Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented

From	rlharris@oplink.net
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented
Date	2015-10-17 22:10 +0200
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On Sat, October 17, 2015 2:48 pm, Joe wrote:
> I have an Acer Aspire One, unfortunately with the original very slow
> 8GB SSD, but it runs Debian unstable usably. It has wifi ...

I have a slow laptop, but closed it measures 10in x 15in x 1.5in and
weighs 6 pounds.  The large screen is nice regarding visibility, but the
machine is too big and too heavy for use in the car, even if the passenger
is willing to hold in in his/her lap.  And the first time you hit the
brakes and the machine slides off the seat onto the floor, the machine
likely gets damaged.  And even if the car is stopped on the side of the
road or in a parking lot, it is difficult for the driver to reach over and
pick up the machine.  And even if he can reach over and pick it up, the
steering wheel prevents the machine from being placed in the lap of the
driver.

But a machine about the size of the eeePC should be usable in the car.

> Netbooks do still exist, but cost as much as real (15"+) laptops.
...
> something I could carry all the time. With, as you say, an entirely
> separate and definitely extremely stupid phone.

A simple but usable machine which is with you all the time can be worth
infinitely more than a better machine which is not practical to carry.

Russ

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smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 00:00 +0200
  Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented dean <deanshannon3@gmail.com> - 2015-10-17 03:10 +0200
    Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 03:50 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Chris Bannister <cbannister@slingshot.co.nz> - 2015-10-17 05:00 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2015-10-17 14:30 +0200
    Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-17 19:20 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 19:30 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-17 21:00 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2015-10-17 21:20 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2015-10-18 16:50 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-18 19:30 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 22:00 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2015-10-19 02:40 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-17 21:30 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 21:50 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-17 22:30 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 23:40 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-18 12:20 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Petter Adsen <petter@synth.no> - 2015-10-18 12:20 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 00:10 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 01:20 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-10-18 01:30 +0200
              Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 02:50 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI <renaud@olgiati-in-paraguay.org> - 2015-10-18 14:20 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Himanshu Shekhar <irm2015006@iiita.ac.in> - 2015-10-18 14:40 +0200
                Debian on netbooks: was Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 15:20 +0200
                Re: Debian on netbooks: was Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 15:30 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 16:40 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-18 16:40 +0200
                Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2015-10-18 16:40 +0200
  Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2015-10-17 15:40 +0200
    Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 19:20 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented deloptes <deloptes@yahoo.com> - 2015-10-17 19:40 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Terence <terence.john@gmail.com> - 2015-10-18 09:30 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-18 10:10 +0200
            Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Terence <terence.john@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 10:10 +0200
      Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-10-17 21:50 +0200
        Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented rlharris@oplink.net - 2015-10-17 22:10 +0200
          Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2015-10-17 23:10 +0200

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