Thursday, May 28, 2009

ASUS Eee PC 900 8.9-Inch Netbook (Intel Mobile Processor, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB Solid State Drive, Linux, 4 Cell Battery) Galaxy Black asin: B001BY97JO

ASUS Eee PC 1000HE 10-Inch Netbook (1.66 GHz Intel Atom N280 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 10 GB Eee Storage, Bluetooth, XP Home, 9.5 Hour Battery Life) Blue asin: B001QTXL8C

Yesterday was my first day back at work after being out for almost 3 months.  To be honest, I really didn't want to go back just yet, but the doctor released me for work so I had to head back.

The day went pretty well.  I did have some problems with back pain and I was pretty tired after about 6 hours, but recovered a bit after I got back home.

Today, I started out feeling light-headed because of one of the heart medications, but that has passed.  Unfortunately, I'm really having problems with back pain again.  I need to make an appointment with the pain specialist for follow-up and to see if I need to increase or switch medications.

I ended up leaving early because the combination of the heart meds and my hydrocodone was kicking my ass.  I need to really be careful about taking the hydrocodone if my blood pressure gets too low.

I'm buying a new netbook for use while I'm at work.  I currently have an Asus PC900, which has the 8.9" display.  I'm buying an Asus 1000 HE, which has the 10.1" display and a slightly larger keyboard.  I found that I had to use an external keyboard with the PC900.  Roy will be taking over the smaller Asus for when he travels and only needs to check e-mail and surf the web.

Unfortunately, I can't find the 1000 HE with just Linux installed instead of Windows XP.  The first thing I'm going to do when I get it is replace XP with Windows 7 RC on one partition and Ubuntu Linux on another.  My primary OS will be Ubuntu, with Windows used for remote photography purposes.