Comments on: the netbook square off

By: Nafisa

Nafisa — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 14:05:25 +0000

@tally Of course it was

By: Tally

Tally — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:53:33 +0000

The Asus is a good choice for students and journalists who work from public hotspots every now and then (longer battery life a big plus).

Yay Seems my baby was the right choice then!

By: KiLLa

KiLLa — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:55:15 +0000

I choose the peeenk one..

cos i read the technical specs of cos

By: Amod Munga

Amod Munga — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:15:40 +0000

Groovy! Let me know how it works for ya.

By: Nafisa

Nafisa — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:14:13 +0000

Lol @ stickers. Thank you, I do have access to it between my husband and a colleague – the resident Linux guru

By: Amod Munga

Amod Munga — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:09:15 +0000

Linux Mint is built on Ubuntu’s latest build (9.04). It’s super easy to install, run, update and troubleshoot (so far none of the last one – touch wood). You can load it on a flash disk and run it to almost full speed without killing your Windows install. Plus the commnunity is great in terms of support.

I’ve got a CD copy Ubuntu if you want it (I think it’s got the NBR on it). It comes with stickers!! W00t!!

By: Nafisa

Nafisa — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:56:25 +0000

Yes, running XP. I’ve toyed with the idea of running Ubuntu. I used to have a dual boot (on my desktop), but my pc crashed and thereafter I got the netbook.

By: Amod Munga

Amod Munga — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:52:46 +0000

I’m obssessed with my cleaning cloth. LOL. I think it’s approaching OCD. Got a little packing-away ritual and everything. OMG, I’m tragic.

Quick question: are you running Windows XP on your machine? That could be why you’re only clocking 3 hours. I’ve uninstalled Windows and loaded up Linux Mint. There’s a little app you can download for Linux that increases battery life by killing off useless processes and kernel ticks.

By: Nafisa

Nafisa — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:46:47 +0000

That’s the same one I’m using (80GB). I guess if I used a 3G dongle, I’d get more than 3 hours from mine. I misplaced the little cleaning cloth that came with it

By: Amod Munga

Amod Munga — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:50:54 +0000

I’ve been an ASUS fan for a while now. I’m currently running a 904 HD and get at least 5 hours battery life out of it doing everything you mentioned up there.

As a freelance copywriter it’s great, because I can carry it in my backpack without any hassle and because it takes almost no time to boot up either I can haul it out at meetings for web info-searching or whatever. Best of all: I can use it on an airplane and still have room for my cooldrink.

My only bugbear is the non-matte finish. Fingerprint Fail. But it’s a small price to pay for all the benefits of this little machine…