http://mrpogson.com/2011/12/29/death-and-rebirth-of-the-netbook/ One man. Closing, all the windows. Mon, 20 May 2013 17:31:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://mrpogson.com/2011/12/29/death-and-rebirth-of-the-netbook/#comment-73056 oe Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:17:46 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=9508#comment-73056 The SSD netbooks it has been found in the lab I work in lab make excellent data collection point units, where cost isn’t too much worry. Bash scripting on the usb port is very powerful to poll instruments against (assuming ascii polling and responses) and Wifi and/or LAN streaming of the data works well. Harder to find are those with DB-9 UART serial ports – these are especially handy. Coupled with ssh remote control on a console or X-windows they are very convenient. These units are very Linux friendly seems ACER, ASUS and the others take pains to ensure the hardware is GNU/LINUX friendly, despite shipping in the states with the substandard usual choice.

]]> http://mrpogson.com/2011/12/29/death-and-rebirth-of-the-netbook/#comment-73040 Ray Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:34:18 +0000 http://mrpogson.com/?p=9508#comment-73040 I still say that tablets took over the netbook market, as they can be made cheaper with less moving parts.

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