[Tfug] Happy hour this week: XO LAPTOP

[erich]

See,
                    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7094695.stm

      I fear that, after a while, only us TFUGers will be a market for
this thing.

                                                                          
Erich
Jude Nelson wrote:

>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:
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>>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
>>"God made man, Sam Colt made men equal."
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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:
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>>>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:
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>>>>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:
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>>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:
>>>>>
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>>>>>>On Dec 20, 2007 9:02 AM, Chris Hill <ubergeek at ubergeek.tv> wrote:
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>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 :)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
>>>>>>And for those of us still waiting.... What day did you order yours?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>-N
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