Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-28 Thread Marghanita da Cruz
If it hasn't been mentioned yet, the General Talk at tomorrow's SLUG meeting will be all about these kinds of devices :) http://www.slug.org.au/node/90 Has anyone has experience with the video conferencing on the EEEPC? There is someone (with a EEEPC) who would like to attend remotely. M

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-28 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, "Martin Visser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Martin Visser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > to fill. I'd be pretty confident that they other main vendors wi

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-26 Thread Amos Shapira
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 12:07 PM, Martin Visser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You have to wonder though whether in 10 years we have really come that far > - > http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=233 . The sub-notebook > category > all but dissappeared and now it seems to be back with a veng

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-26 Thread Adrian Chadd
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008, Martin Visser wrote: > And right on cue, here comes my employer's eeePC killer - > http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/19/hps-umpc-2133-revealed/ > > You have to wonder though whether in 10 years we have really come that far - > http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?hw=233 .

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-26 Thread Martin Visser
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 9:43 PM, Amos Shapira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Martin Visser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > to fill. I'd be pretty confident that they other main vendors will be > > quickly trying to come up with competition. (And no, even though I

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-25 Thread Sonia Hamilton
On Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:43:05 +, "Amos Shapira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > And here they come marching: http://www.everex.com/ That's what I want - just like the Eee but with more ports, builtin wireless & ethernet. Good since my beautiful hp nc4200 just got stolen from my (windowless) van :

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-22 Thread Kyle
Hi, Can someone enlighten me please with respect to this comment here below about a cheap/free copy of an SM licence with one's eee? Which OS is it? How do I go about getting it? I could use another SM licence. Kind Rega

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-22 Thread Massimiliano Fantuzzi
>>Hi Massimiliano (welcome to the list), Thanks Simon, very kind. >>That's great to hear you have had success with Kismet/Gpsdrive as its >>something I want to play with when I get my hands on one. four words: awesome wardriving, so portable >>Secondly, do you have more information on the Eee PC'

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-22 Thread Peter Hardy
On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 00:52 +1100, aggeyl wrote: > 3. Find a way to be able to reinstall Xandros so I can try other > operating systems. Well, not try them so much as install Fluxbuntu or > Xubuntu. But I want to have Xandros on hand in case it doesn't work. > BTW, Xandros is not a bad OS. I'm not

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-22 Thread aggeyl
I got a black one from Bing Lee for $470 on Wednesday. So far I love it! It actually seems smoother and faster than my desktop for some things (eg youtube) and actually has the lastest version of Skype so you can do video calls with the in builtltmicrophone and webcam. Projects for the near future

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-22 Thread Rick Welykochy
So many great and informative responses :D Thanks, Sluggers. Amos Shapira wrote: to fill. I'd be pretty confident that they other main vendors will be quickly trying to come up with competition. (And no, even though I And here they come marching: http://www.everex.com/ The big difference be

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-22 Thread Amos Shapira
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Martin Visser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > to fill. I'd be pretty confident that they other main vendors will be > quickly trying to come up with competition. (And no, even though I And here they come marching: http://www.everex.com/ Review in Wired: http://blog

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-22 Thread Massimiliano Fantuzzi
Hi all guys !that's first time i write in, but i'm following SLUG from time. Impressions about EEEPC are wonderful, hackings are well documented. i do really agree with martin, since umpc can't compete with low-price of eee, and they dont have Solid State DIsks, wich are one of advantages in ASUS.

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-22 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Martin Visser wrote: > There were dozens at LCA last month - geek envy abounded. Nah, the *real* geek envy was all around John Ferlito's Dell XPS, with the 4G of RAM and the 160G drive that was way more gorgeous than *any* of the Apple laptops I've seen. Erik -- ---

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-21 Thread Peter Hardy
On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 18:14 +1100, Martin Visser wrote: > On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Peter Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >The screen resolution > > is 1024x600. > > All the doco says 800×480?? Sorry, brain fart. It is indeed 800x480. -- Pete -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Ma

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-21 Thread Harrison Conlin
On 2/22/08, Rick Welykochy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It runs some form of Linux, has no HDD, just 4 GB of flash. > Sounds ideal for travel ... but perhaps the 7" screen is > a bit too small. Ive owned one since Early January and I've never really found screen size to be an issue, was great wh

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-21 Thread Adrian Chadd
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008, Martin Visser wrote: > There were dozens at LCA last month - geek envy abounded. They seem very > solid. > The Linux Action Show guys did a pretty thorough review in their > latest podcast - http://www.linuxactionshow.com > They are quite amenable to installing other distros

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-21 Thread Martin Visser
There were dozens at LCA last month - geek envy abounded. They seem very solid. The Linux Action Show guys did a pretty thorough review in their latest podcast - http://www.linuxactionshow.com They are quite amenable to installing other distros if you don't like the default ( boot off a SD card if

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-21 Thread Martin Visser
On Fri, Feb 22, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Peter Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The screen resolution > is 1024x600. All the doco says 800×480?? -- Regards, Martin Martin Visser -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/

Re: [SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-21 Thread Peter Hardy
On Fri, 2008-02-22 at 16:52 +1100, Rick Welykochy wrote: > Anyone had a play with the Asus micro laptop? > > Described here: http://tinyurl.com/ynnn9c > > It runs some form of Linux, has no HDD, just 4 GB of flash. > Sounds ideal for travel ... but perhaps the 7" screen is > a bit too small. > >

[SLUG] Asus Eee 4G 7" Micro Laptop

2008-02-21 Thread Rick Welykochy
Anyone had a play with the Asus micro laptop? Described here: http://tinyurl.com/ynnn9c It runs some form of Linux, has no HDD, just 4 GB of flash. Sounds ideal for travel ... but perhaps the 7" screen is a bit too small. Going for about $450 at JB Hifi and less on eBay. cheers rickw -- ___