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Re: Deal of the Day: Eee PC 901 for $250 after rebate

garysims — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:35:16 -0000

I've said it once and I am sure I will say it again... You guys who live in the USA have all the luck...

Gary

Re: What’s the best OS for SSDs? Windows 2000

garysims — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 09:02:50 -0000

I always like Windows 2000... I don't see what XP and Vista can do for me that Windows 2000 couldn't... Maybe Windows 7 will learn lessons from W2K!

Gary

Re: Acer planning a Windows Vista netbook?

garysims — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:59:24 -0000

Yeah, the extra $200 is also for the 2 or 3GB of memory you will need to run Vista with any real success....

:-(

Gary

Re: Two easy ways to install Ubuntu 8.10 on an Eee PC

garysims — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:15:57 -0000

Ubuntu Eee is a great idea and well done to UNR Eeedition for getting the 8.10 based version out so quickly!

Gary

Re: Dual core VIA Nano CPU coming in 2010

garysims — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:33:01 -0000

I guess when they say "New process technology" they mean 45nm which Intel and AMD are on now!

Gary

Re: HP launches Intel Atom-powered mini-desktop

garysims — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:27:27 -0000

Sounds like a Mac Mini!!!! Hopefully this will push Apple to upgrade the Mac Mini and lower the price a bit...

Gary

Re: Most popular Liliputing articles from 17th November - 23rd November 2008

garysims — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:50:30 -0000

The "Amazon may offer $129 Eee PC as part of holiday promotion" article was great and a real heads-up. I hadn’t voted for that before.

Gary

Re: Sotec launches Hello Kitty netbook

garysims — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:19:31 -0000

Forget technical specs, anything with a Kitty on it!!!!

:-)

Gary

Re: PC Corner promises dual core CPU upgrades for netbooks

garysims — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 10:19:41 -0000

I think a dual core Atom based netbook is inevitable but of course it would increase the drain on the battery. It is still odd that the netbook have been getting closer and closer to laptops... Personally I would like to see the netbook format go more towards improving the solid state drive capacities and staying with 7 or 9 inch displays but adding touch screen.

Re: Shocking news: Overclocking a netbook improves performance

garysims — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:42:07 -0000

Shocking... More Mhz means more CPU performance... I think someone should write a paper about this!!!

Seriously, it is interesting that the MSI guys are providing a BIOS with overclocking capabilites, I always thought OEM didn't like to let you tweak your hardware and it was all very black hat stuff! Well done MSI!

Gary

Re: Sure Windows 7 will run on netbooks, but how well?

garysims — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:37:03 -0000

I agree that by 2009/2010 then memory prices will lower and netbooks with 1GB might be quite common. I still am lost at to why I would want Vista or Windows 7. What does Vista have that XP doesn't? Aero and desktop search. Is that it? What will Windows 7 give me that is worth the $60-$100 that I will need to pay?

Gary

Re: ARM-powered netbooks coming soon

garysims — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:40:38 -0000

Follow the breadcrumbs...

iPhone uses ARM -> Apple itself is strongly rumored to have an ARM license -> Apple buys P.A. Semi (an ARM chip design company) -> ARM says chips will appear in netbooks -> Mac netbook using iPhone version of Darwin... Simple!!!!

Gary

Re: Steve Jobs never said Apple isn’t working on a netbook

garysims — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:22:17 -0000

"I wouldnt run Vista without 4 GB of ram either ...what's your point?"

That is exactly my point... I suggested that using the iPhone OS which is based on Darwin (like OS X) would be better than trying to fit OS X on a netbook!

"The netbooks I use seem to work just fine with 512 and 1GB ram with both Linux and XP."

Exactly... XP and Linux, not OS X and Vista... OS X will run in 1GB OK, my Mac had 1GB until I upgraded it myself to 2GB. So... "I know the concept of opening a computer and modding it is hard for a Mac user"... not really!

Re: Steve Jobs never said Apple isn’t working on a netbook

garysims — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 09:35:38 -0000

Breaking news... I have a Mac and I wouldn't want to run OS X day to day without at least 2GB of RAM... Which netbooks come with 2GB?

Gary

Re: JCHyun Udia Mini Note T100 Office netbook comes with MS Office

garysims — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:00:30 -0000

I don't think it is worth the extra money, I wrote my book Learning FreeNAS http://www.packtpub.com/learning-freenas/book on OpenOffice.org, the only problem I had with it was it didn't support inline comments but version 3 does!

Gary

Re: Steve Jobs never said Apple isn’t working on a netbook

garysims — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:57:04 -0000

Taking the iPhone OS (which is also based on Darwin) and putting onto a netbook would be great. I think trying to cram OS X onto a netbook would result in an under performer unless it is at the high end of the so called netbook range where it would be hard to tell the difference between it and a MacBook.... Gary

Re: 11 netbooks for $399 or less

garysims — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:34:26 -0000

That is a very good summary, many thanks it will help in my decision making process!

Thanks again. Gary

Re: Mac Tablet: Installing OS X on the Gigabyte M912X

garysims — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:19:29 -0000

That is cool... I hope Apple take their skills from the iPhone/iPod Touch and make a Mac with a touch screen. Thanks, Gary

Re: Will Apple build a netbook, and what would it look like?

garysims — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:17:01 -0000

"I just don’t see Apple catering to the folks who are snapping up $400 low-to-medium performance machines." is absoluatley right, if you do a feature for feature comparision like CPU, memor y and hard disks for ALL macs, they always come out more expensive. Apple aren't about to release a dirt cheap netbook.

Gary

Re: A List of Great Ubuntu Applications

garysims — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:53:19 -0000

Great list... I don't know if you should include Goolge Desktop and Beagle in the same list, you should pick one or the other!

Gary

Re: OS X on the Lenovo IdeaPad S10: Not ready for prime time

garysims — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:37:37 -0000

"But you’re left without support for WiFi or LAN connections. The sound doesn’t work, and the sleep function doesn’t work. "

Which isn't surprising as Apple only ship drivers for THEIR hardware... But anyway... Nice experiment!

Re: Stuff Magazine names Eee PC gadget of the year

garysims — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:24:57 -0000

Well done to Asus, but as you say it was the 701 which was the real firecracker... But maybe Stuff thought that was last years technology... No iPod Touch, no iPhone... surprising! Gary

Re: AMD doesn’t seem to get netbooks - Video

garysims — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:20:08 -0000

He says in the video "Does the user really understand..." I think the sales of the Asus Eee PC and the fact that so many people, even Dell, are making netbooks mean that users do understand... However his point that so many netbooks are now looking like laptops is true, why would I spend $500 on a netbook when I can buy a laptop!

Re: Dell Inspiron Mini gets new name, higher price

garysims — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:34:46 -0000

So that still makes the Eee PC 701 from Expandsys the best deal? No?

Re: Eee PC 701 keeps getting cheaper, now under $300

garysims — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 03:29:05 -0000

$300, that is sweet, I went to the Expansys website and indeed that is the price. I was all set to buy myself an iPod Touch after the product update this month, but now an Eee PC looks very attractive... What a dilemma! Gary