Hello,

I was thinking about buying the Lemote Yeelong from Tekmote. However, I have a few questions and I thought I'd better ask its actual users that the company that wants to sell it.

1. The CPU is marketed as 800 Mhz (Lemote) / 900 Mhz (Tekmote). How does it compare to 900 Mhz Intel CPU's? If it is the same, it's quite low for such a price (335,50 €). And is it enough for running modern OS? Is it underclocked by default, like in the early EEE PCs?

2. Is the Wifi b/g/n?

3. Can more RAM be added?

4. Is the display matt or glossy? Is it sunlight-readable?

5. How long is the battery life during standard use? Can a larger battery be bought? Can I buy batteries from other vendors or only from Tekmote? Can this battery be refubrished?

6. How is the hardware quality? I read on some Lemote mailing list that there are problems with some components.

7. Can this thing be fixed by a local computer shop (I'm not talking distributor warranty here)? Or does it have to be shipped to Lemote/China each time anything breaks?

8. How is the customer service/support? I've already had some laptop distributors refuse to honor the warranty or break stuff rather than fix it.

9. Can I configure/make/makeinstall most software that doesn't have mipsel packages, or do I nee d to modify the software to work on this architecture?

10. Is this thing really consumer-ready when it comes to gNewSense/stock Debian? I can use bash and follow howtos and stuff, but I'm not a hardware hacker and am just starting to learn programming.

11. What is the wall-plug like?

12. Has anyone successfully run netbook-launcher (Ubuntu Netbook Remix interface) on it?

13. What is the video card memory? Does it handle HD movies like last-year netbooks (EEE 1000, etc)

1. it is certainly enough to run GNS!

2. in this review, the user says it is a 802.11 a/b/g: http://cinnamonpirate.com/2009/01/entering-dragon-landthe-loongson-laptop/

3. AFAIK, there is only one RAM slot.

5. a couple of hours; I don't know about third party batteries being available at this time.

6. it's a cheap netbook, you can figure out.

7. in Europe, under the provision of the various state laws, the vendor is usually responsible for this, if the manufacturer isn't locally available.

8. I don't know.

10. IMHO, yes, if you know something about a free operating system.

11. this isn't a problem; cheap adapters are available everywhere.

12. I haven't.

13. graphic card is SMI712; you can find the specs online.