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Sunday Apr 26, 2009

My new Eee PC

I got an Asus Eee PC 701SD last week. Here's what I think of it:

  • The keyoard is a little small, nothing you can't get used to though
  • It's too small to run OpenSolaris 2008.11. I'm going to get around to running MilaX or Debian eventually, but for now Ubuntu works (emacs + gcc + zsh. Do I need anything else?:P)
  •  Problematic to compile a new Linux kernel. It's just too slow
  • The FSB is set to run at 70MHz instead of 100MHz, which limits its already small 900MHz processor to 650MHz or so
Apart from all this, it's absolutely perfect for me :D I mostly shell into my OpenSolaris box when I'm at home, into a server at uni, or get an RDP session into a workstation at work, so it works great as a thin client. And those times when I do use the machine for something else (like now), the Ubuntu 9.04 install on here runs like a dream. Even the slightly chubby OpenOffice.org suite  runs well. If you have similar needs, I definately recommend this netbook

Posted at 02:34PM Apr 26, 2009 by Stephen Gream in Personal  |  Comments[0]

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