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Got my UX
So, I got my my new UX yesterday. First off, the specs:
Portable One UX
2Gb RAM
100 Gb 7200RPM hard disk
2Ghz Core Duo processor
1280x800 regular (glossy) screen
Anyway, my first impressions:
FAST: this baby screams
SLICK: all silver, streamlined, very nice looking unit
THIN: though not an ultraportable in the true sense, this is still quite a thin laptop - thinner than my GF's Dell Inspiron 700m
SOLID: very sturdy build. The whole unit feels *much* more solid than the Sony SZs I've seen, and is a world apart from the Toshiba U500, not to mention my old HP ze4100 and most other laptops I've tried out in stores over the last few months.
QUIET&COOL: at least running on batteries, which has the processors clocked down to 900Mhz, I think the fan is on, but I can barely hear it in a quiet room. Remarkably cool as well (might change when I use with full power and/or DVD).
The one small minus is that it weighs a little more than I thought it would - it's somewhat heavier than my GF's 700m.
Overall, my first impressions are very good - if it continues to impress me like it has, then I've just gone and got myself an excellent notebook.
I'll try getting around to a more detailed review soon. Any questions - go ahead and ask and I'll do my best to answer them.
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A detailed review would be great :) If you're interested in writing one let me know ( ). The nice thing also is that P1 are so darned good with customer service, it's nice to buy a product from a small company and not a big box retailer and get a product that not everyone else will have.
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Sounds very nice. Looking forward to a longer review as well. Kind of wish I'd of held out for this one rather than rushing to purchase my current notebook. Oh, well. Live and learn.
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I'll try writing a review of my brand spanking new UX as well once im settled into college :D
The UX is amazing.
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So have you stuck in that ever important Ubuntu disc yet? How's the screen as far as leakage and viewing angles? Is it a high gloss, or less glossy than others?
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I tried booting up with the Kubuntu live CD that I burned a month or two ago, and all went pretty well, except the wireless didn't seem to work. Apart from that, booting was very fast and the general interface seemed very snappy.
I'll download the latest live CD and give that a whirl and report back.
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For what it's worth, I booted up off a Kubuntu Live 6.01.1 Linux CD and it seemed to work fine, though all I did was surf the net a little. But wireless networking and so on worked without problem and the graphics were properly configured automatically.
All my previous observations about the notebook still hold - I'm very happy. I still intend to give a full review, but I'm struggling to find the time at the moment. Maybe by the weekend.
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Quick update. I am now typing this from my UX from a Windows XP virtual machine running in Parallels Workstation 2.2 under Kubuntu 6.10 beta primary OS. The internet connection is my wireless connection, which appears as a regular ethernet connection in Windows XP.
So far so good. A few minor problems getting the native 1280x800 screen resolution running in Kubuntu were solved by using the 915resolution patch. And wireless is a little tricky to set up.
Anyway, in Parallels, Windows XP seems fairly snappy on this machine - not bad at all. I'm looking forward to showing off by flipping from Linux to WinXP in front of a bunch of scientists at an upcoming meeting.
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Hello, doddles.
I'm interested in UX, but I am worried that the keyboard might be too small. My wife's Dell 700m keyboard is too small for me, so I have been looking at 13.3" laptops. But, UX seems nice and the keyboard might be bigger than 700m's keyboard.
As your girlfriend has 700m, would you please comment on the keyboard size?
Thanks!
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Congrats on your purchase. I have heard only good things about P1 quality and service.