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Thanks to a very, very gracious friend inside Google, I received a ChromeOS netbook in the mail on Thursday, and have been using it as my primary laptop ever since. (It’s replacing a well-worn Lenovo S10 netbook). First off, I’ll have to say that this is a nicely designed piece of hardware. It’s about the [...]
Continue Reading →Just a quick note for another item that will be the death of flash: Netbooks. As the computer market continues to move down in CPU power, price and size, the ability of a standard netbook to run sites like hulu.com has become questionable. The little Atom 1.6GHz processor just doesn’t have enough oomph to play [...]
Continue Reading →Okay, I’ve had my Lenovo S10 since Friday. I briefly played around with the default Windows XP install, upgraded the BIOS, and then installed Ubuntu 8.10 as my primary disk, and wiped the OKR (One Key Recovery) partition, since I don’t really want to ever restore Windows. Here are my first thoughts: The screen is [...]
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So, as you may have read, I just ordered my first ‘netbook’ computer. At the same time, I’ve been reading several articles like this one from TechCrunch that say, in essence, “netbooks suck so don’t buy one.” Here’s my rebuttal to their 3 main points and their conclusion: 1. Too Little CPU. Really? Is a [...]
Continue Reading →After a quick quest to Fry’s to see what the difference between the Acer Aspire One and the Lenovo S10 is, I decided that the Acer was way too cheap feeling, and that the Lenovo was worth the extra ~$50. So, I put in my purchase (with IBM Employee Purchase discount from the family) and [...]
Continue Reading →Researching the purchase of a new netbook. Its always good to check up on the user forums: Acer Aspire One user forums Asus eee pc user forums Lenovo S10 user forums Any advice on how to choose between these 3 would be appreciated. I’m planning on running Ubuntu and not storing much data, so [...]
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