On Sun, 15 May 2011 12:07:02 +0100
Niels de Vos <devos(a)fedoraproject.org> wrote:
Hi list,
I know that some of you have an Efika Smartbook
(
http://www.genesi-usa.com/products/smartbook) and am interested in
your opinions on it. I'm looking to getting one myself, but only if
there are positive experiences with it.
My normal usage of such a netbook would be some browsing, emailing and
some development (mainly with vim) while traveling. I assume that the
10" display is just big enough for it (a 7" EeePC is a little too
small).
Things I'd like some information on:
- Will XFCE run without major issues?
XFCE (with galeon browser and sylpheed email) runs fine, although resume
after suspend didn't work for me
- How is the keyboard, are the keys (much) smaller than a standard
laptop keyboard?
had to re-measure it, but IIRC the Q<->P dimension is about 90% of
desktop keyboard, pressing the Fx keys requires also Fn to be pressed,
the primary function of those key is "multimedia"
- Is the display good readable when sitting outside, possibly in the
sun?
- Any other pros/cons you can think of.
haven't tried on sun, but the display is the glossy one
My overall feeling from the Smartbook is really positive.
Dan
PS: written on Smartbook :-)