Petition for new 7" netbooks

[vredley]

A petition has been announced on the Eeeuser Forums, requesting Asus to resume the production of 7" netbooks. As a huge supporter of these tiny and incredibly useful computers, I've taken the liberty of re-posting the link to it here.

Petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/70xPASUS/petition.html

Thread at Eeeuser.com: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=86461&p=1

Please take the time to read and sign this petition; after all, the first generation of Eee PCs introduced many people to the world of Linux, so they can only be a good thing. Note the subtle request for preloaded Ubuntu. ;)

[aysiu]

Is there a petition against the 7" netbooks, too? I had one. It was terrible. 800x480 is not an acceptable screen resolution.

[dragos240]

It was really awful.

[vredley]

If you don't want one, don't buy one. As they say, it Works For Me. ;)

The question is, would you have anything to lose as a user of larger computers? If not, please don't denigrate those who would appreciate the smaller size.

[Ric_NYC]

Is there a petition against the 7" netbooks, too? I had one. It was terrible. 800x480 is not an acceptable screen resolution.
:lolflag:

[KiwiNZ]

If the sales were there they would have continued production. It is pointless for a company to continue to flog a dead horse.

[vredley]

The purpose of this thread is to publicise a cause that I feel is worth supporting. You have nothing to lose by signing the petition, but if you don't like the idea, don't sign it. Dead simple. :)

[KiwiNZ]

The purpose of this thread is to publicise a cause that I feel is worth supporting. You have nothing to lose by signing the petition, but if you don't like the idea, don't sign it. Dead simple. :)

If you post a thread here members are free to comment , dead simple ;)

[gunfyter]

I have the 701 4G. I like the size or this machine. But isn't the 900 series the exact same size with an 8.9" screen instead of 7"? I don't know I have never seen one but the specs say the size is the same.

I calculate the Area of the Display to be approximately 60% greater on with the 900 series display over the 701's display. This is important to me since since i got my 701 I now need to wear reading glasses.

The 10 inch displays have about 100% more screen real estate compared to the 701... but the computer itself is larger.

Given this ... wouldn't you rather see more 900 series machines?

I certainly would like to trade my 701 in for a used 900 16g SSD model. I am running Ubuntu 10.4 UNR on the 4G SSD with gnome desktop instead of the Netbook desktop. I would love to increase my screen area by 60% without a bigger box.

[Bachstelze]

The only thing I use my Eee 701 for anymore is as a wifi access point (and that's really just because I'm too cheap to buy a mini PCI card for my Soekris box).

[Cam42]

Is there a petition against the 7" netbooks, too? I had one. It was terrible. 800x480 is not an acceptable screen resolution.

It's great.



On a cell phone.

[vredley]

Given this ... wouldn't you rather see more 900 series machines?

I wouldn't be opposed to another 9" machine, but the 701 is more compact. The speakers are a lot better than those on the 901, and the use of a 7" screen kept costs and power usage down. In my opinion, the 4G is a great computer and I was sad to see it go.


The only thing I use my Eee 701 for anymore is as a wifi access point

How do you do that with Ubuntu?

[snowpine]

I would strongly consider a 7" netbook if it was inexpensive, had good battery life, and had 1024x600 (or better) resolution.

[Stancel]

7'' netbooks? That is too tiny.

[vredley]

To all those criticising the 800x480 resolution: please take the time to read the petition. :p

[Bachstelze]

How do you do that with Ubuntu?

There are plenty of guides around. I couldn't tell you exactly how, I do it with OpenBSD.

[vredley]

OK, thank you for the info.