quote who=Kyle
1. What you bought
Asus EeePC 1005HA (bought on New Year's Day, so this is a short-term review)
plus an OCZ Vertex 30GB SSD, which makes quite a difference to battery life
and performance. The netbook itself was ~$450 -- great price point for what
it is.
2. Are you still happy
Very much so.
3. How has the battery life stood up over the 6m.
4. What sort of battery life are you getting (esp. now after 6 months)
Early days yet, but the battery life on this thing is INSANE. I loved not
having to cart around a power cable during linux.conf.au, even with heavy
web/email usage.
5. How easy was it to get your chosen Linux up and running (this is of
course relative to the person - Me. I'm no genius, but I can figure it out
if I have to)
Cinchy. Made an Ubuntu USB installer on my desktop, then everything on the
netbook proceeded as normal.
6. How has the build quality stood up
Thus far, awesome. It's the new seashell style from Asus, so it's much
sleeker than the plasticky early versions.
7. What sorts of quirks have you discovered
There were a few funny things going on with wifi (ath9k driver), but I'm now
running lucid (what will become Ubuntu 10.04 LTS), and it's doing very well.
Which processor should I be avoiding at this point?
Any of the Z-series Atom CPUs (which come with GMA500 built-in graphics, an
abomination without adequate FLOSS drivers). Your best bet is to get older
netbooks with the N280 (better than N270) or one of the new ones with N450,
if you're not optimizing for price.
- Jeff
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