Amos Shapira wrote:
On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 8:13 PM, Hetz Ben Hamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
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The other machine mentioned on this thread (forgot its name) which
comes also with a small hard drive, might be a little more attractive
for some users.
One of them is the Everex CloudBook - http://www.everex.com/, sold in
walmart for the same price, while it comes with 30GB HD and 1.2Mhz
processor (some Via chip).
I can't compare them too professionally but:
1. Google for Eee PC killer and you'll see several models that compete
or will compete when they are released, with Asus Eee PC.
2. I would wait a bit: something with a bit bigger display, and
preferably more CPU-powerful, at a similar price (and I know that Asus
is going to provide an updated Eee model with bigger display) would be
much more useful for wider market since it could run more than remote
SSH client, email client and could actually run some software usefully.
Web developers could run for example their favorite IDE (if they use
one...) which can be a Java application.
Boaz.
These were the 7" screens with Xendros on them (at least one had
Ubuntu installed on it, but I just looked at it, didn't play with it),
maybe the promised 10" will be better in that regard.
So they are exciting, and coming from a mainstream vendor will
hopefully cause a big splash about the usability of Linux on the
desktop, but... "buyer beware".
--Amos
