Re: [Hampshire] Viglen MPC-L

Dr Adam Trickett wrote:
> Now that they have been available for a few weeks and in people's paws for a
> while does anyone with one want to comment on how useful it really is - once
> the euphoria has worn off?

It's small and almost silent and comes with more than enough hard disk
space. Keyboard and mouse are servicable. It's cute, but mine has been a
bit odd at times. Comments on my blog postings about them have implied
that other people haven't had the quirks I have.

> I know in the podcast there were instructions of how to get one at an even
> cheaper rate from Viglen, I don't recall if this was time limited so does
> anyone know if the deal is still available?

Originally it was supposed to be the end of the year, people have been
told by Viglen since that it's the end of October. Sooner rather than
later would be recommended if you're really interested in the discount.

> I'm thinking of getting one for my dad to use for email and basic surfing -
> nothing fancy. I know it's not going to be fast but it's got to be faster
> than his P2-233/256MB box that he has now.

Yup, I'm sure it will be! If you can look at the lighter e-mail clients
rather than something like Evolution you should be OK. Firefox is OK,
but don't expect things like Youtube to be usable.

Tony