Version 3 release candidate is.
Version 3 RC is only available for Intel Macs, I have an old G5.
Hell, I don't know. If I had wanted schooling, I'da gone to school.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
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Jessica - Oct 06, 2008 7:02:59 am PDT #7761 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Tom Scola - Oct 06, 2008 7:03:40 am PDT #7762 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Are you running Tiger, Jess? The built-in TextEdit has some ability to read .docx files.
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2008 7:06:47 am PDT #7763 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.
I understand the Asus screen does not suck quite as much as the old one.
Yeah, I was waiting for the new Asus, because of the suckiness of the screen on the original one.
How is the Aspire screen?
The resolution is 1024 x 600. It looks nice. I haven't used it yet for anything graphics-intensive like games, but it plays YouTube videos just fine.
The Aspire One weighs a little over two pounds. The keyboard is 90% the size of a regular one, so I'm getting used to it. The Linux version has an 8GB SSD drive. One thing I like is you can add an additional drive in the form of an SD card, and the OS will treat the built-in drive and the SSD card as one big drive....
Wikepedia: Aspire One
Jessica - Oct 06, 2008 7:07:15 am PDT #7764 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
When I open it in TextEdit all I see is gibberish.
[eta: And OpenOffice claims to have a version of Aqua that runs on PPC Macs, but the link to download is broken. I'm giving up for today, I think.]
Gudanov - Oct 06, 2008 7:07:54 am PDT #7765 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Version 3 RC is only available for Intel Macs, I have an old G5.
You can still run it, all you need is a new Mac.
Tom Scola - Oct 06, 2008 7:08:44 am PDT #7766 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I've got an MSI Wind, which has pretty much the same specs as all the other subnotebooks, except that it has a 80GB hard drive instead of an SSD. (It's also a little more expensive).
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2008 7:16:09 am PDT #7767 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.
For $20 more, you can get the Aspire One with XP Home, 1GB RAM and a 120GB conventional HD. This version has a battery that's twice as big (although the HD consumes much more power). I suppose you could buy this version and replace XP with Linpus Linux Lite that the Linux version comes with....
Typo Boy - Oct 06, 2008 8:12:41 am PDT #7768 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
The resolution is 1024 x 600. It looks nice. I haven't used it yet for anything graphics-intensive..
I'm mainly concerned with text and light graphics - word processing, and web sites that keep their graphics well below eyeballs bleeding intensity.
Typo Boy - Oct 06, 2008 8:14:00 am PDT #7769 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
How much more does the Aspire One weigh? There is something to be said for a lower capability/lower weight tradeoff...
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2008 8:24:01 am PDT #7770 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.
How much more does the Aspire One weigh?
2.2 lbs.