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Re: [Sheflug] YeeLoong8089 Notebook
On 2009/5/26, Tim Dobson <lists@xxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Richard Ibbotson wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> This might interest people who have been coming along to our meetings in
>> recent months...
>>
>> http://lemote.kd85.com/
>> http://202.201.0.147/english/cpu.html
>>
>> Yes, it's yet another netbook type of hardware but the hardware shown here
>> is different enough to mention it on this list.
>
> Very interesting. Does anyone have a MIPS notebook?
Yes - anyone who bought one of the CnM miniBooks that Maplin were
knocking out for far too high a price last year. The laptops are still
available, too, but cheaper; CCL does one for £125 delivered, and
Elonex sell it as the oneT in a range of colours (well, colour, last
time I checked their website). And there are a couple of alternative
Linux distributions for them, too - the URL below seems to be about
the most well-developed.
http://www.littlelinuxlaptop.com/software/3MX.htm
Mind, even at £100, I'm not sure they really stand up to the
competition - even an Eee 701 has about 4 times the memory and 4 times
the CPU power of one of these, and probably more battery life to it;
and it certainly doesn't go for 4 times the price.
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