[Cialug] Dell's Ubuntu Netbook

Matthew Nuzum newz at bearfruit.org
Wed Oct 8 13:55:09 CDT 2008


On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 1:32 PM, Paul Gray <gray at cs.uni.edu> wrote:
> How's this unit compare to the eee PC w/ Linux/1GB/20GBSSD?
> $409.99, with a $65 rebate = $345?
>
> http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=10008689

I was thinking about getting this EEEPC. The 900 is one generation
behind the EEEPC 901, Dell, Sylvania, etc and reports are that it's
SSD is very slow in comparison. I don't actually know any of the
people that have said that, just picked it up from reviewers here and
there.

BTW, the 900 w/ 16G SSD is $349 at Tiger w/out a rebate.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3981690&CatId=4013

My friend has the Dell and it is a very slick machine. Makes you want
to go buy one when you play with it.

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