Another Sub-$200 Linux Laptop--Elonex One
I have been watching the Linux laptop market for a while now. I used Linux on a Dell for over six years and was reasonably happy until I discovered EVDO. There simply wasn't good support for the cards so I switched to Mac OS X.
I got a little excited over the OLPC very cool but limited. Then the Asus EEE was released and that too seemed to be promising but a little limited. Now it looks like Elonex is planning on launching a sub-£99 (about US$195) called the Elonex One with some very cool features including a detachable screen that can be used as a tablet though it's unclear whether the screen is a touchscreen or includes some other input mechanism. The target audience is education since the performance and hardware is somewhat antiquated by today's standards.
I personally am holding out for the release of the Lenovo x300 which is supposed to rival the Macbook Air with a small form factor, SD drive, and included DVD drive. I also have high hopes that Lenovo will offer a Linux option as they have with other models. Here's the latest from their blog. It does look promising but also a little pricey. Then again I always seem to pay top dollar for my laptop.
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Heh... The site doing the Elonex review was flogging that old saw about needing Anti-Virus software, etc. again.
Nothing like not getting that there's much less of a need for it and that it's like closing the barn door after you've let the horses out of the stalls onto the country road. Reactive solutions aren't the answer. Proactive ones are.