[Tfug] Happy hour this week: XO LAPTOP

[Jude Nelson]

IIRC, flash drives only last for 10,000 writes on average (unlimited
reads, however).

Chris, you inspired me to order an XO as well.  We'll have to try out
the mesh networking when it arrives :)

Regards,
Jude

On 12/22/07, Earl <earljviolet at juno.com> wrote:
> I was at happy hour and saw the XO.  I've seen the ASUS eee too.  Does
> anyone have an idea of the life of the flash drives in these things?
>
> Earl
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> -- Chris Hill <ubergeek at ubergeek.tv> wrote:
> Wow, now that's a wait. But yes, I shall be bringing my laptop to the
> next couple in the hopes that others will do the same.
>
> I will also be bringing my 10" Acer Tablet pc running Ubuntu as a kind
> of counterpoint. There was a lot of talk about development, hacking,
> etc. when I brought it last thursday, but really, its a kid's
> educational tool. I think if you want to do Real Work on an
> ultra-portable, you should really check out this Acer, or the Asus eee
> pc. If you have an eee pc, I'd really like to see it, too. :)
>
> C
>
> Harry McGregor wrote:
> > I am estimating mine (well, one for Rob, and some of software
> > development, etc) should be in mid-February...  Ordered too late :)
> >
> >                             Harry
> >
> > Nathanial Hendler wrote:
> >
> >> it'd be nice to get a few of us with an XO to a happy hour in the
> >> future to see the community features in action.  I bet there's more
> >> than two tfugers that ordered XOs
> >>
> >> On Dec 20, 2007 4:42 PM, Chris Hill <ubergeek at ubergeek.tv> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Oh cool, someone else in Tucson has one, cool!
> >>>
> >>> I ordered on the first day: Nov 12th.
> >>> Hope you get yours soon!
> >>> C
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Nathanial Hendler wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Dec 20, 2007 9:02 AM, Chris Hill <ubergeek at ubergeek.tv> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Also I have received my XO Laptop, and will be bringing it to tfug for
> >>>>> all who are interested. I was showing it around at the phoenix office
> >>>>> and people were very interested. I've practically developed a
> >>>>> presentation on it now :)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> And for those of us still waiting.... What day did you order yours?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> -N
> >>>>
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