i like stuff.

Any comment will do!

The nice people of Phoenix would like a word with this contraption's creators...

@Pochi
The "point" of any computer is what you need it to do. These netbooks would be ideal for my type of programming (scientific research), where all of your jobs are submitted to a remote cluster. Since thats the case, all you need is a keyboard, internet connection, and CPU capable of running a shell and text editor. That sounds exactly like a netbook to me.

Ah the elusive new 1GB and 2GB iPhones are finally here!

But it obviously doesn't catch typos :(

Just updated from 7.10 on my T60. They are taking HUGE strides with each release. I've only been using Ubuntu (and Linux) for a year or so, starting with 6.04. Back then, it was a major pain to get it running, let alone drivers and wireless, etc. 7.10 saw great integration of drivers, but took a performance hit. First impression of 8.04, perfect install (albeit a tad slow), no problems booting, everything detected, restricted drivers installed without effort, and MUCH snapper in general. Color me impressed.

I still don't know how "main stream" it is. To everything perfect may still need some command-line tweaking, especially for laptops. BUT, for any power users out there, linux is the way to get. A whole new world opened up with the BASH shell. I've probably saved 12 hours of tedious typing for work.

Could you explain the '200mb overhead' comment.

Vista and Ubuntu are very different with RAM management.
Vista 1GB regularly uses 60%, but upgrade to 2GB and its still around 50%. What its using all that RAM, I don't know (sure does seem to speed up my relatively modern laptop).

Ubuntu on the other, is currently using 600MB/2GB, and 200MB of that is Firefox alone.

You'd loose money on that bet, engadget.
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