[ILUG] Laptop for the missus - 2 years on and still deciding...

[Declan McGrath]

On Wednesday 04 November 2009 12:00:37 Conor Wynne wrote:
> Declan, you first reply has convinced me, a mini 10v it is.
> 
> One question, I'm assuming the 1024*600 display will work with all
> webpages without using the scrollbar?

On the scrollbar front, I can't remember exactly - I think it's fine. I can double check tonight. I've had no worries browsing the web with it. YouTube, etc is all good.

Not sure where you are geographically, but I can bring my netbook along to the POTD meetup in the Longstone tomorrow if you (or anyone else) is interested in seeing it in action before commiting to the purchase.

> This is the only thing I find annoying about the EeePC 701, oh and the
> keyboard, and battery life.... and it being dog slow CPU wise :-)

CPU is defintely chugging along nicely. The keyboard size is crucial!

> 
> 8GB SSD (default and 60 quid cheaper)
> extras : 6 Cell battery
> 
> Declan McGrath wrote:
> > Though I broadly agree with Frank on this one. I use mine as a fully fledged Rails and Python development machine - as long as the keyboard is big enough (Mini 10's is big enough) and a bit of grunt under the hood the user experience should be great!
> >
> > Dec
> >
> > On Wednesday 04 November 2009 11:30:28 Frank Duignan wrote:
> >   
> >> As always it depends.....The mistake some people make with netbooks is that
> >> they try to use them as full featured computers and are disappointed.
> >> Limiting yourself to a 16BG SSD stops this feature creep and you use the
> >> device as intended
> >>     
> 
> Agreed, all she uses my machines for is one thing, facebook. Oh and
> gmail but that's for facebook notifiers. :-)
> I'll use it myself for surfing when I'm forced to watch Corporation
> street, Eastbenders, wife swap, what "some non-celeb" did next, other
> thrash.
> 
> -- I like doctors and emmerdale though. Doctors is really good, highly
> recommend it -- on BBC HD.
> 
> Regards,
> Conor.
> 
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