I love my Asus. The six-cell battery has plenty of juice for what I need, and I'm glad I got the larger screen. The one thing that still throws me is the smaller keyboard, but it's only a minor irritation.
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Dana - Jan 08, 2010 10:35:03 am PST #12229 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
DCJensen - Jan 08, 2010 10:43:27 am PST #12230 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Oh yeah! 10 out of 10, bay-bee!
Me too!
(actually, some I got through process of elimination, and I wasn't 100% of the telephone/ethernet one).
The clues to that one were the flat cabling (not necessarily, but in general not as common for non-telephonic uses) and the number of pins.
tommyrot - Jan 08, 2010 10:46:58 am PST #12231 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The clues to that one were the flat cabling (not necessarily, but in general not as common for non-telephonic uses) and the number of pins.
I tried to count the pins. I counted five, and I figured phone plugs have two or four wires. (When I saw that I had it wrong, I remembered that Ethernet has 8 wires.)
Perhaps I need to take a remedial counting class.
meara - Jan 08, 2010 10:55:10 am PST #12232 of 25501
I am using my Asus right now, and it's pretty darn cool. My sister has one too, which is a few months/newer generation from mine, and it's nicer because the bottom is flat? Mine bulges out a bit...
NoiseDesign - Jan 08, 2010 11:33:57 am PST #12233 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I got 100% on the quiz. Did it on the iPhone and didn't realize there were text hints until the last couple. Didn't bother reading them. They should have had some tough ones like an NL4 connector or an Elco or something like that. Even a BNC connector.
omnis_audis - Jan 09, 2010 12:31:59 pm PST #12234 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
I got a 100% as well. I was surprised it was only 10 questions. They had XLR as an answer, so I was hoping they would have some as the question. The only one I hesitated on was the last, but decided it was phone. I couldn't count all the conductors easily, but realized it was squarish, and that ethernet would have been wider.
Matt H - Jan 09, 2010 6:07:44 pm PST #12235 of 25501
Musikalicen Opfer
The netbook I'm considering is this one (amazon link), an Acer. It's got dual-core Intel SU7300, 4GB of memory, HDMI, etc. It's right around 3 lbs w/o the charger.
Dana - Jan 09, 2010 6:31:08 pm PST #12236 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Matt, the warning I got about Acer was that making any changes, including upgrading memory, voids the warranty. That was true when I was looking at netbooks almost a year ago --- don't know if it's still true now.
Matt H - Jan 09, 2010 6:42:20 pm PST #12237 of 25501
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Dana, thanks for the warning - that's a big red flag. I'm planning to wipe it and Linux/Hackintosh it - all of the components appear to be supported under centos and Ubuntu, and that, plus the dual-core et cetera, made it attractive.
Theodosia - Jan 10, 2010 4:46:08 am PST #12238 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I got 80% -- and missed the telephone and parallel cable connectors, both of which I've used a lot. In my defense, I've misplugged the cable and telephone connectors for years now, so it's certainly a habitual mistake for me.