On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Corin Schedler <corin.gs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 04:00:32PM -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:55 PM, <hollunder@xxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:22:15 -0500 >> > Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Roman Kyrylych >> >> <roman.kyrylych@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> > * Read reviews, there are lots of them. >> >> > (even http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_netbooks :)) >> >> >> >> Awesome! Thanks for this >> > >> > I look around for some time and would probably go with an eeepc. It >> > seems they switched to windows again tough. >> > Netbook based on the ion platform seem to be available now (nvidia >> > graphics) but there likely are still no dual core atom ones. >> > >> > I eventually decided to go for a thinkpad instead, 'just' have to find a >> > model that suits since you can't customise them here... >> >> I've begun looking in depth at the Eee 1005HA model. Does anyone have >> experience with this one? I notice there are P, V, and B models (in >> order of most expensive to least), with slightly varying specs. > > I have a 1000H. It's slightly older but almost identical to the HA > model. It's been running Arch since I bought it and it runs great. The > hotkey power switch for the WiFi card doesn't work, and there seems to > be a slightly higher power drain in suspend mode than the XP install > that came on it. I'm not sure if that has to do with my suspend > configuration or what, but it's worth noting. > > Anyway, I typically run GNOME...xcompmgr (or compiz) works, but it can get > 'stuttery' if you're doing much more than web browsing. Video/media is > hit and miss for me - YouTube is watchable, Hulu is not, for example. > > I'd recommend it if you want to get a netbook. The only hardware gripe I > have is the 'mini' right shift key - it's the size of a standard letter > key, and it's super annoying especially with how much code I write. It's > awesome otherwise. The shift key is fixed on the 1005 and 1008 models. I've seen this mentioned in a few reviews. http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/1005ha_bk_keyboard.jpg
