New Dell Computer for Starbucks Trips

[ArtDeco]

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Details

A laptop the size of a hardback book with 4 gig "drive" and 4 hour battery life. Interesting that it comes with Ubuntu or XP (!) that isn't suppossed to be available any more.

 

[Firelead]

Newegg.com - ASUS Eee PC 1000 40G – Pearl White NetBook Intel Atom 10.0" Wide SVGA 1GB Memory 40GB SSD Integrated Graphics - Laptops / Notebooks is much better and runs Linux - but you can put XP on it.
the dell SSD is not as good.

 

[metal]

I use this little guy: Amazon.com: Acer Aspire One 8.9-inch Mini Laptop (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 512 MB RAM, 8 GB Solid State Drive, Linpus Linux Lite) White: Computers & PC Hardware

 

[UltimateJakob]

I'm cool with carrying a regular laptop, though the small ones could be handy for short trips...

 

[alexb]

the dell SSD is not as good.

Care to elaborate?

 

[Firelead]

alexb: I was referring to the Dell 4GB SSD v Asus 40GB SSD. Asus wins in size.

 

[James]

What's the processing power behind one of those EEE PC's? Presumably enough to effectively run Word, Firefox and iTunes simultaneously?

 

[Rage9]

Amazon.com: Acer Aspire One 8.9-inch Mini Laptop (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, XP Home, 6 Cell Battery) Sapphire Blue: Computers & PC Hardware

Much better IMHO. I'd still rip off windows and install linux, but this is at least something that's more usable.

 

[nachoninja]

Lenovo makes one now too:

Lenovo - S Series

 

[sampunk]

I used to have a eeepc..one of my friend snap a pic of me using it and i look so gay (mainly because i am bigger than normal ppl), just like those guy walking a tiny dog

 

[ArtDeco]

" What's the processing power behind one of those EEE PC's? Presumably enough to effectively run Word, Firefox and iTunes simultaneously?"

Probably not. Although Firefox, a linux word processor and music player simultaneously should work OK.

 

[NYDAz]

WTF ... you carry your laptop everywhere with you ? Starbucks, McDonalds, Ben&Jerry ???

I think 10-12 hours of work per day are enough ! 6-8 to sleep ... and the rest for your social life !

 

[Stanley]

These things get really hot, and the keyboards are tiny and uncomfortable.

 

[amanda11]

Don't be a pussy, get the first generation EEEPC!

 

[HarveyJ]

↑↑ I've got an EEE701.... Fucking love it!
It's not nearly as hot as the later generation models and has longer battery life, especially if you get the 11000mAh battery option.

The 701 runs at an unclocked speed of around 633MHz, and is still powerful enough for me to run XP from a thumbdrive, with Word, Excel, Chrome and Winamp all going.
I can also plug my phone in as a modem when there's no wi-fi, no worries.

It's also small enough to fit in the pocket of my overcoat. Sure, that means pissant small screen, and small keyboard, but hey, I'm already used to typing on a TyTn2. Seen how big the keyboard on that bastard is!?
My only beef with the keyboard is the placement of the arrow keys.

It could use a bit more power to the USB ports as well, because anything that needs more power than a mouse just doesn't work unless you've got one of those double USB cables... which you can't use under an externally booted HDD, because it's got to reside in the first USB port for some reason.

As for iTunes, the music manager thing in Linux works just fine with iPods. Can't get more stuff FROM iTunes, but you can up and download music from your iPod with no hassles.

 

[Rage9]

I agree, I have an old school 2 ghz pentium with 512 SDRAM in my ghetto laptop and I can run anything under Linux. Hell Photoshop CS2 runs better under WINE that it did running under Windows XP.

 

[-Matt-]

I have an asus eeepc 9" with 16 gig ssd and the xandros it came with. Don't use it much - too small of a screen. But when I saw a friend who had it, I just had to go out and buy one.