Alan Pope wrote: <snip> >>> Then maybe I'll buy the 10" version when it comes out next year for >>> myself :) >> I too would like a 10" version, though I'm not prepared to wait till the >> next of forever to get my hands on one. Dabs just delivered my 701 >> Thursday afternoon. My initial impression of the 701 is it much nicer >> than the Classmate. Better (bigger) keyboard. The case build quality >> seems better. >> > > I'm surprised you say the build quality is better. I find the build > quality of the classmate to be pretty good. It's quite robust. > Especially compared to the OLPC. But then I have not handled an Eee PC > yet. Al,
I was worried about the 701 build quality, being all plastic, but from the moment I opened the box, all my worries faded. I only had access to the classmate for about 10 minutes, so my initial impressions of it could be wrong and/or fading. Fancy a face2face to compare the two? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/