[plug] EEPC

[Coral and Ben]

I believe there is a new eeepc 901? much like the 900 but with a much 
better processor, more ram and a few other trinkets attached. I read 
somewhere that the new 901 with linux had the better specs

Kai wrote:
> 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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