Re: [SLUG] Netbooks .... Again (7 months on) Are you still happy?

2010-02-21 Thread Terry Dawson
Alan L Tyree wrote: How well does CF work as a hard drive replacement? I see mixed comments when I googled for it. What kind of adaptive gear do you need. I have an Apple iBook G4 and the hard drive is showing some damage - it is an IDE drive. Would like to replace with something solid state,

Re: [SLUG] Netbooks .... Again (7 months on) Are you still happy?

2010-02-19 Thread Terry Dawson
Kyle wrote: 1. What you bought Kogan Agora Pro 2. Are you still happy Yes, although the price advantage that was present when I bought it is much less evident now. 3. How has the battery life stood up over the 6m. It's remained unchanged. 4. What sort of battery life are you getting

Re: [SLUG] Netbooks .... Again (7 months on) Are you still happy?

2010-02-19 Thread Alan L Tyree
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:56:14 +1100 Terry Dawson t...@animats.net wrote: SNIP 4. What sort of battery life are you getting (esp. now after 6 months) With stock hardware I get about 4.5 hours of solid use from a charge. I have a CF-card-based replacement for my internal hard-drive that I

[SLUG] Netbooks .... Again (7 months on) Are you still happy?

2010-02-18 Thread Kyle
Hi Slug, I know we did this a while back, but that was July last year already. So, as I'm now in the market for a new netbook, I wanted to follow up and ask those of you who have bought in the last 6 months; 1. What you bought 2. Are you still happy 3. How has the battery life stood up over

Re: [SLUG] Netbooks .... Again (7 months on) Are you still happy?

2010-02-18 Thread Peter Chubb
Kyle == Kyle k...@attitia.com writes: Kyle Hi Slug, I know we did this a while back, but that was July last Kyle year already. So, as I'm now in the market for a new netbook, I Kyle wanted to follow up and ask those of you who have bought in the Kyle last 6 months; Kyle 1. What you bought 2.

Re: [SLUG] Netbooks .... Again (7 months on) Are you still happy?

2010-02-18 Thread Peter Hardy
On Fri, 2010-02-19 at 09:47 +1100, Peter Chubb wrote: I bought an Acer Aspire One a year ago, and am still happy. +1 on the Aspire One. I have one that I picked up, oh, maybe 18 months ago and it's been my main PC since. Unlike Peter I bought a model with a hard drive, which is no worse than any

Re: [SLUG] Netbooks .... Again (7 months on) Are you still happy?

2010-02-18 Thread David Gillies
Kyle wrote: Hi Slug, I know we did this a while back, but that was July last year already. So, as I'm now in the market for a new netbook, I wanted to follow up and ask those of you who have bought in the last 6 months; 1. What you bought An Asus EeePC S101: