Re: eeeditor

[J R FOX jr_fox@xxxxxxxxxx]

--- On Thu, 1/29/09, Jon Pareles  wrote:

> From: Jon Pareles 
> Subject: Re: eeeditor
> To: xywrite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 9:51 PM
> You don't have to go through Linux convolutions to use
> netbooks any more.
>
> The first Asus netbooks had Linux only. Now, most of them
> also offer WIndows XP, although it's often XP Home
> rather than Pro.
>
> http://event.asus.com/eeepc/comparison/eeepc_comparison.htm
>
> So do the many netbooks after Asus, like the well-reviewed
> MSI Wind and the Samsung NC-10. It seems there's a new
> one being released daily.
>
> http://www.umpcportal.com
>
> To keep them small, what they all lack is an optical drive.
> As processor speeds, memory and storage increase, the
> optical drive is the major tradeoff now between a netbook
> and a bigger laptop.
>
> Jon Pareles


Jon,

I must say that I've not been following this area closely, but it seems to me that there may have
been -- for whatever reason -- a significant difference in the RAM and the storage capacities
offered on the Linux vs. the PC versions of these. Some of the price difference may also reflect
the Windows license.

Based on what I know so far, I think that if I was in the market for one of these netbooks, I would
go for the traditional hard drive over the SSD. The difference between the usability of the
10" screen and the 8.9" one might also be a lot more than one might think. (But I'm still
unsure if the 10" would be enough for me.)


 Jordan