another netbook deal

[Evan Leibovitch]

Neil Watson wrote:
>> FWIW, I had been working with a VIA-based netbook that was not HP. The
>> X.org drivers for it are proprietary AND flaky, and the company shows
>> little interest in making the situation better. Even at $200 the system
>> is IMO not worth it.
>
> Shameless fanboy-ing
> My eeepc has no driver problems.  It even runs Compiz.

So? EeePCs never used VIA, they went from Celeron to Atom.
I have and love my 1000HE, but VIA C7-based netbooks are a totally
different story.

What's the fanboy component?


- Evan
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