Re: ASUS Eee PC

["Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS" <user=91@nabble.blu.org>]

 On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 04:43:48PM -0500, Daniel Feenberg wrote: 
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> On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, [hidden email] wrote: 
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> >Has anyone got one of these? I saw one at BJ's wholesale in Stoughton 
> >today, and while I heard about them, I was draw to wanting to buy one 
> >after seeing it. I didn't but I want too. 
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> I got one at the Micro center a month ago, no problems at all. I will 
> bring it along to the next BLU meeting I attend. 
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> Pros: Small, 
>       light, (very light power brick) 
>       very sturdy compared to more expensive sub-micros 
>       comes with ssh already installed (just enter cntl-t then ssh host) 
>       web browser is quite fast compared to MSIE on a Windows box 
>       user interface not nearly so oddball as the XO 
>       Linux underneath, but readily accessible. 
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> Cons: Keyboard to small for comfortable touch-typing 
>       Small LCD leads to very small terminal characters and scrolling 
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> Neutral: Asus missed the chance to use super power-saving components 
>          like the XO 
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