Comments on: Om Malik takes on the mini-note, misses the point

By: yangmusa

yangmusa — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:54:30 +0000

My Fujitsu Lifebook, running linux, and a whole string of Powerbooks/MacBooks I've owned – all have great sleep functionality. For all intents and purposes they are “instant-on”. I know there's a small power drain in sleep mode, but for my use that's negligible. The only time I have to reboot my machines are occasionally after installing software. Otherwise, they just sleep.

I know that Windows also has some kind of sleep functionality, but I have minimal (and non-flattering) experience with it, so I'll leave that for others to comment on.

By: Tandelia

Tandelia — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 02:46:48 +0000

I also agree. I still use my Jornada 720 for light typing, but lets face it the software that it comes with is nothing compared to the Asus EEE PC or any other UMPC for that matter.

By: Garamond

Garamond — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:48:26 +0000

I agree with you, Brad. As a former owner of NEC MobilePro Handheld and Toshiba e740 Pocket PC, I appreciate instant-on, but software was so limited on these PDAs and you couldn't (easily) put Linux on them. For ultraportability without sacrificing functonality, I am almost totally happy with my EeePC 701. I say “almost” because I can't wait for the MSI Wind so I can add both Ubuntu and SuSE to XP for a triple boot.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:35:08 +0000

I still keep a Dell Axim X50v in my pocket for whenever I need an instant on
device for looking up phone numbers, scheduling appointments, playing a
game, checking my email (over WiFi), jotting down notes, listening to MP3s,
or watching movies. But as much as I wanted to love the MobilePro and
Jornada handhelds, I only ever really used them for note-taking.

By: yangmusa

yangmusa — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:54:30 +0000

I know that Windows also has some kind of sleep functionality, but I have minimal (and non-flattering) experience with it, so I'll leave that for others to comment on.

By: Tandelia

Tandelia — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:46:48 +0000

I also agree. I still use my Jornada 720 for light typing, but lets face it the software that it comes with is nothing compared to the Asus EEE PC or any other UMPC for that matter.

By: yangmusa

yangmusa — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:54:30 +0000

My Fujitsu Lifebook, running linux, and a whole string of Powerbooks/MacBooks I’ve owned – all have great sleep functionality. For all intents and purposes they are “instant-on”. I know there’s a small power drain in sleep mode, but for my use that’s negligible. The only time I have to reboot my machines are occasionally after installing software. Otherwise, they just sleep.

I know that Windows also has some kind of sleep functionality, but I have minimal (and non-flattering) experience with it, so I’ll leave that for others to comment on.

By: Tandelia

Tandelia — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:46:48 +0000

I also agree. I still use my Jornada 720 for light typing, but lets face it the software that it comes with is nothing compared to the Asus EEE PC or any other UMPC for that matter.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:35:08 +0000

By: Garamond

Garamond — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:48:26 +0000

I agree with you, Brad. As a former owner of NEC MobilePro Handheld and Toshiba e740 Pocket PC, I appreciate instant-on, but software was so limited on these PDAs and you couldn’t (easily) put Linux on them. For ultraportability without sacrificing functonality, I am almost totally happy with my EeePC 701. I say “almost” because I can’t wait for the MSI Wind so I can add both Ubuntu and SuSE to XP for a triple boot.

By: Brad Linder

Brad Linder — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:35:08 +0000