[AuckLUG] (Fwd) AuckLUG Digest, Vol 36, Issue 14

[don at inventory.co.nz]

Thanks for the information.

There is one other thing which concerns me and that is the small 
size (4 Gb) of the internal flash memory. On the machine I looked at 
in a shop there was only 1.3 Gb free. I am wondering if that will be 
sufficient for software updates including Open Office version 3. 
Also, I am worried about whether or not there will be sufficient 
space in the event of an update to Open Office necessitating an 
update to the operating system. Am I worrying unnecessarily or 
should I incur the extra expense of purchasing an 8 Gb Eee PC?

Don Johnston

> Dead easy to update! They also seem to load it a *lot* faster than 
> even many of the bleeding-edge desktop machines.

> Highly recommend the machines, also check eeeuser.com forums
> wiki, a great resource of information :)

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 11:19 AM, <don at inventory.co.nz> wrote:

> I am considering purchasing an Eee PC model 701 while it is still on
> special. I would be using it for the sole purpose of portable word
> processing to avoid the inconvenience of carrying my existing laptop.
>
> When I looked at one, it appeared to be running a watered down version
> of Xandros. The version of Open Office was 2.0.4 which is about two
> years old.
>
> Would it be easy to install the latest version of Open Office (Version
> 2.4) and, later, Version 3.0?
>
> My experience with linux is minimal.
>
> Don Johnston