Alan Pope wrote: > 2008/11/14 Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> The cheapest option is the 8.9" Asus EeePC 900A N270 with 1GB Ram and an >> 8GB SSD. It doesn't say what CPU it has (I presume it would be the >> 1.6GHz single core Atom?). This one in white or black is £194. >> > > The 900A is confusingly the same spec as the 901 (1.6GHz Atom) but in > the case of the 900. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC#Specifications > > 0.3MP camera, not the 1.3MP that the 900 has.
Ahh interesting, I didn't think about that. I'll check out the link. > >> The next option up is the Aspire One A110L with 512MB Ram and an 8GB >> SSD. This also mentions N270, so presumably this is the same CPU as the >> EeePC 900A? >> > > It is. > >> Now I was leaning towards the Aspire One due to it having two SD card >> slots (I figured I could pop in 2 x 8GB SD cards for extra storage space >> - not that I need much anyway on a laptop/netbook). > > Leaning towards the Acer for a feature you won't actually use? :) > Well at the moment my Thinkpad has got a 20GB hard drive but I don't use much (maybe a few OOo documents). I don't think I'd use anything bigger but then again it might be handy to have a couple of SD cards with bits on for work. >> The one thing that >> is putting me off is forking out for another 512MB memory (I wasn't sure >> how many slots they have). >> > > My 900 has 1GB of RAM and I'm now running a cut-down version of Ubuntu > on it. It works fine. I guess it would be a bit more sluggish with > 512MB, but probably would work okay. I think the 701 I had was fitted > with 512MB and running Xandros I never really had any complaints. RAM > is fairly cheap at the moment so you could always upgrade later. It > only has one slot. > Ahh I see. It's DDR2 isn't it? I'd probably stick the extra in anyway since it's so cheap at the moment. >> So I was wondering generally what they are like. Does the battery last >> long, what are they like performance wise? >> > > Depends what you do with it. My co-worker uses his Aspire to write a > book on the train each day so he only uses Openoffice writer and finds > that fine. Mine runs Ubuntu ok, not as quick as the stock xandros > install but not bad. > Sounds good. The main reason I'm after one is so I can provide remote support when I'm out and about. That's something I really do miss and it's a pain having to tell my customers to hang on until I get home when they want something fixing quickly (which 9 times out of 10 is the case!). >> I'm not expecting the same sort of performance as a Core 2 Duo but I >> could do with something speedy enough to run Java applets (LogMeIn >> remote control software) and Firefox/Thunderbird. >> > > So long as you're not opening a bazillion tabs with flash and lots of > Java then you should be fine. > Great. I've got my Desktop for all the bazillion of tabs open :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
