someone wants such a thing.

[HGFB]

Amd wants to play too.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/03/amd- ... to-a-duel/

7 inch 1280x600 display.

[Dio]

Doesn't look like Intel have released an optimisation guide for Atom yet. Be interesting to see the L/T tables.

[teamonkey]

7 inch 1280x600 display.

At least, that's what I'd be like after using one for 10 minutes.

[Misfit]

Amd wants to play too.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/03/amd- ... to-a-duel/

7 inch 1280x600 display.

I like the look of this one. Touchscreen too, so it is a shame it can't swivel into a tablet.

There are clues that it is made by Rayon who did the excellent Everun UMPC.

[Kemper_Boyd]

An article about Ubuntu Netbook Remix, a version of Ubuntu Mobile for Netbooks.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20 ... remix.html

[Kronos]

7 inch 1280x600 display.

At least, that's what I'd be like after using one for 10 minutes.

Not really, if the screen is good quality it's not too bad as this is the same as some of the later generation C1 Sony picturebooks IIRC. Plus with that kind of aspect ratio watching 2.35:1 movies is quite a pleasure as there is no wasted space on such a small screen

(feel like a picture book now *checks suppliers stock list*)

[HGFB]

Today I became the owner of a 20gig Eee 900 and very nice it is too. Exactly the same form factor but a bigger and much nicer screen.