[LRUG] Netbooks and Rails development

[Paul Battley]

2009/3/4 Anthony Green <Anthony.Green at bbc.co.uk>:
> I think the Dell mini is SSD only, which if like me you use your netbook to
> watch Rails Conf videos on the train is disadvantageous.

SDHC cards are cheap, though - you can get 8GB for under a tenner.

> The latest OS X iDeneb works pretty well on the Acer Aspire One for those
> you've already purchased one.
> ( No sleep or microphone and the wifi needs a card replacement.)

No sleep? I'm not sure I'd call that working 'pretty well'!

Paul.