[nycbug-talk] new Asus ultraportables

[George Rosamond]

On Sep 7, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Alex Pilosov wrote:

> On Fri, 7 Sep 2007, George Rosamond wrote:
>>
>> I suspect this will be a NYCBUG craze much like the Soekris thing  
>> a long
>> while back. . .
> probably just as useless in reality
>
> you are paying size premium to have x86-compatible cpu, which isn't  
> really
> relevant if you are loonix/bsd user.
>
> sizewise, its too big to be carried on your person, in fact, its about
> twice as big and twice as heavy as OQO.
>
> oqo is a-game, eee is b-game or c-game, for people who can't afford  
> oqo.
>

Valid points, Mr. Nyetwork. . .

But I do think low power, cheapo UMPCs aren't just for One Laptop Per  
Child.

I'd certainly be happy dragging around these 2 pounds with my  
relevant data, internet access capability and ability to SSH over  
anything else.

I played with the ~$1700 UMPCs from OQO and it was nice, but for $259  
or so, with flash storage, it's very tempting.

George