Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-10 Thread Mark
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Matt Emson mem...@interalpha.co.uk wrote: Mark wrote: On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:20 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: i wish i could point you to the law text, but sadly its only in norwegian... To quote Dickens, the law is an ass.

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-10 Thread lakestevensdental
hend...@topoi.pooq.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 01:15:58PM -0700, lakestevensdental wrote: * W7 requires 4 partitions, leaving only 1 partition for a dual boot to Ubuntu or other OS. Ubuntu currently recommends an separate partition for swap memory, but W7 isn't

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-10 Thread hendrik
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 02:41:25PM -0700, lakestevensdental wrote: hend...@topoi.pooq.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 01:15:58PM -0700, lakestevensdental wrote: * W7 requires 4 partitions, leaving only 1 partition for a dual boot to Ubuntu or other OS. Ubuntu currently

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-09 Thread lakestevensdental
kenneth marken wrote: lakestevensdental wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:28 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: iirc, when first launched the linux variant was the lowest spec-ed one, and the windows variants both came with rebates that made them as cheap or cheaper then the

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-09 Thread kenneth marken
lakestevensdental wrote: kenneth marken wrote: lakestevensdental wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:28 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: iirc, when first launched the linux variant was the lowest spec-ed one, and the windows variants both came with rebates that made them as

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-09 Thread Mark
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:57 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: more likely that said computer would be returned for a refund. that is, if it was not bought with XP in the first place... Yeah, good luck with that. None of the stores I know would take back that kind of a product for

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-09 Thread lakestevensdental
John Holmblad wrote: Fred C, re your comment ...with more core memory. Where can I get some of that? The long boot time of windows XP, and, for that matter Vista, explains why Microsoft is racing to get Windows 7 out the door to fix that Achilles heel vs Linux.

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-09 Thread kenneth marken
Mark wrote: On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:57 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: more likely that said computer would be returned for a refund. that is, if it was not bought with XP in the first place... Yeah, good luck with that. None of the stores I know would take back that kind

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-09 Thread Mark
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:04 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: Mark wrote: On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:57 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: more likely that said computer would be returned for a refund. that is, if it was not bought with XP in the first place...

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-09 Thread kenneth marken
Mark wrote: On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:04 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: Mark wrote: On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 12:57 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: more likely that said computer would be returned for a refund. that is, if it was not bought with XP in the first

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-09 Thread Mark
On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:20 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: i wish i could point you to the law text, but sadly its only in norwegian... To quote Dickens, the law is an ass. I consider ethics to be stronger than law. In other words, there are plenty of things that are legal but

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-08 Thread John Holmblad
Fred C, re your comment ...with more core memory. Where can I get some of that? The long boot time of windows XP, and, for that matter Vista, explains why Microsoft is racing to get Windows 7 out the door to fix that Achilles heel vs Linux. Microsoft are only too

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-08 Thread James Knott
John Holmblad wrote: Fred C, re your comment ...with more core memory. Where can I get some of that? I've got a 16K x 1 core memory plane from a Collins 8500B computer here. However, core memory tends to be very expensive, slow, power hungry bulky. Not sure

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-07 Thread kenneth marken
lakestevensdental wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:28 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: iirc, when first launched the linux variant was the lowest spec-ed one, and the windows variants both came with rebates that made them as cheap or cheaper then the start out config of the

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-07 Thread hendrik
On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 07:53:28PM -0500, hend...@topoi.pooq.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 06:42:05PM -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:28 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: iirc, when first launched the linux variant was the lowest spec-ed one,

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-07 Thread James Knott
kenneth marken wrote: Ognen Duzlevski wrote: the only company that has given linux a fair chance in all this is asus, and they have the worst linux distro in use... Luckily, Ubuntu runs on Eee. while true, people will give xandros a spin, find it a nightmare and then

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-06 Thread Rick Bilonick
On Thu, 2009-03-05 at 14:21 -0800, lakestevensdental wrote: After using a variety of small internet communication/computing devices, (n800, n810, netbook-eee PC on Xandros, Ubuntu and now XP, plus and Ipod Touch), I've come to some conclusions that might be worth sharing. 1. None of

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-06 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:21 PM, lakestevensdental lakestevensden...@verizon.net wrote: After using a variety of small internet communication/computing devices, (n800, n810, netbook-eee PC on Xandros, Ubuntu and now XP, plus and Ipod Touch), I've come to some conclusions that might be worth

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-06 Thread kenneth marken
Fernando Cassia wrote: On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 8:21 PM, lakestevensdental lakestevensden...@verizon.net wrote: After using a variety of small internet communication/computing devices, (n800, n810, netbook-eee PC on Xandros, Ubuntu and now XP, plus and Ipod Touch), I've come to some conclusions

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-06 Thread Ognen Duzlevski
the only company that has given linux a fair chance in all this is asus, and they have the worst linux distro in use... Luckily, Ubuntu runs on Eee. Ognen ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-06 Thread kenneth marken
Ognen Duzlevski wrote: the only company that has given linux a fair chance in all this is asus, and they have the worst linux distro in use... Luckily, Ubuntu runs on Eee. while true, people will give xandros a spin, find it a nightmare and then return the whole eeepc for the windows

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-06 Thread Cedric Cellier
funny then how more and more of the companies are dropping linux... I start to wonder if all these Asus/Acer/etc don't ship a Linux version first to obtain better OEM deal with microsoft later :-) ___ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@maemo.org

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-06 Thread kenneth marken
Cedric Cellier wrote: funny then how more and more of the companies are dropping linux... I start to wonder if all these Asus/Acer/etc don't ship a Linux version first to obtain better OEM deal with microsoft later :-) would not be the first time, it also made microsoft keep xp alive longer

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-06 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 6:19 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: Cedric Cellier wrote: funny then how more and more of the companies are dropping linux... I start to wonder if all these Asus/Acer/etc don't ship a Linux version first to obtain better OEM deal with microsoft later

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-06 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:28 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: iirc, when first launched the linux variant was the lowest spec-ed one, and the windows variants both came with rebates that made them as cheap or cheaper then the start out config of the linux one. March 1, 2009

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-06 Thread kenneth marken
Fernando Cassia wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:28 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: iirc, when first launched the linux variant was the lowest spec-ed one, and the windows variants both came with rebates that made them as cheap or cheaper then the start out config of the linux

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-06 Thread lakestevensdental
On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:28 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: iirc, when first launched the linux variant was the lowest spec-ed one, and the windows variants both came with rebates that made them as cheap or cheaper then the start out config of the linux one. FYI, you can

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-06 Thread hendrik
On Fri, Mar 06, 2009 at 06:42:05PM -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote: On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 5:28 PM, kenneth marken kemar...@broadpark.no wrote: iirc, when first launched the linux variant was the lowest spec-ed one, and the windows variants both came with rebates that made them as cheap or

N8xx ponderings

2009-03-05 Thread lakestevensdental
After using a variety of small internet communication/computing devices, (n800, n810, netbook-eee PC on Xandros, Ubuntu and now XP, plus and Ipod Touch), I've come to some conclusions that might be worth sharing. 1. None of these devices is a truly one size fits all solution for small

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-05 Thread lakestevensdental
Samer Azmy wrote: Interesting point of view but I wanted to add something regarding the Nokia N770,N8xx that they enjoy the Openness which means even if there is an Itouch application tht you cant find on the Nokia , you simply can program it I see Nokia tablet is more open ended

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-05 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 03:56:58PM -0800, lakestevensdental wrote: Having used an ASUS eee PC for several months, I'm growing to like the netbook format more and more, especially after installing XP so it interfaces with all my business and other stuff. Interesting. I'm planning to get

Re: N8xx ponderings

2009-03-05 Thread Samer Azmy
I do agree with what you said, and I have eee for sometime now the only problem I have is this tiny winy screen, which has it's own reason. I wonder if any of you tried any portable that has e-ink display Samer On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:05 AM, hend...@topoi.pooq.com wrote: On Thu, Mar 05, 2009