• Mac OS X

    Cloudy NetBooks

    A friend of a friend has a nice blog in Cloudiness. As far as a stream of consciousness goes, it’s a great read and there are a number of recent posts dealing with that hot-button topic of the Mac NetBook. Disclaimer: I am a staunch believer in following the legal letter with regard to licensing and intellectual property; however, it’s also very interesting to me to keep up on what others are finding technically possible if only based on intellectual curiosity…

  • Ubuntu,  Windows XP

    Asus Eee 1000HE – Best Netbook for Price?

    I have got to give it to Asus, they’ve knocked themselves out.  At $375 the Asus Eee 1000HE is an awesome NetBook.  Acer has one that is a little cheaper and Dell has one as well, but the Asus is a serious notebook for not a lot of cash.  You can swap out the drive with a solid state drive and bump up the RAM for still less than a MacBook is going to cost you starting out.  I’ve been test driving the Eee, which by the way is the actual screen shot used on wikipedia’s NetBook article, and not only do I like the machine but I also like…