Netbook for travel and hacking

[mikeaperez1 at gmail.com (mike p)]

Nils,

Can you please expand on the drawbacks you found below for each?  Which is
your top contender at this time?

Thanks,
Mike

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:56 AM, Nils <nils at hemmann.de> wrote:

> Awesome feedback! Many thanks.
>
> Here are my favourites so far:
> HP Mini 2140 (maybe waiting for better display model)
> HP Mini 1000
> Asus eeePC 1002HA or S101
> Dell Inspiron Mini 10
>
> All of them have at least one drawback, even if it is the price  ;-)
> So, no final decision yet taken.
>
> Maybe I'm going for some older / cheaper / smaller device e.g.
> Asus eeePC 900
> Dell Inspiron Mini 9
>
> ....I'll keep you posted.
> Any additional help is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks again!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pauldotcom-bounces at mail.pauldotcom.com
> [mailto:pauldotcom-bounces at mail.pauldotcom.com] On Behalf Of Matt Lye
> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2009 10:14 PM
> To: PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] Netbook for travel and hacking
>
>  Some preferences for me would be:
> -light and small (  useless to say  ;-)  ) There are several light and
> small
> laptops, Asus and Dell seem to be the most popular with MSI slightly
> behind.
> I have tested the eePC, the Wind, and the Mini 9, and my preference is the
> Mini 9.
>
> -must be dual bootable (Win / Linux [Backtrack]) The Mini 9 has the largest
> Linux support community, especially with Ubuntu.
>
> -Disk space is not so important
> You can change the disk easily in most machines.
>
> -External antenna mod and other mods musst be possible The Dell Mini 9 is
> widely considered the easiest to mod, and the Mini 10 specs are similar.
>
> Personally id say the mini 9 and mini 10 are the best options.
>
> You can do anything you set your mind to when you have vision,
> determination, and and endless supply of expendable labor.
>
> <No tree's were harmed during this transmission. However, a great number of
> electrons were terribly inconvenienced>
>
>
> 2009/3/17 Nils <nils at hemmann.de>
> > Hey guys,
> > Im thinking about replacing my quite reliable IBM X30 with a netbook.
> > As there are quite some available by now (eeePC, MSI Wind, Dell Mini ...)
> the choice is pretty hard.
> > What are your recommendations / experiences.
> >
> > Some preferences for me would be:
> > -light and small (  useless to say  ;-)  ) -musst be dual bootable
> > (Win / Linux [Backtrack]) -Disk space is not so important -External
> > antenna mod and other mods musst be possible
> >
> > To make it short, the ultimate companion for traveling, hacking, having
> fun while not at home.
> > Thanks,
> > Nils
> >
> >
> >
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> > [mailto:pauldotcom-bounces at mail.pauldotcom.com] On Behalf Of Russell
> > Butturini
> > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 2:48 PM
> > To: PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] sql server express vs full version for a lab
> >
> > I second Tim?s recommendation.  SQL Express should work fine for this.
> And definitely check out the Foundstone Hacme series, as John suggested on
> Ep 143.  Hacme bank is GREAT!!!
> > From: pauldotcom-bounces at mail.pauldotcom.com
> > [mailto:pauldotcom-bounces at mail.pauldotcom.com] On Behalf Of Tim
> > Krabec
> > Sent: Monday, March 16, 2009 8:19 AM
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> > Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] sql server express vs full version for a lab
> >
> >
> >
> > go with express.  I believe that is the free version.  That will give
> > you 2 things, 1 a test bed, and 2 a good piece of SW to learn on, that
> > will probably be installed (as a feature of other software)
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Robin Wood <dninja at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> > I'm setting up a windows lab machine and want sql server on it. I'm
> > looking at playing with basic sql injection and stored procedures, in
> > particular xp_cmdshell. Does anyone know if there are any differences
> > for this kind of thing between the express version of sql server and
> > the paid for versions or are the differences purely in the amount of
> > data and things like that?
> >
> > Robin
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