I update my prior post after a few months using that machine.
Overall, the ++ are still +++ and the minus are not as much of a burden, over time.
The weight, at 1.3kg, is just fabulous. I have been around everywhere with it and just forget it is in my backpack. the 4:30 hours autonomy is mostly sufficient, and when not, I bring the power supply, which is very light as well.
Overall, this is a great combo and the few minus are minors compared to the advantage I got from this extra-light machine which is perfectly usable thanks to the 11.6" screen. I also happily used it connected to my TV through HDMI at max resolution (1980*1080 or so).
This is the celeron 847 version with Ubuntu and the horse power has always been sufficient for what I do (office tasks, mostly; but also some pictures raw processing).
- the temperature of the machine normally stays at or close to 65° (even this summer), unless the load gets higher. Not an issue.
- I got used to the glare screen (though I prefer mat screens) and to the keyboark and pad as well
Quote from: Chris3392 on March 07, 2013, 01:16:38
I bought that one (the ubuntu version)
++ price, size, weight, 4GB Ram, 500GB disk, autonomy ~ 5 hours
== reasonably powerfull % price, low disk speed in par with price, glaring screen, good network speed but network connection gets lost sometime (could be related to ubuntu),
-- chicklet keyboard uncomfortable (compared to other laptop real keyboards). Gets warm at time > 85° eventhough room temp is 16°C (Firefox load with CPU load ~30%), worried about summer conditions. The trackpad, praised in the article, is not good: nowhere close to my old Dell's; it is too large, which is a problem when keytyping (mouse moves when the hand touches the trackpad, is a problem for Office use) or even to efficiently move the mouse from one side to the other side of the screen; also, it is a mistake NOT to separate the click area from the track pad: the mouse will move if you do not pay attention when clicking, resulting in in not clicking when you thought you would
Overall: I was on a budget, for 300€ I am happy.
Nowhere as good as my old 10years old 12" Dell except faster, Larger Ram, lighter, more battery.
Screen, touchpad, keyboard are less comfortable
In other words it's better than a 10 years old Dell except if you use it ;)