I have an original Dell Mini 9. It ran Win 7 just fine, but visiting web sites with Flash killed the poor CPU. I put the Ubuntu netbook edition on it a few months ago and it is really quite fast now.
The real Achilles' heel is the keyboard. If you're a touch typist, you're going to be frustrated. But hey, for trips and whanot it's great. My laptop is a 12.1" D430 and that size seems to be the sweet spot for a 'real' computer that I can use effectively. On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Ben Scott <mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Silvio L. Nisgoski <nisgo...@gmx.de> > wrote: > > In the end, from first hand experience, it is much better to get used to > > their shortcomings ( size, speed, keyboard ) > > Yah. A key to appreciating small-form-factor devices is > understanding them. They're not small laptops, they're powerful PDAs. > > I've got an Asus Eee with 1 GB RAM and 1 GB SDD. Runs Linux great, > but I don't think it would run MS Windows very well. > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
