I may be looking at the wrong vendors, but the models I'm finding aren't listing XP Pro as an option at all.
From: Mike Gill [mailto:lis...@canbyfoursquare.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 7:07 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Netbooks I am setting up an EeePC 1000HE now. I think you mean you can't get XP Pro on one new. It can be installed, though the purchase price goes up obviously. The keyboard and mouse on this unit are nice. All the keys are where they should be, and the keyboard goes edge to edge so it's as large as it could be. The one that gets me is when they put the Fn key in the bottom left where the CTRL key is suppose to be. I don't like the HP because the mouse buttons are on the sides of the pad. It's just plain crazy. -- Mike Gill From: Alex Eckelberry [mailto:al...@sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 2:56 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: OT: Netbooks I have bought two Netbooks -- a Dell Mini and a Lenovo. As you probably know, Vista is so slow as to be unusable on a Netbook, and you can't get XP Pro on one. You'll need to wait for the Windows 7, or buy HP, which does have Vista pre-installed on their netbooks. It's worth noting that AFAIK the HP Netbook requires a dongle to connect to a monitor, which was a deal-killer for me, but may not matter for you. Whatever you decide, really take a look at the keyboards. The Dell Mini is completely unusable IMHO. The Lenovo is better, but still challenging. For students with tiny fingers, it may work. But in the case of the Dell, they made the keyboard truly unusuable, as the apostrophe/quote key is located in the weirdest place. Alex ________________________________ From: Jon Harris [mailto:jk.har...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:37 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: Netbooks I was looking at the Atom's from Dell when we began the process of replacing desktops. I liked what I saw and the price was very good but I could not get one in my hands to try out. I am waiting until I see some of these new types of machines before ordering any. Like your budget mine is super tight at the moment. Jon On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 10:25 AM, John Hornbuckle <john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us<mailto:john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us>> wrote: Anyone have any experiences on netbooks in the enterprise? We're a school district, and are just now looking at them. But the ones I'm seeing all come with Windows XP Home Edition, which presents manageability problems for us. Are we better off just waiting for Windows 7? My understanding is that all flavors of it will run on netbooks. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us<http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us/> NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
