From AptivateOER

The netbooks arrived in Lusaka today (Bjoern 20:33, 1 December 2009 (UTC)).

We've got

• 6 EEEPC 1005HA-m (ASUS 1005HA Seashell Atom N270 1.6GHz 1GB 160GB 10" XP Home), wifi 802.11b/g/n (draft) (quoted battery life ~ 8h)
• 4 Lenovo S10-2 (Lenovo IdeaPad S10-2 2957 - Atom N280 1.66 GHz 1GB 160GB 10.1" TFT), wifi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth 2.1 EDR (quoted battery life ~ 6 hours)

which we're evaluating (both were around £225 inc VAT). Both have a 160GB harddrive, screen res 1024x600, both pre-installed with XP Home.

We didn't get an Acer Aspire netbooks (e.g. Acer Aspire One D250 Atom N270 1GB 160GB 10.1"): They are already used by our iSchools partner project (using linux), and we wanted to evaluate a number of other models. The version comparable in price seems to have a 3 cell battery only, with quoted battery life of ~ 3hours, though a 6 cell version is also available.

Extras:

• soft neoprene covers
• bluetooth dongles (for the 1005HAs)

[edit] 1 First impressions

• trackpad
  • S10 has smaller trackpad 1005
  • S10 has 'scroll bar' while 1005 does 2 finger scrolling
• Lenovo has bluetooth but no SD slot
• S10 has SD slot but no bluetooth
• power cord (to power supply unit): S10 has IBM-style 'clover'-shaped power chord, while 1005 has standard figure 8 (telefunken) lead
• 1005 has flat bottom surface, while S10 batter sticks out.

Windows update required was about 68MB, so not a lot, even over an ok-ish connection in rainy-season Lusaka.

[edit] 2 Software to be installed

The netbooks currently run XP. (They weren't available with Linux...) If we have time, we'll try out Ubuntu Netbook Remix as well. (See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupport/Machines/Netbooks )

• typing tutor
• GeoGebra
• open office (particularly to use spread sheets with the teachers)
• opera browser (because of low bandwidth features)
• firefox browser
• Miro / vlc
• avira virus protection

The netbooks already had java and flash.

[edit] 3 Resource to be made available

• tessa materials
• ACE maths
• wikipedia (schools edition)
• Encyclopedia Britannica (provided by Encyclopedia Britannica for free)