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ASUS 1001P

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So I finally bought an ASUS 1001P last month. It came with Windows 7 and I was able to install Ubuntu using wubi. After the installation it didn’t erased anything in the Windows partition. It took 16 GB of an additional extra disk, but still being formated as NTFS. Here is the /etc/fstab output.

[23:51:54] xavi@ubuntu:~ $ cat /etc/fstab 
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid -o value -s UUID' to print the universally unique identifier
# for a device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name
# devices that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
proc            /proc           proc    nodev,noexec,nosuid 0       0
/host/ubuntu/disks/root.disk /               ext4    loop,errors=remount-ro 0       1
/host/ubuntu/disks/swap.disk none            swap    loop,sw         0       0
[23:51:59] xavi@ubuntu:~ $

And here goes fdisk.

[23:57:58] xavi@ubuntu:~ $ sudo fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xabf319e9

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1       13055   104857600    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2           13055       29094   128834560    7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3           29094       30399    10485760   1b  Hidden W95 FAT32
/dev/sda4           30399       30401       17088+  ef  EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
[23:58:03] xavi@ubuntu:~ $

This netbook comes with a 250 Gb hard drive and after the Ubuntu installation everything basically works out of the box. One really nice thing is that the wireless works out of the box. From previous experiences I would have to download firmware and recompile the kernel.

The keyboard is a little small, but is quite easy to get used to it. The screen resolution is 1024×600. It can be a little small if you have multiple windows opened, but this gets compensated with the netbooks 2.80 pounds weight.

I`m really happy with this netbook. I was becoming a weight lifter when I walked around with my 12 inch Powerbook.