[olug] EeePC, 4G w/Webcam

[Carl Lundstedt]

I had a macbook pro,  the last 12inch G4 model.  I give it a solid "eh".

Liked: good battery life, good functionality, nifty mac programs for
non-work things (iLife for instance).  (This machine is probably very
cheap now.)

Bads:  didn't like MACs gui.  Didn't like the one button mouse.  Didn't
like the small screen real estate.  Took some effort to get generic
X-windows to work right.  Took some effort to get development tools
(gcc) to work right.

I finally turned this Mac back in. It wasn't a bad machine, but I
couldn't get used to it and it felt cramped (screen wise, the keyboard
was fine).  I went to a Dell Latitude with an AMD turion in it and I'm
much happier.  I run primarily windows on it with Cygwin if I need to
pop things up from a remote server.  I also have a somewhat crufty
install of knoppix on it (since there's a bug that won't let most
distros recognize the HD until the machine is fully up I had install
knoppix on the thing).  I don't boot it over to linux too much because
Windows+Cygwin usually gets me where I need to go for 9/10 things I do
during the day.  It was also 1/2 the price, twice the RAM and 1.5 times
the HD space. With the upgraded (9 cell) battery and the back light
turned down low I can get over 5 hours of 'surfin/email/ssh' use on one
charge.


YMMV.

Carl Lundstedt
UNL
On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 16:34 -0500, Sam Tetherow wrote:
> On a related note, I'm in need of a new laptop and I'm trying to figure 
> out what route to go...  I really only use my laptop when I travel and 
> some out in the field to connect to routers and access points for 
> network maintenance.  I doesn't have to be some monster with a big 
> screen or a screaming processor.  As it will most be used for ssh, 
> firefox and thunderbird.
> 
> I thought about the eeepc, but the screen size is a bit too small for 
> what I need and I would like to be able to run windows upon occassion as 
> well.
> 
> However, I have been thinking recently about getting a used macbook.  
> I've never owned a mac before but they seem pretty popular with the tech 
> crowd.  I would appreciate feedback from those who own(ed) one.  What is 
> great about them, in comparison to a decent linux laptop running 
> something like ubuntu or another modern distro.  Especially when I have 
> to justify the cost compared to a similar non-mac laptop.
> 
> 
> 	Sam Tetherow
> 	Sandhills Wireless
> 
> 
> 
> Craig Wolf wrote:
> > Asus Eee Pc Super Mobile Internet Device, Pearl White. 7'' Wide LCD display, 512mb DDR2 Memory, 4GB 
> > $349 shipped free!  There are some buy.com coupons out that will take $50 off that price as well...think they are google checkout ones though.
> >  
> > http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=206208609
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