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I'm typing this on a $200 netbook that meets my needs far better than an iPad could. With apt and linux I have an awesome free app "store" with thousands of ap
by grandalf 17y ago
I'm typing this on a $200 netbook that meets my needs far better than an iPad could.
With apt and linux I have an awesome free app "store" with thousands of apps that have been vetted by the community, a task that Apple's app store is far from accomplishing.
I can connect to the internet via bluetooth through my phone's connection.
I use this laptop to write lots of code on, and rarely mind the slightly slower processor, slightly smaller keyboard and slightly smaller screen.
All I'd ask for is a bit more battery life, but surely UNR will compile in top end kernel optimizations for battery life, and maybe my next $200 netbook will be a bit faster and get 10 hours per charge.
- brianobush 17y agoI fall into the same camp, but I don't think we fit under the bell curve. But, I love being an outlier! What netbook do you have?
- grandalf 17y agoThe eeepc 1005HA
- sorbus 17y agoMy sub-$400 netbook (an EeePC 1005PE) gets around 10 hours (with bluetooth off, the screen turned down, a customized kernel from the Arch User Repository, and setting SuperHE to the full-optimization setting - but wifi on, which is probably a big drain on the battery), so it's certainly doable. Just takes a fair amount of optimization; before all of that, it was getting around 6 without really trying.
- grandalf 17y agomine gets around 5 or 6 but with just the standard UNR kernel. I generally plug in most of the time but I sort of want to try all the kernel optimizations... sounds like they made quite a difference for you.