etali wrote: > Alan Bell wrote: > >> Looks like they have thought about things better and spent more time >> preparing than certain Linux powered netbook projects did. >> It would appear that they control their own sales process and the full >> company is on board with the project, they shouldn't have their own >> sales reps selling against it. If they can set expectations right (which >> they appear to be doing) then it has a good chance of success. I would >> rather they priced too high and spent more time making happy customers >> than priced too low and gave poor service to a bigger volume. I don't >> think the hardware is junk or will overheat. >> >> Alan. >> >> > That sounds good then :) I haven't seen the hardware, I just looked at > the web site, noticed that they didn't provide much information about > the specs (and noticed that one of the computers they're offering uses a > small form factor case), and assumed the worst. I'm probably too cynical. > > It could possibly be based on an Atom CPU, that way it could well possibly be fanless.
Or in the worst case, it could be like my HP Pavillion Slimline which cooks itself every couple of months and needs a replacement motherboard. :-) > I have to admit they've done a good job of making it clear that it's > designed to be an easy web surfing / email system on the site and in the > press release. If they do the same in their TV coverage / any adverts > they run, then great! > > Yep, I agree, it looks like it does a couple of things and does them well. Of course not having played with the software (I'm going to try and give it a whirl) then I could be wrong. First thing I thought of though when I saw it was Ubuntu Netbook Remix. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
