![]() Battery life is promised to be about 10hrs. It is built on Intel's Oak Trail platform sporting a 1.5GHz Processor and packs 2GB of RAM. Kupa X11, 10.1 inch, 1019 grams (2.25 lbs) The Kupa X11 comes with a multitouch screen and an active digitizer which is pressure sensitive. It however features a Bluetooth 4.0 HS module.Īs this netbook comes with an Intel Atom N2800 it is capable of playing back HD videos. At a price point of 349$ this is a great netbook for everyone who needs an extra of battery life.Īcer Aspire One D270, 10.1 inch, 1300 grams (2.87 lbs) The latest Acer Aspire One D270 features Intel's newest Cedar Trail platform and comes with standart Netbook hardware. But the truth is, I probably wouldn't trade my 2133 for a 2140, there's just something about the character of the 2133 that has really endeared it to me.HP Mini 1104, 10.1 inch, 1260 grams (2.78 lbs) HP offers with the Mini 1104 a medium-range netbook with great battery life of over 10 hours when equipped with the 6 cell battery. I'm sure that makes it a "better" system all around - it doesn't have the temperature problems that the 2133 does, it has a bigger display, and it doesn't have the weird chips and driver problems that the 2133 has had. Not long after getting this one, I bought an HP 2140 for a friend, which was essentially the same package with a 10" display and Intel/Atom chipset. I've only had one or two netbooks since that I liked anywhere near as much as this one. In summary I would say that my first netbook purchase turned out to be one of the best. Windows XP Professional: I can't remember the last time I booted this, and I can't imagine why I would anyway. It does install, and it does work, but the lack of 3D graphics makes it fairly unpleasant to use. Pinguy OS 10.10.1: I installed this just to see if I could, and if it would work. There is a problem with the sound that I haven't tried to track down yet - it if weren't for that, Zenwalk would be threatening MEPIS as my favorite distribution on the Mini-Note. Zenwalk Linux 7.0: I was surprised at how easily this installed, and how well it works. In fact, when the Netbook Edition barfed and refused to install on the 2133, I almost didn't bother at all. As Ubuntu has put me off more and more with their changes and general fiddling about, I have gotten less and less interested in actually getting it to work properly on a lot of systems. ![]() After installation you have to choose between the STA and b43 drivers I am using STA because there was an issue with b43 causing Ubuntu to hang, but that might be fixed by now. Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat: I couldn't install the Netbook Edition because of the lack of 3D graphic support, so I use the standard distribution. PCLinuxOS 2010.12: Something in this distribution absolutely insists on using the wl wireless driver, and I haven't been able to figure out how to get it to use b43. Once those were done everything worked just fine, and until I recently installed the SimplyMEPIS 11 RC, this was my favored distribution on the Mini-Note. openSuSE 11.4: I had to install the openchrome driver from the SuSE Build Service, and download the b43 firmware using the script provided in the openSuSE distribution. Here is a list, and a few short observations about some of them: In addition to SimplyMEPIS, I have quite a few other Linux distributions installed on this Mini-Note.
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