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What to Seek in an Older Subnotebook?

Posted by timothy on from the when-good-enough-is-what-you-want dept.

cyclomedia writes "I'm looking to buy a subnotebook. For those who think that this form factor was created by the Asus EEE (as, seemingly, does Wikipedia) it might interest you that the current forerunner in my search is a 190MHz,64MB,640x480 256 colour beastie known as the Psion Netbook, circa 2001-ish. Basically, I have a desktop, a server and an Xbox and so truly only want it for surfing, email and the odd bit of SSHing home on weekends away. The aforementioned Psion is, however, of the StrongArm processor variety, which nudges it down on the desireability meter, but the fact that there exist Wi-Fi cards for its 16-bit PCMCIA slot does score it extra points. So, anyone here got any suggestions of what to look out for on ebay? So long as I can play Doom II on it too, that is." Any other suggestions for wireless capable subnotebooks with better battery life than things like the EEE or HP's 2133 Mininote?

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  1. What I look for in an older subnotebook... by mrbluze · · Score: 5, Funny
    • Likes to talk, humorous, friendly.
    • Likes movies, walks along the beach at sunset, and recharging by an open fireplace.
    • Likes cooking.
    • Has own job.
    • Light enough to carry with one hand.
    • Happy with all positions, including upside-down and backwards.
    • Color is not important to me, but dress sense is.
    • Looking for casual to long term commitment. Emphasis on fun.
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  2. Re:What I look for in an older subnotebook... by Timothy+Brownawell · · Score: 4, Funny

    • Likes to talk, humorous, friendly.
    BonziBUDDY pre-installed.

    • Likes movies, walks along the beach at sunset, and recharging by an open fireplace.
    No fans/vents for sand to get in.

    • Likes cooking.
    Poor thermal design, or maybe overclocked.

    • Has own job.
    Part of a botnet.

    • Light enough to carry with one hand.
    Not a "desktop replacement".

    • Happy with all positions, including upside-down and backwards.
    Solid-state disk, so there's nothing to break when you drop it.

    • Color is not important to me, but dress sense is.
    Thinks its a Mac.

    • Looking for casual to long term commitment. Emphasis on fun.
    Compatible with most off-the-shelf (and under-the-table) games.