Netbooks

[Simon Ives]

Thanks for all the replies.

The local Harvey Norman has advertised some eeepc's on sale for the next week.  I think I'll create a live USB image of Ubuntu (can I create a live 
UNR?) and see if they'll allow me to boot into it.  I'll probably take my wife down to pick between the 900 and 1000 models.  Hard drive size is not 
an issue as we've all got over a terabyte each on the home file server, but the screen and keyboard size could be an issue.

Thanks again.
-- 
Simon Ives

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>I've got an Acer Aspire One, I love it. 1.6Ghz Intel Atom, 512Mb RAM,
>8GB SSD, similar specs to the eee I think.
>
>I don't run Ubuntu on it though, but I did use an Intrepid Live USB as a
>host to install Gentoo. Everything I tested worked out of the box with
>Ubuntu though, SDCard/wireless/sound3D, didn't try the webcam as I never
>use it anyway.
>
>Of course it's performance is even better under Gentoo (16 seconds from
>power on to desktop, and about 100 fps in 3d games - tremulous & assault
>cube - at their highest graphics quality). Other than boot speed, I
>don't imagine Ubuntu would be too much different though.
>
>Maybe you could make a live USB, go to a place that sells the various
>netbooks and try them out?
>
>
>Lisa
>