I bought one for my son and I have to say that it is awesome. The bumper has saved if from quite a few spills and if only I could figure out how to get Google Play on it
Under 9.04 I had issues with being able to connect to an ad-hoc wireless network and I also had to workaround a bluetooth issue with my bluetooth mouse. Both of those issues are fixed in 9.10, but I too have the backlight changing issue along with the USB bug. The camera doesn't work either, when it did on 9.04. I was able to workaround the backlight issue by stopping gnu-power-manager. Not the best solution, but it does allow me to work without going into seizures.
I recently went through the same scenario and decided that I could buy a cheaper notebook with Windows XP Home on it than I could without it. So I purchased a Sotec. It is a 4.4 lb notebook with a beautiful 12" screen that does 1024 x 768. DVD/CD-RW combo drive and a SIS chipset. Linux (Mandrake 8.2) runs on it great. The best part is the notebook cost less than $900 You can check it out at
Sotec. Office Depot, Wal-Mart and Sam's Club are resellers.
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I bought one for my son and I have to say that it is awesome. The bumper has saved if from quite a few spills and if only I could figure out how to get Google Play on it
Under 9.04 I had issues with being able to connect to an ad-hoc wireless network and I also had to workaround a bluetooth issue with my bluetooth mouse. Both of those issues are fixed in 9.10, but I too have the backlight changing issue along with the USB bug. The camera doesn't work either, when it did on 9.04. I was able to workaround the backlight issue by stopping gnu-power-manager. Not the best solution, but it does allow me to work without going into seizures.
I recently went through the same scenario and decided that I could buy a cheaper notebook with Windows XP Home on it than I could without it. So I purchased a Sotec. It is a 4.4 lb notebook with a beautiful 12" screen that does 1024 x 768. DVD/CD-RW combo drive and a SIS chipset. Linux (Mandrake 8.2) runs on it great. The best part is the notebook cost less than $900 You can check it out at Sotec. Office Depot, Wal-Mart and Sam's Club are resellers.