From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 22 04:53:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC0241065674 for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:53:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from aristotle.thought.org (aristotle.thought.org [209.180.213.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3AE38FC0C for ; Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:53:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: from thought.org (tao.thought.org [10.47.0.250]) (authenticated bits=0) by aristotle.thought.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id n5M4rs8N094545 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:53:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@thought.org) Received: by thought.org (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1002 kline@thought.org; Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:53:51 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:53:51 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: FreeBSD Mailing List Message-ID: <20090622045351.GA64925@thought.org> References: <20090622003509.GA64139@thought.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090622003509.GA64139@thought.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. X-Of_Interest: With 22++ years of service to the Unix community. X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.4 required=3.6 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on aristotle.thought.org Subject: Re: questions on the "ASUS Eee Pc 1000 40G" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:53:56 -0000 On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 05:35:14PM -0700, Gary Kline wrote: > i found two at newegg.com. both are the "Eee PC"; both come with > linux. this one is the subject line seems to come with 40G of > flash/solid state memory. Is this even possible for $400 given > current technology? > > is there any FBSD version available? since it has an rj-45 lan > jack, i will be able to download the text-to-speech software i'll > need. > > any feedback? suggestions for fbsd-capable subnotebooks, etc?? > not to be a stickler for information, but it looks like i've been living in a cave. i WAS going to post somethiing like: ``in 3 to 5 years when they have flash/SS drive with 64G...'' blah, blah.... and already this one with the intel Atom processor claims to' have 40 gigs now [!]. it doesn't seem that credible. the last time i checked the 2G sticks were common. -g