[arch-general] Netbook recommendations

[Aaron Griffin]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:15 PM, Corin Schedler <corin.gs at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 04:00:32PM -0500, Aaron Griffin wrote:
>> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:55 PM,  <hollunder at gmx.at> wrote:
>> > On Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:22:15 -0500
>> > Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Roman Kyrylych
>> >> <roman.kyrylych at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > * Read reviews, there are lots of them.
>> >> >  (even http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_netbooks :))
>> >>
>> >> Awesome! Thanks for this
>> >
>> > I look around for some time and would probably go with an eeepc. It
>> > seems they switched to windows again tough.
>> > Netbook based on the ion platform seem to be available now (nvidia
>> > graphics) but there likely are still no dual core atom ones.
>> >
>> > I eventually decided to go for a thinkpad instead, 'just' have to find a
>> > model that suits since you can't customise them here...
>>
>> I've begun looking in depth at the Eee 1005HA model. Does anyone have
>> experience with this one? I notice there are P, V, and B models (in
>> order of most expensive to least), with slightly varying specs.
>
> I have a 1000H. It's slightly older but almost identical to the HA
> model. It's been running Arch since I bought it and it runs great. The
> hotkey power switch for the WiFi card doesn't work, and there seems to
> be a slightly higher power drain in suspend mode than the XP install
> that came on it. I'm not sure if that has to do with my suspend
> configuration or what, but it's worth noting.
>
> Anyway, I typically run GNOME...xcompmgr (or compiz) works, but it can get
> 'stuttery' if you're doing much more than web browsing. Video/media is
> hit and miss for me - YouTube is watchable, Hulu is not, for example.
>
> I'd recommend it if you want to get a netbook. The only hardware gripe I
> have is the 'mini' right shift key - it's the size of a standard letter
> key, and it's super annoying especially with how much code I write. It's
> awesome otherwise.

The shift key is fixed on the 1005 and 1008 models. I've seen this
mentioned in a few reviews.
http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-page/1005ha_bk_keyboard.jpg