[Nottingham] [Talk] Thursday 05/02/2009 Netbooks!

[Jim Moore]

Does the Panasonic CF-M34GPRS count as a netbook? It has: 8" 
touchscreen, small amount of memory, 700MHz PIII mobile processor... the 
kicker for it tho is the fact that everything's hardened (magnesium 
alloy case, gell-suspended hard drive with shock-mitigating emergency 
spindown/parking, and all the other good stuff that makes it military 
field spec...)

Martin wrote:
> Folks,
>
> The first talk of the year and it's on an explosion of devices that
> perhaps for the first time offer Linux pre-installed to the general public:
>
>
> Netbooks!
>
> What are they and are they any good?
>
>
> OK... So I recently got one... Long after various others in the group
> have been pathfinding with cheap XXXX ooops! "affordable" and easy
> ultra-portability :-)
>
> There's Michael-E to give his impressions of an Asus EeePC and also
> myself to give first impressions of an Acer Aspire One. Followed by
> general discussion and comments for the various other netbooks out there.
>
>
>
> All at The Navigation
>
> http://www.thenavvy.co.uk/
>
> *Thursday 05/02/2009*
>
> Meet:	19:30
> (in the bar somewhere - look for penguins or just shout "where's NLUG!")
>
> Talk:	20:00
> (in the room upstairs)
>
> Beers and Linux and other topics until 23:00
>
> The Navigation Inn
> 6 Wilford Street
> Nottingham
> NG2 1AA
> Tel: 0115 9417139
>
> http://www.pub-explorer.com/notts/pub/navigationinnnottingham.htm
> http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=52.948&lon=-1.1518&scale=10000&icon=x
>
> About 2 mins walk from The Trip to Jerusalem pub just the other side of
> Castle Boulevard, next to The Irish. Right on top of the canal lock. Or
> from the Waterfront area, head along the canal towards the castle until
> you see the lock (and The Navigation).
>
> Buses and parking at the Broadmarsh Centre nearby. Free parking after
> 6pm alongside the castle on Castle Boulevard and Castle Road (Trip To
> Jerusalem).
>
> We are in the large room upstairs. WiFi access available.
>
>
>
> Happy New Year!
>
> All welcome.
>
> See ya there,
>
> Cheers All,
> Martin
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