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Old 04-03-2008, 02:45 PM
Christopher Hunter
 
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Default Re: A Unix / Linux / BSD / Minix / OSX fix I would like to see in the next 6 months: support for installing to USB drives (Live CDs / DVDs)...

Matt Giwer wrote:

> Someone probably is but it hasn't fallen far enough to be in our price
> range. But last I looked speed is lagging behind the price drop so you do
> not want it on 2-3GHz MOBOs yet regardless of the price. Leave them to
> laptops where other things are more important, in this case, power
> consumption.


I've got a little Asus EEE here, which came with a 4 Gb flash drive. With
very little work (though invalidating the warranty), I've added a further
44 Gb of flash, Bluetooth, and extra USB ports. The thing is now a /very/
useful portable tool, robust, reliable, and incredibly cheap!

C.

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