[Gllug] Speaking of those tiny "laptops" ...

[Caroline Ford]

The Advent 4211 is identical to the MSI Wind and considerably cheaper.
Mine is fine, but there is an issue with cheaper touchpads in some of
them.

Caroline

2008/8/25 Christopher Hunter <chrisehunter at blueyonder.co.uk>:
> On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 16:59 +0100, Dylan wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> A friend of mine wants to get one of the extra-small "laptops" and keeps
>> pressing me for opinions. So guys, what opinions can I pass on to him to
>> guide a good purchase when he finaly succumbs to the gadget-lust?
>>
>> Dx
>
> I have a 901 here, and it's all I wanted from a tiny machine.  I was
> disappointed with the 701, despite its good performance, because the
> screen was just too small.  The 901 gets it just right (though I hope
> the price comes down a bit).
>
> It's trivially easy to add extra memory, USB ports and SDD inside the
> machine, and I find that the supplied Xandros is OK, but it runs so much
> faster if you install Puppy Linux.
>
> It might be worth waiting for the price to drop a bit.
>
> Chris
>
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