Which ultraportable to get with a very specific purpose in mind

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Hi there

Im looking to get a cheap £200-300 ultraportable, either an eeepc or aspire one but I have a very specific purpose for it which is:

I will be sending the machine to potential clients as part of a highly targeted marketing campaign for my business. Here's how I want it to work

I will load up on the screen with what I want the client to see, put it in stand-by by closing the lid then post it to to them.

The client will get it on their desk with insturctions on the lid to open at which point it will resume immediately and the client will see what I have prepared for them on the screen.

This is all it has to do. Nothing more.

All this works on my regular 15" vista toshiba laptop.

So issues are:

- The eeepc (linux) I used in a shop neeeded you to press a button for it to resume from standby which isn't good. It also took about ten seconds with no info that it was resuming by which time the client might have just closed the lid and put it away wondering what it was.

- How does this work on the linux aspire one?

- As far as I know it is only vista that gives an immediate resume, so can I get vista running on the aspire one on the basic model.

- For anyone who has an aspire one or eeepc could I ask you to go here:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/maston.g/the_viceroy

and tell me how it runs. Is it smooth-ish or is it jerk-o-vision. Do the linux versions even run the java vm?

- And most importantly how long is stand-by time on each machine? It's 2 days on my regular 15" Toshiba but that's got a rubbish battery. Probably need at least 3 days fr this purpose. If client gets it and battery is dead then it's all been a total waste of time.

Many thanks in advance for any replies

Masten
 
Hi Cew27
Thanks for your reply. What's suse? Is that the version of linux on the eeepc or the acer or on a regular desktop installation.
What machine are you using?

Masten
 
it is a desktop app but it also runs smooth on my xandros install (eee pc os)
youd be best getting the eeepc 901 (if the reboot from sleep is fast enough)
 
hi again

Im not if Im understanding you right. Can I just confrim. You're saying it runs smooth on your eeepc?
Thanks
 
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