<html><head></head><body>Glad I'm not the only one still using them. <br>
I'll try and get to tomorrow's meeting. <br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 15 February 2017 10:58:29 GMT+00:00, Martin via Nottingham <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">Strangely enough... As seen at the meetings, I'm still using a decades<br />old Acer Aspire One netbook from the first days of the various Linux<br />netbooks that did very successfully smash into a new Market niche.<br /><br />Until that is... Microsoft noticed and then 'persuaded' the<br />manufacturers to double the spec and halve the battery life for the sake<br />of pushing Windows at above twice the original pricing...<br /><br />More recently, we have the Chromebooks that only just now compare<br />favourably...<br /><br /><br />And then there are the "RaspberryPi" netbooks/laptops that keep popping<br />up ;-)<br /><br /><br />The GPD is interesting for portability but for myself, I'll be watching<br />this one from the sidelines...<br /><br /><br />BTW: Usual Angel NLUG meeting *Tomorrow* !<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Martin<br /><br /><br />On 15/02/17 10:44, Fay Knight via Nottingham wrote:<br /><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> To be fair my old netbook still runs OK with Openbox; comes in useful<br /> for meetings where I can't be bothered to lug a full sized laptop around.<br /> But I would definitely look at something like this when the netbook<br /> eventually dies.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> On 15 February 2017 10:30:19 GMT+00:00, Jason Irwin via Nottingham<br /> <nottingham@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:<br /> <br /> Check this out:<br /> <a href="https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gpd-pocket-7-0-umpc-laptop-ubuntu-or-win-10-os-laptop--2">https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gpd-pocket-7-0-umpc-laptop-ubuntu-or-win-10-os-laptop--2</a>#/<br /> <br /> Interesting little idea.<br /></blockquote><br /><br /></pre></blockquote></div><br>
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