Re: hp 10-in mini?
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 09:23:18PM -0500, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Target has the asus at 199 Cant find? URL please?? -Original Message- From: Gary Kline [mailto:kl...@thought.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 7:38 PM To: Jean-Paul Natola Cc: Matt Szubrycht; Doug Poland; FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: hp 10-in mini? On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 02:26:46PM -0500, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Im still trying to locate the 200 HP Although bestbuy has the a gateway for 229 today $229 isn't that bad; Bestbuy may be just about breaking even. Still, I'm waiting for some store to soak up the loss and sell an ASUS at under-cost... -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: hp 10-in mini?
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 06:43:15PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: But as you mentioned they do not come with optical drive bays, but with with 4/8/16 gig flash drives no one really cares- do you mean what i know as thumb drives? stick-like thing you just plug in? i've never used these and am unfamiliar. They're very handy. You can even get them op to 32 GiB these days, although those are expensive. An 8 GiB model can be had for around $20 from newegg. That is 2 DVDs worth of rewritable space in a package about the size of your thumb. one reason i want an optical drive is for when i watch a movie/dvd/cd on my tiny notebook. If you re-encode the movies you can make them much smaller than a DVD. Even in high quality you can fit a movie (without the annoying crap that you cannot skip in a stand-alone DVD player) in 2 GiB. indication that i've gone completely 'round the bend. another reason for using the optical drive might be to save things from the notebook if everything else is down... If you cannot fit a backup on a thumbdrive, get a USB-connected portable harddisk. They are superior to a DVD, IMO. You can even get thwm up to a terabyte now! But you could get a 500 GiB model for around $80. E.g. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822211029 Some models need an external power supply, but the one in the link above gets all its power from USB. It's about the size of an iPhone. These portable harddisks are my favorite backup devices these days. I do use geli(8) to encrypt the contents in case of loss or theft. altho raison d'etre [dont laugh at my spelling, please] for wanting such a small computer is to use it as a speech device, Recording or playback? Laptop speakers and microphones aren't very good IMHO. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgp3RYgFV3Q0G.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: hp 10-in mini?
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 08:19:15AM -0800, Matt Szubrycht wrote: Gary, If you could shell out $30 or so for an external CD/DVD - see this link and revisit on Friday - they have great Black Friday sale every year: http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=420name=External-CD-DVD-Drives Ebay is always a good option as well. Cheers, Matt $30 ain't bad for black friday--or any other day, for that matter! The $200 notebooks were/are definitely what's known in retail as a lost leader, for obvious reasons. When I see the ASUS going for a couple hundred bux, man, I'm grabbing one! DAmn:-) gary PS: HO-HO-HO, a bit early... . -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: hp 10-in mini?
Im still trying to locate the 200 HP Although bestbuy has the a gateway for 229 today -Original Message- From: Gary Kline [mailto:kl...@thought.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:12 PM To: Matt Szubrycht Cc: Jean-Paul Natola; Doug Poland; FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: hp 10-in mini? On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 08:19:15AM -0800, Matt Szubrycht wrote: Gary, If you could shell out $30 or so for an external CD/DVD - see this link and revisit on Friday - they have great Black Friday sale every year: http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=420name=External-CD -DVD-Drives Ebay is always a good option as well. Cheers, Matt $30 ain't bad for black friday--or any other day, for that matter! The $200 notebooks were/are definitely what's known in retail as a lost leader, for obvious reasons. When I see the ASUS going for a couple hundred bux, man, I'm grabbing one! DAmn:-) gary PS: HO-HO-HO, a bit early... . -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: hp 10-in mini?
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 05:34:04PM -1000, Al Plant wrote: Gary Kline wrote: Aloha Gary, I have one running Ubuntu Linux on the HD. It works ok on a wired or wireless network with a Fixed IP. The automatic gui for setting up the network failed to work and stay where it was set so I wrote the file myself using a fixed IP etc. I also run FreeBSD 7.2 on it on a plug in flash drive using Manolis DVD copy. I paid $400. with extra battery and memory. I may have-to spring for one of these puppies -- with optical and mouse. At least two medicos are interested in my ideas... [Still, half-price upped my buy_now flag:) Haven't set up the wireless for use with Coffee Shop wan yet. Tech support for the mini is from India and I know more than they do about Linux and haven't used Linux in years. The Mini has had no problems except the touch pad is usless. Touching the pad is a click or several same as the buttons.) I found out that by touching the light above it turns it off so you can use a wireless mouse which works well. HP Tech support did not know how to disable the touchpad. A terminal is brought up by alt/f2. What kind? xterm, konsole, or the gnome flavor? I prefer something with a solid cursor; the Gnome blinks ... and I'm too lazy to dig into the code to see where to off the blinking. this is getting interestinger and interestinger. aloha, al. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + email: n...@hdk5.net All that's really worth doing is what we do for others.- Lewis Carrol -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: hp 10-in mini?
On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 02:26:46PM -0500, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Im still trying to locate the 200 HP Although bestbuy has the a gateway for 229 today $229 isn't that bad; Bestbuy may be just about breaking even. Still, I'm waiting for some store to soak up the loss and sell an ASUS at under-cost... -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: hp 10-in mini?
Target has the asus at 199 -Original Message- From: Gary Kline [mailto:kl...@thought.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 7:38 PM To: Jean-Paul Natola Cc: Matt Szubrycht; Doug Poland; FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: hp 10-in mini? On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 02:26:46PM -0500, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Im still trying to locate the 200 HP Although bestbuy has the a gateway for 229 today $229 isn't that bad; Bestbuy may be just about breaking even. Still, I'm waiting for some store to soak up the loss and sell an ASUS at under-cost... -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: hp 10-in mini?
Gary Kline wrote: On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 05:34:04PM -1000, Al Plant wrote: Gary Kline wrote: Aloha Gary, I have one running Ubuntu Linux on the HD. It works ok on a wired or wireless network with a Fixed IP. The automatic gui for setting up the network failed to work and stay where it was set so I wrote the file myself using a fixed IP etc. I also run FreeBSD 7.2 on it on a plug in flash drive using Manolis DVD copy. I paid $400. with extra battery and memory. I may have-to spring for one of these puppies -- with optical and mouse. At least two medicos are interested in my ideas... [Still, half-price upped my buy_now flag:) Haven't set up the wireless for use with Coffee Shop wan yet. Tech support for the mini is from India and I know more than they do about Linux and haven't used Linux in years. The Mini has had no problems except the touch pad is usless. Touching the pad is a click or several same as the buttons.) I found out that by touching the light above it turns it off so you can use a wireless mouse which works well. HP Tech support did not know how to disable the touchpad. A terminal is brought up by alt/f2. What kind? xterm, konsole, or the gnome flavor? I prefer something with a solid cursor; the Gnome blinks ... and I'm too lazy to dig into the code to see where to off the blinking. this is getting interestinger and interestinger. aloha, al. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + email: n...@hdk5.net All that's really worth doing is what we do for others.- Lewis Carrol The Ubuntu is based on Debian Linux and is only the base system. I use xterm and the browser and the files we created ourselves for storing info. The GUI is a HP thing and I dont like it. It has too many photo features and other things we dont need since my wife has a dedicated Box she uses for photos and videos. Our mini is for using while traveling and keeping up with finances while were on the go etc. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + email: n...@hdk5.net All that's really worth doing is what we do for others.- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
hp 10-in mini?
gang, I rarely glance at any come-on advertisement, but I just got one by amazon that has a $380 HP Mini 10 computer for $200. I want to use something about this size for my type-and-speech computer. I'm thinking more of the ASUS 9 notebook. What are people's thoughts on this? (Yes, this is still an attempt to drive sales in a bad downturn. etc. Still, altho these tiny computers many be manufactured in the same plant by the same corporation, it may not make any difference.) anybody on-list who cares to share? gary -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: hp 10-in mini?
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 06:19:50PM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: On Nov 23, 2009, at 16:54, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: gang, I rarely glance at any come-on advertisement, but I just got one by amazon that has a $380 HP Mini 10 computer for $200. I want to use something about this size for my type-and-speech computer. I'm thinking more of the ASUS 9 notebook. What are people's thoughts on this? (Yes, this is still an attempt to drive sales in a bad downturn. etc. Still, altho these tiny computers many be manufactured in the same plant by the same corporation, it may not make any difference.) anybody on-list who cares to share? gary My wife has one of these running XP. I've booted and run both 7.1- RELEASE and 8.0-RC2 from external USB. It's a nice little piece of hardware. Unfortunately, the wireless chipset was not recognized. I did not pursue it any further. thanks muchly; this helps a lot. additional question or two: one, could you tell which chipset hp used. [i admit my pro-hp bias given my server bias, going into its 12th year]. also, are mice and cd/dvd drives available? --or would i be stuck with a swine in a poke?? tx agn. -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: hp 10-in mini?
On Nov 23, 2009, at 16:54, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: gang, I rarely glance at any come-on advertisement, but I just got one by amazon that has a $380 HP Mini 10 computer for $200. I want to use something about this size for my type-and-speech computer. I'm thinking more of the ASUS 9 notebook. What are people's thoughts on this? (Yes, this is still an attempt to drive sales in a bad downturn. etc. Still, altho these tiny computers many be manufactured in the same plant by the same corporation, it may not make any difference.) anybody on-list who cares to share? gary My wife has one of these running XP. I've booted and run both 7.1- RELEASE and 8.0-RC2 from external USB. It's a nice little piece of hardware. Unfortunately, the wireless chipset was not recognized. I did not pursue it any further. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: hp 10-in mini?
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 06:19:50PM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: On Nov 23, 2009, at 16:54, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: gang, I rarely glance at any come-on advertisement, but I just got one by amazon that has a $380 HP Mini 10 computer for $200. I want to use something about this size for my type-and-speech computer. I'm thinking more of the ASUS 9 notebook. What are people's thoughts on this? (Yes, this is still an attempt to drive sales in a bad downturn. etc. Still, altho these tiny computers many be manufactured in the same plant by the same corporation, it may not make any difference.) anybody on-list who cares to share? gary My wife has one of these running XP. I've booted and run both 7.1- RELEASE and 8.0-RC2 from external USB. It's a nice little piece of hardware. Unfortunately, the wireless chipset was not recognized. I did not pursue it any further. thanks muchly; this helps a lot. additional question or two: one, could you tell which chipset hp used. [i admit my pro-hp bias given my server bias, going into its 12th year]. also, are mice and cd/dvd drives available? --or would i be stuck with a swine in a poke?? tx agn. We have been purchasing the Lenovo s-10's lately (ideapad) specs *seem* the same; As most of these netbooks are, But we are a windows shop and being an NGO 299.00 was quite appealing as was the 2.3lbs. Ive sent them out to Africa and Latin America, I used one on a trip down there used it for 16 hours a day without a hiccup. But as you mentioned they do not come with optical drive bays, but with with 4/8/16 gig flash drives no one really cares- I have also purchased those mini-mice with retractable cords http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MRQVCW for some users- I mainly used it to connect to my servers via citrix and thought it was good Processor Intel Atom Processor N270 1.6G 10.1 LED Glossy,1024*600 1 x 1, GB DDR2 SDRAM 1066MHz SODIMM Memory 160 GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm Integrated WiFi wireless LAN adapter Broadcom BCM4312 M 802.11G WLAN S10-2 series 3 cell 2600 Ah Black battery 1Year Warranty Mind sending me the link to those 200.00 HP's TIA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: hp 10-in mini?
On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 07:58:35PM -0500, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 06:19:50PM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: [[ ... ]] We have been purchasing the Lenovo s-10's lately (ideapad) specs *seem* the same; As most of these netbooks are, But we are a windows shop and being an NGO 299.00 was quite appealing as was the 2.3lbs. Ive sent them out to Africa and Latin America, I used one on a trip down there used it for 16 hours a day without a hiccup. But as you mentioned they do not come with optical drive bays, but with with 4/8/16 gig flash drives no one really cares- do you mean what i know as thumb drives? stick-like thing you just plug in? i've never used these and am unfamiliar. one reason i want an optical drive is for when i watch a movie/dvd/cd on my tiny notebook. --yes, this will be a clear indication that i've gone completely 'round the bend. another reason for using the optical drive might be to save things from the notebook if everything else is down... altho raison d'etre [dont laugh at my spelling, please] for wanting such a small computer is to use it as a speech device, i might like it well enough to carry-with in general. rather than lugging my 700-pound thinkpad. thus, expendability is a consideration. weeks/months ago i saw a 4-unit (almost cube-like) device that held 256GB of RAM. plug all 4 into your ASUS and you have a nice round terabyte of SSD. there were links to new [and open] filesystems for the computer. I have also purchased those mini-mice with retractable cords http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MRQVCW for some users- the mouse with the ASUS was infrared; cordless! so, on one hand, some of these tiny computers seem more advanced than others. OTOH, I can imagine one huge factory somewhere churning out these thing by the million/day I mainly used it to connect to my servers via citrix and thought it was good Processor Intel Atom Processor N270 1.6G 10.1 LED Glossy,1024*600 1 x 1, GB DDR2 SDRAM 1066MHz SODIMM Memory 160 GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm Integrated WiFi wireless LAN adapter Broadcom BCM4312 M 802.11G WLAN S10-2 series 3 cell 2600 Ah Black battery 1Year Warranty Mind sending me the link to those 200.00 HP's damn. i checked just now; already sold out. amazon sent the following URL: http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=pe_btn/?node=384082011 oh well. at lesat we know what's going to be hot this xmas. (*) TIA -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
RE: hp 10-in mini?
Yes the thumb drive and remember you have 160gb hard drive you can hold at least 100 movies http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_0_3?url=search-alias%3Dapsfield-keywords=u sb+flash+drivesprefix=usb and yes very light 2.3 lb. 1kg -Original Message From: Gary Kline [mailto:kl...@thought.org] Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 9:43 PM To: Jean-Paul Natola Cc: Doug Poland; FreeBSD Mailing List Subject: Re: hp 10-in mini? On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 07:58:35PM -0500, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 06:19:50PM -0600, Doug Poland wrote: [[ ... ]] We have been purchasing the Lenovo s-10's lately (ideapad) specs *seem* the same; As most of these netbooks are, But we are a windows shop and being an NGO 299.00 was quite appealing as was the 2.3lbs. Ive sent them out to Africa and Latin America, I used one on a trip down there used it for 16 hours a day without a hiccup. But as you mentioned they do not come with optical drive bays, but with with 4/8/16 gig flash drives no one really cares- do you mean what i know as thumb drives? stick-like thing you just plug in? i've never used these and am unfamiliar. one reason i want an optical drive is for when i watch a movie/dvd/cd on my tiny notebook. --yes, this will be a clear indication that i've gone completely 'round the bend. another reason for using the optical drive might be to save things from the notebook if everything else is down... altho raison d'etre [dont laugh at my spelling, please] for wanting such a small computer is to use it as a speech device, i might like it well enough to carry-with in general. rather than lugging my 700-pound thinkpad. thus, expendability is a consideration. weeks/months ago i saw a 4-unit (almost cube-like) device that held 256GB of RAM. plug all 4 into your ASUS and you have a nice round terabyte of SSD. there were links to new [and open] filesystems for the computer. I have also purchased those mini-mice with retractable cords http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000MRQVCW for some users- the mouse with the ASUS was infrared; cordless! so, on one hand, some of these tiny computers seem more advanced than others. OTOH, I can imagine one huge factory somewhere churning out these thing by the million/day I mainly used it to connect to my servers via citrix and thought it was good Processor Intel Atom Processor N270 1.6G 10.1 LED Glossy,1024*600 1 x 1, GB DDR2 SDRAM 1066MHz SODIMM Memory 160 GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm Integrated WiFi wireless LAN adapter Broadcom BCM4312 M 802.11G WLAN S10-2 series 3 cell 2600 Ah Black battery 1Year Warranty Mind sending me the link to those 200.00 HP's damn. i checked just now; already sold out. amazon sent the following URL: http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=pe_btn/?node=384082011 oh well. at lesat we know what's going to be hot this xmas. (*) TIA -- Gary Kline kl...@thought.org http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix http://jottings.thought.org http://transfinite.thought.org The 7.31a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org/index.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: hp 10-in mini?
Gary Kline wrote: gang, I rarely glance at any come-on advertisement, but I just got one by amazon that has a $380 HP Mini 10 computer for $200. I want to use something about this size for my type-and-speech computer. I'm thinking more of the ASUS 9 notebook. What are people's thoughts on this? (Yes, this is still an attempt to drive sales in a bad downturn. etc. Still, altho these tiny computers many be manufactured in the same plant by the same corporation, it may not make any difference.) anybody on-list who cares to share? gary Aloha Gary, I have one running Ubuntu Linux on the HD. It works ok on a wired or wireless network with a Fixed IP. The automatic gui for setting up the network failed to work and stay where it was set so I wrote the file myself using a fixed IP etc. I also run FreeBSD 7.2 on it on a plug in flash drive using Manolis DVD copy. I paid $400. with extra battery and memory. Haven't set up the wireless for use with Coffee Shop wan yet. Tech support for the mini is from India and I know more than they do about Linux and haven't used Linux in years. The Mini has had no problems except the touch pad is usless. Touching the pad is a click or several same as the buttons.) I found out that by touching the light above it turns it off so you can use a wireless mouse which works well. HP Tech support did not know how to disable the touchpad. A terminal is brought up by alt/f2. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + email: n...@hdk5.net All that's really worth doing is what we do for others.- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: hp 10-in mini?
Doug Poland wrote: On Nov 23, 2009, at 16:54, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: gang, I rarely glance at any come-on advertisement, but I just got one by amazon that has a $380 HP Mini 10 computer for $200. I want to use something about this size for my type-and-speech computer. I'm thinking more of the ASUS 9 notebook. What are people's thoughts on this? (Yes, this is still an attempt to drive sales in a bad downturn. etc. Still, altho these tiny computers many be manufactured in the same plant by the same corporation, it may not make any difference.) anybody on-list who cares to share? gary My wife has one of these running XP. I've booted and run both 7.1-RELEASE and 8.0-RC2 from external USB. It's a nice little piece of hardware. Unfortunately, the wireless chipset was not recognized. I did not pursue it any further.___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org Aloha, The chipset is a Broadcom and I think there maybe a driver now. BCM4312 is the one in mine. -- ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 7.2 - 8.0 - 9* + email: n...@hdk5.net All that's really worth doing is what we do for others.- Lewis Carrol ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
