Here is another option for a cheap laptop. I don't believe it fits your 12" screen requirement, but perhaps someone else is interested in it. I have been contemplating purchasing one. Perfect for the kids... and of course I would like to get my hands on one. It is also a cheap way to help out kids in some of the "underdeveloped" regions of the world.
<br><br><a href="http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/explore.php">http://www.laptopgiving.org/en/explore.php</a><br><br>John<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 14, 2008 10:54 PM, Jack Ungerleider <<a href="mailto:jack@jacku.com">
jack@jacku.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">On Monday 14 January 2008 11:58 am, Mike Miller wrote:
<br>> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008, Brian Wall wrote:<br>> > On Jan 14, 2008 10:43 AM, J Cruit <<a href="mailto:j@packetgod.com">j@packetgod.com</a>> wrote:<br>> >> I did buy a Zonbu desktop a month or so ago, its small cute and quiet.
<br>> >> But I can only say that I like the hardware as I wiped the system and<br>> >> am using it as my Myth Frontend box. Which it seems to be capable<br>> >> enough of, although sometimes it takes a few seconds to switch menus.
<br>> ><br>> > Before you wiped it, did you happen to see which distro was installed on<br>> > it?<br>><br>> I was trying to figure out what the Zonbu scheme was about, but their web<br>> pages weren't very well organized. It looks like I was getting my best
<br>> information from the news articles linked from the Zonbu "reviews" page:<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.zonbu.com/why_zonbu/reviews.htm" target="_blank">http://www.zonbu.com/why_zonbu/reviews.htm</a>
<br>><br>> According to the NY Times article, the distro is Gentoo:<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/16/technology/16cheap.html" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/16/technology/16cheap.html
</a><br>><br>> The Zonbu PC also uses a Gentoo version of the Linux operating system<br>> and will come with a range of software applications like the Mozilla<br>> Firefox browser, Skype voice-over-Internet service, OpenOffice software
<br>> suite and many games.<br>><br>> I don't know that it's always Gentoo, but I would guess that makes it<br>> easier for Zonbu folks to maintain the boxes.<br>><br>> Mike<br><br></div>For those looking for more info on Zonbu there is a review of the Zonbu PC in
<br>the February 2008 issue of Linux Journal.<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>--<br>Jack Ungerleider<br><a href="mailto:jack@jacku.com">jack@jacku.com</a><br><a href="http://www.jacku.com" target="_blank">http://www.jacku.com</a>
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