Acre are ok, on the whole. From my recent experience with wireless throttles from Andy and Cat, having a decent Bluetooth device with new drivers is more important.
The Acer in the PC World sale is more than up to the job
I think the problem with the Atom netbook is the poor performance on the bus, more than processor or memory.
Ref Ubuntu - just run XP or W7 via VMWare, saves a lot of faffing. My earlier non-wireless SSDC setup did this wonderfully. I haven't yet had time to set the wireless throttles up on the Ubuntu box yet.
The Acer in the PC World sale is more than up to the job
I think the problem with the Atom netbook is the poor performance on the bus, more than processor or memory.
Ref Ubuntu - just run XP or W7 via VMWare, saves a lot of faffing. My earlier non-wireless SSDC setup did this wonderfully. I haven't yet had time to set the wireless throttles up on the Ubuntu box yet.
