I believe it is still a SSD. Its appealing to me to do little things like skype, email, etc. Its really small and portable. The cheapest one is ~$300. -jmz On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 8:54 PM, wrote: > > > Is it still a SSD? > > Honestly, I'd be willing to take the performance hit and use a > bargain-priced 32Gb CF card as hard disc. I really wish I could > justify an EEE. My old IBM 385XD finally bit the dust, and so I could > use a laptop... the EEE offers a well-integrated, almost Mac-like in > that sense, package, without being more horsepower than I really need > to run Firefox and a SSH client. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joshua Zeidner > > To: mmarch@gmail.com; Main PLUG discussion list > > > > Sent: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 1:09 pm > Subject: Re: OLPC > > > > > > > > > > > ah, so you get more HD with the Linux version? > > despite this I still think the factors I cite are valid. > > -jmz > > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Michael March > wrote: > > The new Linux based 9 inch eee has a 20GB hd while the XP version has > a 12GB > hd. > > > > Pretty cool in my eyes. > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: "Joshua Zeidner" > > > > Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 11:52:53 > > To:"Main PLUG discussion list" > > > Subject: Re: OLPC > > > > > > A similar thing with eeePC. Asus offers no difference in price if > > you run Windows. I think M$ sees this as a major threat to their > > market share and are willing to do whatever it takes to stop Linux > > users from being created. You can be sure the high costs you are > used > > to will be amortized over a longer period and embedded in difficult > > structures. > > > > On the positive side, this means you stand to have M$ eating out of > > your hand if you get in the low-cost laptop market. > > > > I consider it to be quite unscrupulous of the OLPC team to run > > programs like G1G1 and then sell out to M$. No wonder the OLPC > > president resigned. > > > > -jmz > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Mike Garfias > wrote: > > > > http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/23/olpc-scrap-linux-windows > > > > > > Looks like they're going to ditch linux and run windows. > > > > > > Ugh. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > - http://www.joshuazeidner.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > -- > > - http://www.joshuazeidner.com/ > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- - http://www.joshuazeidner.com/ --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss