On Sun, 15 May 2011 12:07:02 +0100 Niels de Vos <devos@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi list, > > I know that some of you have an Efika Smartbook > (http://www.genesi-usa.com/products/smartbook) and am interested in > your opinions on it. I'm looking to getting one myself, but only if > there are positive experiences with it. > > My normal usage of such a netbook would be some browsing, emailing and > some development (mainly with vim) while traveling. I assume that the > 10" display is just big enough for it (a 7" EeePC is a little too > small). > > Things I'd like some information on: > - Will XFCE run without major issues? XFCE (with galeon browser and sylpheed email) runs fine, although resume after suspend didn't work for me > - How is the keyboard, are the keys (much) smaller than a standard > laptop keyboard? had to re-measure it, but IIRC the Q<->P dimension is about 90% of desktop keyboard, pressing the Fx keys requires also Fn to be pressed, the primary function of those key is "multimedia" > - Is the display good readable when sitting outside, possibly in the sun? > - Any other pros/cons you can think of. haven't tried on sun, but the display is the glossy one My overall feeling from the Smartbook is really positive. Dan PS: written on Smartbook :-) _______________________________________________ arm mailing list arm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm
