[plug] EEPC

[Kai]

My cousin's getting his helicopter PPL, the lessons are $450/hour - 
definately not cheap, aeroplane lessons are $240 or so in comparison.

PPL was fun, but the way they train us for CPL you learn soooo much more 
about yourself and your abilities as a pilot, it's bloody hard work but 
so much FUN ! :)

I'll have a better read into the latest EEPC, maybe read some reviews 
and stuff later on. Don't think anyone in Broome will have any Xandros 
units on the shelf to try in store and I'm not that desperate to drive 
all over Perth looking for an in store demo model :P

Adon Metcalfe wrote:
> Nah as the VP of plug I welcome pilot chitchat ;P, My boss is one (he 
> also has a private license) and hes always complaining bout how much 
> harder it is these days to get one with rising costs, so its awesome to 
> see people into flying still, hehe he's been trying to convince me to go 
> for my private license while admitting I probably couldn't afford it.
> 
> Also lol as for the linux eeepc, their pretty swell, I'd say as far as 
> usability goes windows is ok with one or two apps but its multitasking 
> isn't quite there compared to linux on low power devices (I have a 
> friend who has both installed on his eeepc 4g, and he ends up using 
> linux mostly just because its more responsive under load), apart from 
> that hardware support for both is perfect and applications to do stuff 
> on both platforms are pretty much on par (though linux does have a lot 
> more accessible opensource/gratis software).
> 
> On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Fred Janon <fjanon at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:fjanon at yahoo.com>> wrote:
> 
>     Dunno about the Linux EEPC, but I wanted to congratulate you on your
>     commercial pilot license! It was such a joy for me to get my private
>     one and pass the IFR written test. I wish I had enough $$$ to finish
>     my helicopter one.
> 
>     Sorry about the OT stuff pluggers.
> 
>     Fred
> 
>     --- On *Thu, 7/3/08, Kai /<vk6ksj at westnet.com.au
>     <mailto:vk6ksj at westnet.com.au>>/* wrote:
> 
>         From: Kai <vk6ksj at westnet.com.au <mailto:vk6ksj at westnet.com.au>>
>         Subject: [plug] EEPC
>         To: plug at plug.org.au <mailto:plug at plug.org.au>
>         Date: Thursday, July 3, 2008, 10:03 PM
> 
> 
>         Hi everyone,
> 
>         Firstly, totally unrelated to Linux but a huge personal goal - I passed 
>         my commercial flight test today, I am now a commercial pilot :D ...but 
>         no I don't fly 737's yet, that doesn't happen for a few years :P
> 
> 
>         Anyway, back at the
>          ranch, my Uncle (who's a Microsoft shop) bought home 
>         an EEPC running XP Home, he says it's better than the Linux equivalent, 
>         I fail to beleive that but I haven't used the Linux equivalent... has 
> 
>         anyone and do you have any feedback ?
> 
>         Cheers
>         Kai
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