New Toy
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I've just treated myself to an Acer Aspire One.
http://www.aspireoneuser.com/acer-aspire-one-specification/I can run ACAD2002 and SketchUp6. Nowhere near a super speed, but quite usable for my needs. Just waiting for a USB DVD to arrive via ebay!
Maybe I need one of these as well?
http://fwd.five.tv/videos/news-optoma-pico-pocket-projector -
That looks like a rather neat little machine, can you run SU with hardware acceleration on?
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@unknownuser said:
You will probably need to stick some more ram into it to help with speed...
Apparently you can put 1.5Gb in it. It came with 1Gb but increasing to 1.5 requires open heart surgery that might be beyond me.
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These things are becoming really popular, but not surprising, they seem pretty good value.
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Just one thing, the standard battery is a bit short on life although you can buy an extended duty battery which appears to give a significantly longer life.
Although I bought the XP version I'm going to experiment with running Linux from a USB memory stick.
It's got it's own web site and discussion forum.
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love to hear some feedback on how this has been working out. I was looking for something like this for my wife awhile back and she may be able to use something like it again soon. It looks fantastic, and maybe I can borrow it from time to time
How's SU run on it? The ram seems a bit low and after my integrated dell graphics card issues I had I'm really wondering if the integrated graphics are decent.
Cheers!
-Brodie
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I'll run a few tests on SU over the weekend.
(I've now got a zip round case for it which takes a USB DVD/CD burner. Just waiting for a car charger and USB mouse to arrive)
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how do you find the screen size/resolution? everything pretty readable and look good? And does the whole thing seem to be pretty sturdy?
-Brodie
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Some observations -
- the screen is small, but you read that from the specifications
- but while small it is very clear and bright
- if you load up all the SU toolbars you loose out on your drawing area
- my biggest models are 3 & 5 Mb, moving and zooming is a bit stuttery but simpler models are smoother
5)I wouldn't use it if I had a desktop to hand, but if I had to travel and use it without large models and do some simple sketching I would. You could always plug it into a larger screen (although I haven't tried this) or even use one of these! http://www.expansys.com/zoompic.aspx?type=item&i=173834 - The keys are about 15mm square. I've small fingers so I'm OK with the keyboard, but I wouldn't want them any smaller.
Anyway, so far I'm happy with it and I've got it to boot into Linux (Ubuntu) on a USB memory stick although I'm not sure what to use Linux for. It's certainly easier to carry than the old IBM ThinkPad!
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