[ltp] Re: OT: Netbook. Looking for THE machine

[Ajai Khattri]

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Karsten König wrote:

> I noticed that netbooks I have seen on the Cebit, the newer ones seem to be 
> made from very cheap plastic which flexes alot. I'd rather carry a few gramm 
> more when I can carry the device in my backpack without destroying the screen.

Not that that's really a problem for most users... :-) The Mini-Note has a 
metal body so its a bit more sturdy perhaps.

> They propably have a much longer battery runtime, and linux 
> has most applications running on ARM as well, so if time and x86 are no 
> requirements waiting might be an option.

Except perhaps things like Flash and some audio/video codecs won't be 
available...


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Aj.