Tony,
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 at 10:46:24PM +0100, Tony Whitmore wrote:
> 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.
Good.
> > 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.
Fair enough, I plan it take it to my dad in Novemeber so I'd be
buying in October.
> > 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.
Don't use Evolution - it's too much like Outlook for my linking!
Usage would be light and probably not gaming or much video.
--
Adam Trickett
Overton, HANTS, UK
Good advice is always certain to be ignored,
but that's no reason not to give it
-- Agatha Christie
