netbook v. laptop / remix

Harry L. Lee harry at jonesnose.com
Tue Nov 24 03:51:20 UTC 2009


do you have a way to readily install ubuntu on the netbook? (a usb optical
drive is worth the investment.)

On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 9:07 PM, Patton Echols <p.echols at comcast.net> wrote:

> Here is a two part question, the first part not really an ubuntu question
>
> I have available a great deal (it appears) on a compaq netbook (model
> 110c-1100DX) for $180 us.  It has the Atom N270 processor and 1 GB of
> ram.  Sine these things usually run over $300, I'm interested.
>
> My current laptop is a Thinkpad R40.  System monitor reports it as
> "Mobil Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.00GHz" and 756.5 MiB of ram.
>
> Question 1.  I know the netbook would run way longer, cooler and less
> power and lighter etc.  But in terms of performance, how much of a hit
> would I take?  The laptop is mostly used for "netbook" type stuff but
> needs to be able to do some office type stuff and some basic GIMPing
> while I am on the road.
>
> Question 2. Does anyone have experience with this particular netbook and
> Ubuntu Netbook remix?  Obviously I won't leave windows on it any longer
> than absolutely necessary.
>
> Thanks for any thoughts.
>
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