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On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 04:43:48PM -0500, Daniel Feenberg wrote: > > > On Sun, 2 Mar 2008, [hidden email] wrote: > > >Has anyone got one of these? I saw one at BJ's wholesale in Stoughton > >today, and while I heard about them, I was draw to wanting to buy one > >after seeing it. I didn't but I want too. > > I got one at the Micro center a month ago, no problems at all. I will > bring it along to the next BLU meeting I attend. > > Pros: Small, > light, (very light power brick) > very sturdy compared to more expensive sub-micros > comes with ssh already installed (just enter cntl-t then ssh host) > web browser is quite fast compared to MSIE on a Windows box > user interface not nearly so oddball as the XO > Linux underneath, but readily accessible. > > Cons: Keyboard to small for comfortable touch-typing > Small LCD leads to very small terminal characters and scrolling > > Neutral: Asus missed the chance to use super power-saving components > like the XO >
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