A netbook in my opinion should have the following specs:
* the size of an EeePC 9x - if it's any bigger I would rather get a regular notebook. * 9'' Display with good brightness - if it's highly portable I want to use it everywhere, including outside on a sunny day. * a usuable keyboard, like the Dell one has - I wouldn't work with it a whole day but for longer text inputs it should be comfy enough. * at least 12GB, perhaps even 20GB SSD - SSD are just more robust. I don't need tons of storage on a netbook. * wireless lan and kind of mobile phone modem - hey, this is for mobility, isn't it? * webcam of usable quality - I don't want to record a movie but for vid-phone usage it should be sufficient for most enviroments. * should be able to run Linux without losing any features - I don't mind if the netbook is offered with Windows, too but I prefer the penguin. * don't forget at VGA and Sound out * 4 hours on battery should be minimum
I wouldn't use the netbook for photo or videoediting nor for gaming but for email and www, some text editing or calculations, perhaps as a presentation machine when connected to a beamer. Might also be nice as a playlist controller for a party.
For those of you, who don't understand German it
says the following:
CMG has not sued 'everyone' but one company who offers commercial support for SAMBA (the UNIX smb-Server).
They don't want to continue suing and don't want to harm the OpenSource Community nor the SAMBA-Project itself. It's just for the name.
CMG has located the name owner in Australia and wants to contact him for negotiating about the name.
BTW, CMG is not only a German company, but a European one, so it sells it's products not only in Germany but in wide parts of Europe. Their trademark 'SAMBA' however is a trademark only in Germany.
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A netbook in my opinion should have the following specs:
* the size of an EeePC 9x - if it's any bigger I would rather get a regular notebook.
* 9'' Display with good brightness - if it's highly portable I want to use it everywhere, including outside on a sunny day.
* a usuable keyboard, like the Dell one has - I wouldn't work with it a whole day but for longer text inputs it should be comfy enough.
* at least 12GB, perhaps even 20GB SSD - SSD are just more robust. I don't need tons of storage on a netbook.
* wireless lan and kind of mobile phone modem - hey, this is for mobility, isn't it?
* webcam of usable quality - I don't want to record a movie but for vid-phone usage it should be sufficient for most enviroments.
* should be able to run Linux without losing any features - I don't mind if the netbook is offered with Windows, too but I prefer the penguin.
* don't forget at VGA and Sound out
* 4 hours on battery should be minimum
I wouldn't use the netbook for photo or videoediting nor for gaming but for email and www, some text editing or calculations, perhaps as a presentation machine when connected to a beamer. Might also be nice as a playlist controller for a party.
rgds,
MaDMaik
ok, here is the URL from the German forum where the comment from CMG was posted yesterday.
//www.heise.de/newsticker/forum/go.shtml?read=1&g= 20000803odi000&msg=227
http:
For those of you, who don't understand German it says the following:
CMG has not sued 'everyone' but one company who offers commercial support for SAMBA (the UNIX smb-Server).
They don't want to continue suing and don't want to harm the OpenSource Community nor the SAMBA-Project itself. It's just for the name.
CMG has located the name owner in Australia and wants to contact him for negotiating about the name.
BTW, CMG is not only a German company, but a European one, so it sells it's products not only in Germany but in wide parts of Europe. Their trademark 'SAMBA' however is a trademark only in Germany.
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