I've never used a netbook before but am looking at the Eee PC 1215N-PU27
I want as much portability as possible, but I also want it to have full Linux capabilities, so tablets are out for now. Specifcally, I want to run Linux as the base OS and use vmware to run Windows as a virtual machine when needed. When I checked out netbooks a couple of years ago I didn't see anything I thought could handle that. This looks like it might be able to do that.
It has: Atom D525 dual-core 1.8 GHz (with hyperthreading can have 4 threads) 2 GB RAM, expandable to 4 GB (I'd do this upgrade) Bluetooth Wireless N HDMI port 3 USB ports 12.1" screen HD resolution 500 GB Hard Disk
It gets shipped with 64 bit Windows 7, but I'd prefer to run Fedora 16 and then run Windows as a Virtual Machine when needed.
Anyone have any experience running Fedora 16 on this machine ?
Also, I suppose I can connect an external DVD player via USB to do an install that way. I prefer to install from DVD's rather then the network and I assume a netbook can boot from a USB device.
Thanks Chris Kottaridis