<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 8:35 AM, James R. Coplin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james@ticalun.net" target="_blank">james@ticalun.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
The newer Asus eee pcs with the atom processor are cool as can be. I've<br>
been using mine for about a year now and love it. I wouldn't do anything<br>
but get email and light work with though. I had XP on it but then tries out<br>
Ubuntu. I think the performance is the same for both OS and the battery<br>
life was much better under XP. If I cared I'd switch back but as I really<br>
only use it for web and email, I haven't bothered.<br>
<br>
James<br>
<div><div></div><div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div>This is pretty much my exact use for it: e-mail, and accessing google apps if I need them. I also use an application called ThinkingRock for organizing thoughts/projects and it would have to run that. Its really light weight, so should be no issue.<br>
<br>I have a big laptop, but in a meeting its pain to carry around. I want something I can pick up with one hand that I can type some quick notes into TR on and go. Ive got my big machine in my office for heavy lifting tasks. <br>
<br>Ill probably run Ubuntu on it. They have a new 'netbook' edition that is supposed to get better power. <br><br>I am a bit intrigued by the HP netbooks simply because they have expandable RAM, and run an HP custom linux. Be nice to try that out.<br>
<br>Tony <br>
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