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On Friday 04 April 2008 19:41, dave morgan wrote: > On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:07:49 +0100, james kilty > > <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >FWIW this link came to me today as I have done business with Pixmania. > >And in 5 colours indeed. > >http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/asus_eee_pc/cmr1_cmp1718_cm.html?tag=mail_ > >uk_uk_2008-04-03_23194&srcid=3689 -- > >james kilty > >http://www.kilty.demon.co.uk > > looks like it is 20 quid cheaper at Amazon > http://eeestock.cpjackson.co.uk/ > > but if I were buying now I thing I would either wait for an 8G or > the new 900 version with bigger screen (I waited 3 months' for > delivery anyway for mine) > > I would avoid the 2G, as I believe half the software is missing > (Open Office, etc) as the OS on my 4G takes up 3Gb. If you can resist the temptation wait a while - theres a lot more of these things in the pipeline and, if the current version doesnt do all you want it to then wait - it'll save you money and frustration in the long run. > > but will the new models have a proper set of compilers? http://eeepc.asus.com/global/news03262008.htm > (no gcc, make, etc. on the 4g, so cannot install Perl modules > from CPAN - copying them from my Debian box works though) There are other OS' available so they probably come with the 'standard set of compilers thought I should imagine there are usable compilers for the eeepc as is somewhere. Tom te tom te tom -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html