[PLUG] Going the laptop route...

[Eitan Tsur]

Personally I'd go with the larger screen, but that's me.  Also, all atom
CPU's I know of run at 1.6 GHz or so.  (single or dual core)

On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Michael Robinson
<plug_1 at robinson-west.com>wrote:

> I'm looking at buying an ASUS laptop, their model that has the atom cpu
> and Xandros Linux installed.
>
> It has an 8.9" screen, 20G solid state hard drive, and I don't remember the
> CPU speed.  It is almost a pocket size laptop.
>
> I'm wondering if the 160 gig hard drive option is worth it, solid state is
> more reliable arguably.  I'm also wondering about batteries for it, it
> is supposed to run 3 h and 45 m on a full charge.  If I go the 160 gig
> hard drive route I end up with XP Home and a 10" screen.
>
> I have until tomorrow afternoon to decide.
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