[fedora-arm] Is it time to get an arm notebook?

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 01:25:34PM +0100, Peter Robinson wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 8:51 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote:
> > I need to replace my Lenovo x120e duo core Fedora (F17 still) notebook soon;
> > I am getting USB errors...
> >
> > So can I get a comparable arm notebook to get better battery etc and put F19
> > on it?  And will I get enough apps (I really only need fairly 'basic'
> > 'office' apps) at this time.  Oh and 'cheap' (< $400), 200+Gb, and keyboard
> > is manditory :)
> >
> > I was pointed to the Asus TF700T, but it is only a 10" display.
> >
> > My search fu is typically weak, and I have not found a list of systems to
> > evaluate that I could consider.
> 
> I personally don't think it's there yet. Probably the closest is the
> ARM Chromebook but the desktop experience isn't great due to the lack
> of half decent publicly available (open source or otherwise) graphics
> drivers.

I actually used the Chromebook for a couple of weeks while travelling
to do some development work.  Graphics are a bit slow and mouse is
horrible, but over all it wasn't too bad.  The thing is super-light,
has excellent battery life, and reasonably fast.

Rich.

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