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 > intend to try out to see what difference that makes at some point or > another. 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, but don't really know where to start. Cheers, Alan > > > 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) > > No brainer, it came with an Ubuntu derivative pre-installed, but I > rebuilt it with the Ubuntu Netbook remix anyway. > > > 6. How has the build quality stood up > > Just fine, no sign of any breakages or weakness of any sort. > > > 7. What sorts of quirks have you discovered > > The WiFi seems a little deaf and the touchpad is in an occasionally > annoying position. > > regards > Terry > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Alan L Tyree http://www2.austlii.edu.au/~alan Tel: 04 2748 6206 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html