Dec 30 2008
This is just a quick update on the netbook situation. I have received the RAM upgrade, and after checking with the delivery company, it seems like my order made the cut and will be here on Friday, 02 January 2009. I thought that it wasn’t going to ship out in time, and that it would arrive sometime early in the week of 05 January. Anyway, that’s all.
|:| Zach |:|
Dec 30 2008
After a few months of looking at specs, reading reviews, trying a couple out for myself, and looking at lspci outputs, I have finally chosen a netbook. In the final analysis, it came down to the Asus eeePC 1000HA and the Samsung NC10. I ended up choosing the Asus because I couldn’t justify spending the extra money for a standard-sized right shift key, and because the Asus is easier to upgrade the three major components (RAM, HDD, and WiFi card). I’ve already ordered a 2GB stick of PC5300 (G.Skill that supposedly has amazing timings of 3-3-3-10 @ 667MHz [I will let you know if this claim is true]). I’m thinking that I might upgrade the WiFi card from the cheap, relatively poor quality Atheros card to the Intel 5100 or maybe even the 5300 if I experience connection or packet problems. The 160GB 5400 RPM HDD might be replaced with a 320GB 7200 RPM one down the road if I really fall in love with this machine.
Anyway, I will post some more information after I have received the Asus eeePC 1000HA and have had a chance to play with it for a while.
|:| Zach |:|
Dec 27 2008
Well, after quite a long day of looking at XML and compiling, I decided to take some time to organise my final thoughts on a possible netbook. I went to some of my distributor’s websites, and peruse Amazon, and I saw something that I didn’t expect. Down at the bottom of the page, Amazon offers customised listings of items that pertain to things one has purchased in the past. Having bought gifts for my nephews and such, the list this time was “The best toys for boys.” I made a screenshot of it so that you could all see why I found this list amusing:
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I take at least 1.7% ± 1.2234349% credit for this resurgence of the popular puzzle toy. 😉
|:| Zach |:|
