[Klug-general] MiniPC to compete with eeePC

[Andrew Miller (Spode)]

I imagine it would have added to the cost. But if I remember rightly, 
there are power saving bits in the Pentium M that are still present in 
the Celeron, but merely turned off. And this makes a huuuge difference 
to battery life.

Colin McCarthy wrote:
> Wouldn't a Pentium M have made it more expensive? And price is one of it's key selling factors.
>
> Colin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Andrew Miller (Spode)" <spode at thinkbikes.com>
> To: "Alan Pope" <alan at popey.com>; "Kent Linux User Group - General Topics" <kent at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Sent: 31/01/08 12:31
> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] MiniPC to compete with eeePC
>
> LOL.
>
> I personally find the built in distro very good. I tweaked it a little 
> to how I wanted it, and got VirtualBox running on it should I need 
> Windows (which I never really do).
>
> But the point you make is valid - plugging an external 
> monitor/keyboard/mouse into it works really well, it's an incredibly 
> capable PC considering its spec. I just wish they had used a Pentium M 
> instead of a Celeron M and we might have seen better battery life.
>
> I've just been commissioned to do a 6 page article on the EeePC for 
> Custom PC, so if anyone has any feelings on specific "how-tos" that need 
> to be in there, I'm open to suggestions. It'll be in print and online.
>
> Spode
>
> Alan Pope wrote:
>   
>> On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 12:24:31PM +0000, Colin McCarthy wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> On a side note, I have been using an eeePC attached to a 17" monitor, usb
>>> keyboard and mouse all morning to do my job and it has worked very well.
>>>  Only problem is it's not running a Linux based OS at the moment.
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>> Given they come with Xandros - that's a user generated problem :)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Al.
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