Stefan, it will be a week or so before I get my netbook I imagine, due to Easter.

I don't use Lightroom, and don't intend to use the Samsung for editing. The screen is so small I don't think you can edit successfully on it tbh.

I think you might be better off with the 12"screen if you want to do editing on it. You should chck if it comes with a glossy screen or not.

Apparently some Asus netbooks in Europe have a matte screen whereas they all seem to ship with a glossy one to the US.

I'm just hoping I made the right choice with the Samsung. It is so hard to choose when you can't handle them first.

It sounds daft I know, especially to Americans, but sagebrush is one of my favourite landscapes. Just those miles and miles of brush and heat with mountains looming on the horizon.
Makes me want to head back to the US. At least it might be a bit warmer there .

So what was it snuffling at your tent or didn't you dare take a peek?

We had a male lion wander around outside our tent in Tanzania. That was pretty nerve racking! The Maasai chased the lion off, and told us the next morning that the cook had been attacked by the same lion a week earlier .
Funnily enough the other guests at the camp moved into a lodge in the morning .

Lovely photo Kris. Not too many lambs here this year due to Q-fever .

My daughter-in-law (a vet student) is just back from 2 weeks lambing in Wales. At least now she gets paid for it. the first two years was compulsory and unpaid. they liked her so much they have asked her back twice since, and paid her to help.

A farmer friend actually would eat day old lamb - ones born live but which died soon after birth. I could never bring my self to try it.

Gareth - we watched a wildebeest give birth and the baby was up and running within 10 minutes. After 15 minutes it could outrun a hyena. That was amazing. 10 minutes old and on the move for the rest of it's days.

But Cambridge have won it more often than Oxford, so hardly the underdogs.

1 dead heat, maybe we could have another one of those this year?

Husband now sat in front of telly, beer in hand watching the build up. he'll probably be asleep before it starts though .
He is a big fan which is why I know about it. Have to have something to talk about with him.

My attic does at least have proper stairs. Well proper Dutch stairs, which are only one up from a ladder .

There are boxes in there which haven't been opened since we moved here 26 years ago . And a whole lot more accumulated junk since then. I really shall have to clear it out - but my computer is also in the attic (in the room next to the junk) and I keep getting diverted by threads like this instead .

I see Oxford have a Dutchman in the crew too. Only two GB though, and one Can/GB. Cambridge manage three Brits.

I considered it too, Stefan, but decided a 12" screen was too big for me.

Here is a review of it for you.

I looked at all the local shops but none of them had either the Samsung 210/220 or the Asus 1005PE in stock. So I ended up ordering it online. If I'd found one in stock I'd have bought it, even though it would cost me more. Now I have it on order for €316, including postage. The 210 cost €306, and the Asus was around that too. I just fancied the colour version of the Samsung . I'd have gone for the blue Asus, but as I said the guarantee is only 12 months (6 months on the battery) compared to 24/12 on the Samsung.

Chucking it down here . Two very wet dogs and a soggy husband have just returned from their walk in the woods. I like weekends. Someone else gets soaked taking the dogs out . I especially like long weekends because that's one less day for me to get wet.
Better weather forecast from Wednesday.

Techno - when you've finished your attic can you come and start on mine please?
I'll even stock up on Leffe for you .

Oxford I suppose, since we used to live in Oxfordshire. But really I couldn't care less.

I've just ordered one (Samsung N220 with a 10"screen). Not for any photo processing though. Maybe a quick look through the photos, but certainly not any serious work on them.

I debated getting a slighter bigger model with faster processor etc, but in the end wanted portability over computing power. I narrowed it down to the Asus Eee 1005E (which cam out top in the Consumentenbond test) and the Samsung N210 or N220. I like the 2 year guarantee on the Samsung so that's what I've ordered. Hopefully I'll have it end of next week, with Easter getting in the way.

I may upgrade the RAM once I've tried it. I may not.

I can use my existing image tank as an extra hard drive with it.