On 8/18/08, Rui Santos
Hi all,
I want to buy a UML and, I'm currently pending my decision on Acer AspireOne and Asus EeePc 901. Here are the pros and cons on each one.
Acer AspireOne Pros: - I already installed openSUSE 11.0 on this machine. Works 100% all devices. - Keyboard a little bit larger. May prove better for continuous typing. - Price.
Acer AspireOne Cons: - No Bluetooth. - 8GB storage is way slow. 3-4 MB/s write speed. - Wireless is not '802.11g'. - "Only" up to 3 hours of battery life. - Access to hardware cannot be made without voiding warranty.
Asus EeePc 901 pros: - Up to 8 hours battery life. - Bluetooth. - 4GB internal storage is fast ( don't know exactly how much ) witch can hold root file system. 16GB extra storage is also slow. - Access to hardware can be made without voiding warranty. - Wireless '802.11g' - 20GB total storage
Asus EeePc 901 cons: - Extra cost of €60,00 - Smaller keyboard. - Do not know if anyone successfully installed openSUSE 11.0 ( or other openSUSE ) on one of these...
Bottom line: I'm inclined to go for the Asus despite of it's €60,00 increased cost but, I would like to know if anyone has installed it on openSUSE. Has anyone on this list has any experience on this ? If anyone has any option that may contradict any my claim please, do state your option.
Thanks, Rui Santos
Hi I am currently installing 11.0 on a 701 8GB (takes a darn long time because I haven't got much continous time) see the thread Suse on an Eeepc. The speed on the SSD seems to be 11 MB (can do a dd test tonight if you wish). I do not think they would insert a SLOWER ssd in the 901. The 4GB harddisk seems small to me. I have trouble fitting everything in 8GB and I use a 16GB usb for music and some documents. 4GB is the minimum I would recommend for the / partition. The /home could be fitted on a SDHC disk, the 901 seems to support them (701 doesn't. It is insane but it doesn't) They are relatively cheap up to 8GB, even class 6 (Sandisk Extreme even provides a free cardreader, so you can backup your /home in any case) just do not boot without the card in it if you use it for /home. Sandisk Extreme II claims to have 20MB read and 20MB write, and costs €54 (8GB) in my favorite shop, a class 2 costs about half. The biggest problem I have to tackle is the Atheros Networking Cards. They should be fixable with the Madwifi drivers, but there are a lot of problems to tackle. If I haven't solved it I will try to use the ndiswrapper technique to get it working (not sure yet if this is difficult) I love my EeePC, just didn't like the version of Xandros on it. Ideal to start with but they tried to kick out all configurability, and messing with these things is something I love (unless my data gets in danger). Neil -- There are two kinds of people: 1. People who start their arrays with 1. 1. People who start their arrays with 0. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Hi! I'm a signature virus! Copy me into your signature, please! ** ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org