Asus eee (was Re: G4 Quicksilver as Web Server?)

[Al Plant]

Manolis Kiagias wrote:
> Matthias Apitz wrote:
>> El día Tuesday, May 27, 2008 a las 04:16:44PM +0200, Matthias Apitz 
>> escribió:
>>
>>  
>>> El día Friday, May 23, 2008 a las 01:18:06PM +0300, Manolis Kiagias 
>>> escribió:
>>>
>>>    
>>>> Yes, I am already planning to upgrade :)
>>>> At this time, it is not available in Greece (though I have spotted a 
>>>> few on ebay).
>>>> Even more important than the 20Gb SSD is the 9 inch display with a 
>>>> resolution of 1024x600.
>>>> 800x480 is really small for anything more other than taking notes.
>>>>
>>>>       
>>
>> Maybe you know this page, Manolis:
>>
>> http://www.eeeuser.com/2008/05/04/eeeusercom-eeepc-900-in-depth-review/
>>
>> it has a detailed technical report about all items of which the 900 20GB
>> model is made of;
>>   
> 
> Ah, nice! Thanks for the link. It will be a good read.
>> a dealer in CH will get next week the original US version:
>> http://www.stegcomputer.ch/details.asp?prodid=asu-e900-w
>>   
> 
> There are a few sold on ebay. I believe this model will also appear in 
> Greek eshops soon.
>> take care, there is an issue about the battery having only 4400 mAh
>> (because of some fire in an ASUS supplier) while the original model have
>> had a 5800 mAh battery;
>>
>>     matthias
>>   
> 
> I will wait then. I prefer to get a model with a larger battery. The one 
> I have now, lasts more or less 2 - 2.30 hours and I believe it has the 
> same 4400mAh battery.  The larger screen and SSD will probably make this 
> even less on the 900. Unlike larger laptops, I really like to work the 
> eee on battery only. In fact having to carry only this small laptop 
> instead of all the usual accessories is a big plus to me.
> 
> On a side note,  I am thinking of writing a complete article about 
> installing FreeBSD 7.0 on the eeepc, including customizations and 
> optimizations, different installations methods,  with links to download 
> ready-built customized kernels etc. Don't know whether it will have any 
> real audience though ;) Most people run some Linux distro on it or even 
> (gasp) Windows...
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Aloha,


I would be interested in a how to for FreeBSD on the Asus eee

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