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Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:19:41 +0000

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Comment on Laptop Reliability Comparison by Tom Greer

Tom Greer — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:42:49 +0000

RJ,

It’s great to hear from you again. Are you happy with the new replacement HP Mini?

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Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:04:49 +0000

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Comment on Laptop Reliability Comparison by R J Greer

R J Greer — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:53:28 +0000

My experience with the HP Mini has been, umm shall I say disappointing!! I have had to send it in 2 times since Father’s day and one of those times they shipped me a new netbook. Calling overseas is also a horrible experience. There is a script that must be followed at all cost and it is out of the question to ask for a Supervisor, they are always surprisingly unavailable.

Comment on What Is Future for Netbooks? by bitsenbloc » Blog Archive » Sobre el futur dels netbooks

bitsenbloc » Blog Archive » Sobre el futur dels netbooks — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 07:30:25 +0000

[...] Aquest interessant article fa una repassada a la història dels netbooks i en preveu el futur: Our final prediction is that Apple’s much-rumored tablet will be a smartbook. We predict that this new product (iPad?) will follow in the footsteps of iPod and iPhone and take the market by storm. [...]

Comment on Moblin 2.0 Review by Steve Greer

Steve Greer — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:01:02 +0000

Yes they do. I tested YouTube and it ran fine on Moblin. I will be posting a video later this week that will show off some of the functionality. I will make sure to sample a YouTube video in the video.

Comment on Moblin 2.0 Review by James

James — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:16:28 +0000

Do video sites like YouTube work on Moblin?

Comment on Falling Netbook Prices – 8/16/09 by Tom Greer

Tom Greer — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:50:39 +0000

Richard,

Thanks for the compliments.

You have a lot of good questions. Let me tackle them one at a time.

Samsung N510 availability? The rumor mill says some time in September. There has been nothing official from Samsung yet. Stay tuned. We will keep you posted.

Will it be available with Windows 7 ? Not initially, since we expect the N510 to ship before Windows 7 is released. But we expect Samsung to release a Windows 7 version at some point. It is possible that we may start to see netbooks packaged with XP and a free or low-cost upgrade to Windows 7. But I would not hold my breath on that.

When will Microsoft allow Windows 7 to be sold on a netbook with a 250 GB drive? They will allow it right away, just not the low-cost starter edition. Of course, the higher-priced versions of Windows 7 will be too steep to be comptetitive on a netbook. So, I expect a standoff between Microsoft and the netbook makers. It is a question of who blinks first.

Of course, if Android, Chrome OS or Moblin get any traction, Microsoft may make concessions sooner.

Comment on Falling Netbook Prices – 8/16/09 by Richard

Richard — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:25:04 +0000

Waiting for 11.6″ Samsung 510.
When do you think it will be available ?
Will it be available with Windows 7 ?
Love your website, articles, and especially the reviews.

If you have time — When will Microsoft allow a netbook with a 250GB drive to be sold with Windows 7 ???

Comment on Verizon 3G (EVDO) Working On My Linux Aspire One by Fred F.

Fred F. — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:51:29 +0000

This works perfectly on my new Verizon setup also. The only suggestion I’ll add is to set “stupid mode” in the gnome-ppp options. Doing this (in my environment at least; Acer Aspire One D250 running Ubuntu Jaunty) prevents a longish delay with gnome-ppp sitting on “waiting for prompt.”