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#172922 - 05/07/09 10:48 PM Re: EDC Laptop!!! [Re: el_diabl0]
ironraven Offline
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Battery life is my concern as well.
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#172923 - 05/07/09 10:56 PM Re: EDC Laptop!!! [Re: MartinFocazio]
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I agree with the Open Office 3 recommendation. I have never needed MS Office. But I seldom do any "office stuff" so I canīt tell if MS Office suite is worth the extra money or not. I bought only MS Office OneNote because itīs one of a kind software.

As for the passwords I would reccomend KeePass. Open source, strong encryption, a lot of advanced security features, ...

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#172924 - 05/07/09 11:02 PM Re: EDC Laptop!!! [Re: raptor]
raptor Offline
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By the way, it looks like decent subnotebook. I hope it will serve you well.

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#172930 - 05/08/09 12:25 AM Re: EDC Laptop!!! [Re: raptor]
RayW Offline
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+1 on Keypass, it works well. I use it on a usb stick so that it is portable.

There is an old saying Benjammin, They say that great minds think alike, but it's really scary when i think like you.

My new Asus 1000HE just arrived today from Amazon. A lot of these small netbooks seem to have very similar bells and whistles. I went with this one because of the battery life, advertised as 9 1/2 hours. Online research says realistic run time is 6 to 8 hours depending on use. Have not had a chance to play with it to find out how long it will really run. But it is a really cool toy, know that it will get a lot of use.

Here is a link,

http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=1&model=2792&l1=24&l2=164&l3=0&l4=0

And the keyboard works well enough to easily type this while i am laying in bed.


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#172935 - 05/08/09 02:52 AM Re: EDC Laptop!!! [Re: ]
dougwalkabout Offline
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I have been watching netbooks as well, and they're coming very close to my perfect system. I really like the keyboard on the Acer Aspire One but I want the battery life of the Asus 1000HE. Hopefully the next generation will get everything right.

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#172936 - 05/08/09 02:59 AM Re: EDC Laptop!!! [Re: el_diabl0]
dougwalkabout Offline
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Originally Posted By: el_diabl0
I am looking into getting about 30 of these for a mobile lab for the school I work for.

How is the battery life?



Battery life is always the killer for school computers.

If you need network/Web access, you don't have much choice.

But if you're just teaching typing and writing, maybe check out the Alphasmart Neo at www.alphasmart.com . It's nothing more than a digital typewriter with a great keyboard and a USB connector. I own two of these myself (no affiliation) and love them. Battery life: 700 hours.

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#172941 - 05/08/09 10:17 AM Re: EDC Laptop!!! [Re: dougwalkabout]
Eugene Offline
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I picked up an ASUS 900HA a couple weeks ago to replace my old Dell Latitude C400. I have to carry my work laptop back and forth but can't do anything with it, load software, plug in a usb drive, etc so I needed something that could easily go with me. The 160G drive was a little small so I swapped in a 500G and now have some free space again.
If you don't install a lot of software or need to take a drive with you look at just getting a usb enclosure and stick whatever drive in you want. I've had aboue three different cd/dvd burners in one over the years and have used it in multiple laptops and even a customer's server one time.
I couldn't find any but the windows models so I just bought one and installed my Linux myself and left a few G for windows and setup a dual boot as I can't get Garmin Basecamp running under wine and its a little slow under virtualbox.

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#172946 - 05/08/09 12:32 PM Re: EDC Laptop!!! [Re: MartinFocazio]
Kris Offline
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Originally Posted By: martinfocazio
You'd be amazed at how well OpenOffice 3.0 works as an MS Office Suite.


I agree with this 1000% percent!

But (there are always buts), if you want to keep your geek cred up all document creation has to be through VI or EMACS. Formatting is for the masses!


Edited by Kris (05/08/09 12:32 PM)
Edit Reason: wrong word
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#172947 - 05/08/09 12:38 PM Re: EDC Laptop!!! [Re: Kris]
Kris Offline
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I have an Asus EEE 900 as my personal go-to computer when not home (don't store anything locally on the pc other then the OS, and use 32gb SD cards for my 'storage'). Currently using eeeBuntu for the OS (http://www.eeebuntu.org/) and loving it. Much better then the days of getting Ubuntu (or what your favorite flavour of OS is) and spending a few days getting everything to work on the Eee's.

I also have a huge 17" work laptop that I carry with me that weighs 12-16 lbs (depending on battery layout) but to use it its a pain. Thats where the Eee comes in for personal use.

I even have an SD card with a form of ubuntu, and complete app and db server, and other things... that is also saved as an image to redeploy at will for whatever odd ball personal project i'm working on. Next on my project list is to get vmware working the Asus 900 and see if I can get a couple VM's working off it (curious if it has the mustard to do it - doubt it, but going to try!).
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#172948 - 05/08/09 01:25 PM Re: EDC Laptop!!! [Re: Kris]
Eugene Offline
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I've actually made mine my main machine. I don't really do anything I need a big display for and if I do I can always just buy a monitor to plug in. I just do forums like this, store and organize my pictures, keep my calendar, all my inventory spreadhseets, etc.

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