Comments on: ULV Laptops http://giantdorks.org/jason/2010/01/14/ulv-laptops/ Fri, 28 May 2010 14:16:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jason Sares http://giantdorks.org/jason/2010/01/14/ulv-laptops/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Jason Sares Fri, 15 Jan 2010 04:03:52 +0000 http://giantdorks.org/jason/?p=31#comment-29 @Angelo you can try a couple of them out at MicroCenter @Angelo you can try a couple of them out at MicroCenter

]]> By: Alain Kelder http://giantdorks.org/jason/2010/01/14/ulv-laptops/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Alain Kelder Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:43:09 +0000 http://giantdorks.org/jason/?p=31#comment-28 I've got a Dell Mini 9, which I find almost unusable for working due to unusual placement of some keys, but it was purchased for my daughter to watch her videos on trips and it works great for that. Full screen playback of DVDs (ripped into xvid avi with mencoder) is no problem for it. And a Dell Mini 10, which work bought for me and which I use whenever I'm out and need to fix something or at meetings to look stuff up and take notes. For emergency little fixes, the SSH console on the iPhone is my best friend, but sometimes the small screen is a hassle and that's when I bust out the Mini 10. Both running Ubuntu (Mini 10 came with Windows) and working great. 1GB of RAM is more than enough for what I do with a netbook. I’ve got a Dell Mini 9, which I find almost unusable for working due to unusual placement of some keys, but it was purchased for my daughter to watch her videos on trips and it works great for that. Full screen playback of DVDs (ripped into xvid avi with mencoder) is no problem for it.

And a Dell Mini 10, which work bought for me and which I use whenever I’m out and need to fix something or at meetings to look stuff up and take notes. For emergency little fixes, the SSH console on the iPhone is my best friend, but sometimes the small screen is a hassle and that’s when I bust out the Mini 10.

Both running Ubuntu (Mini 10 came with Windows) and working great. 1GB of RAM is more than enough for what I do with a netbook.

]]> By: redondos http://giantdorks.org/jason/2010/01/14/ulv-laptops/comment-page-1/#comment-27 redondos Thu, 14 Jan 2010 21:25:23 +0000 http://giantdorks.org/jason/?p=31#comment-27 nice round up, i'm looking into getting something like this but can't decide on screen size (and keyboard, i'm sloppy and afraid 11'' will make me constantly curse at it) nice round up, i’m looking into getting something like this but can’t decide on screen size (and keyboard, i’m sloppy and afraid 11” will make me constantly curse at it)

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