[Cialug] eee PC

James Shoemaker james at dhlake.com
Fri Feb 1 10:39:37 CST 2008


David Champion wrote:
> 
> James Shoemaker wrote:
>>   Most laptops seem to want to be a desktop replacement, that's not 
>> what I use one for.  The power of the eee is if anything too much for 
>> me.  Heck I would be happy with the arm in my treo with a larger 
>> screen and a real keyboard.  Palm canceling the foleo was annoying.
> So you mean, something like this?
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora_%28console%29
> 
> The keyboard is a small thumb board, but should be OK for light typing. 
> If it does have Debian ARM's apt-get repository available as rumored, it 
> will be a pretty nifty little device.

   That would be great if it actually ever makes it to market at a 
reasonable price.  I'm not holding my breath.  It seems rather vaperous 
to me.

James


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