[R] R on netbooks et al?

[Jim Lemon]

herrdittmann at yahoo.co.uk wrote:

> > With the rise of netbooks and 'lifestyle laptops" I am tempted to
> > get one of these to mainly run R on it. Processor power and hard
> > disk space seem to be ok. What I wonder is the handling and feel
> > with respect to R.
> > 
> > Has anyone here installed or is running R on one of these, and if
> > so, what is your experience? Would it be more of a nice looking
> > gadget than a feasable platform to do some stats on?
>   
I've got R on my little EeePC as well. Great for most jobs and I highly 
recommend a DC/DC convertor for plugging into your car's cigarette 
lighter to get around the crap battery problem.

Jim