bad
- Sound works sometimes, sometimes it doesn't. No idea why.
- Network seems to stop working after a while now and then, wifi disconnects and can't reconnect anymore.
- No flash obviously (the kids were seriously disappointed...).
- No automounting of usb sticks, sd cards, etc. (might be a problem with Ubuntu, though).
- Playing movies with vlc works ...sort of (flaky sound, slightly skippy picture).
- Closing the lid sometimes fails to trigger sleep mode.
- Still no display dimming on idle (shouldn't be too difficult using either xscreensaver or laptop-mode tools, just haven't found the time yet).
- Haven't managed to find a working skype yet (neither Ubuntu nor Android).
- The system sometimes just freezes at some point (although I also had it running for hours without any problems a couple of times).
good
- Most of the time the system works without issues.
- All programs I tried installed and worked flawlessly (even java).
- Although there are still a couple of things missing power usage is already quite low. I haven't really tried it yet, but my guess would be 4-6 hours on a full charge with wifi.
- Standby times are amazing as is wakeup from sleep.
- The device is really thin and light. Also - although that's a slightly silly thing to mention - I noticed that it is far better balanced than my EeePC 901. If I carry it around the house I tend to just dangle it from one finger which I hook into the gap between display and battery - it feels completely natural.
- I love the keyboard.
the future
I am still quite happy that I replaced my EeePC with the AC100. Despite its flaws I already use it more. And the future seems to be bright:
- A couple of days ago Toshiba *finally* managed to release the 2.2 update. At the moment it unfortunately seems to not get along well with Ubuntu but I've heard that the source is already on the way (it seems actually to get shipped on real CDs - weird). Therefore I guess it will be only a matter of time until dual-boot 2.2/Ubuntu works.
- Some people are working on a .36 kernel for the AC100 and seem to be making good progress. Hopefully the new kernel sources from Toshiba (.32 AFAIK) will be helpful for them.
- Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu chief) himself has been rather enthusiastic about Ubuntu on ARM in general and on the AC100 in particular. Maybe he will manage to coerce some cooperation from NVidia and Toshiba so that the last serious issues (e.g. xorg driver, power management) can be solved.
