Elonex laptop?

[alex]

My dearly beloved has become a student again. Learning to be a teacher

So being the devout hubby I got her a lil Elonex lappy for uni. Its Linux based, ho hdd, its solid state think its 2gig. Has several usb ports. I'm wondering 2 things....

1) for uni etc, how easy is open office to live and will it converse with MS? and will a USB drive help here?

2) Can I get MM and a usb GPS to talk through Linux? well she wont be at uni at the weekends will she

[yaki]

[drinksoptional]

My college has a remote connection that allows us to connect to the college server anytime provided we have an internet connection so we can access any programs like MS word etc i was doing a science and tech course and was constanlty writing labs and report but i have an old version of word so used college one and finished it at home, by connecting to server

[yaki]

[alex]

Cool, its got wifi etc.

[Alchamist]

Open office - no problems for the work she'll be doing

Yes, MM will run on Linux, but not straight install as per windows, and I don't think the netbook will have Wine (windows emulator) on it.

[alex]

Unlikely, will play when I get a mo.

[yaki]

[Sir-Doris]

Im pretty sure it will have some sort of SDHC card slot in which case it can be expanded easy enough

[priestinthejeep]

my dad is think of getting 1 whats your ratinigs out of 10

[alex]

The Mrs loves it.

It wont run too much, the website warns that its not got a strong vid card. If your gonna buy one go to a computer fair, wouldnt pay £100 for one. Ideal for the Mrs as she can use it to type notes up and it is truely portable, unlike most lappies these days.

Phil, she does have an sd slot, so I'm going to shove a big card in.