Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 5th Nov 2007 23:16 UTC
"A little over a week ago, reviews of Asus's Eee PC 701 started to trickle out onto the Internet. Some of the larger publications, like CNet and LAPTOP Magazine got their hands on the unit first, but as it has become more widely available sites like HotHardware and PC Perspective have now put out their own reviews of the Eee PC. The overall verdict is fairly unanimous: the device's keyboard is a bit cramped, but in terms of price, performance, and features the Eee PC hits the trifecta. Indeed, Asus appears to have gotten so many things right with the Eee PC that it could be a game-changer in the mobile market, in terms of both hardware and software."
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RE[2]: Everyone wants one
by Bobthearch on Tue 6th Nov 2007 04:36
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To be honest, I'd probably throw a light version of XP on there. I presume there are others with the same plan, too.
If you put XP on yourself, remember ... make sure that you don't use NTFS for the filesystem of the flash "drives". I think that leaves you only with a choice of FAT32 ... even if that makes XP less secure.
You are also going to have to find drivers online for at least the wifi, the webcam and probably the ethernet interface. See if you can't ID the chipsets here by running Linux before you start down the road of installing XP, because it is difficult to do in Windows and be sure you have downloaded the correct driver ... especially if you can't get on to the web in the first place.
... all in all, probably be better to get the OEM to put XP on it for you.
You of course realise that after you put XP on it, you are going to have to fork out a lot of additional cash for applications to bring it up to the out-of-the-box level of functionality of the Linux variant?
For XP you will of course also need to be running a virus scanner, and the CPU is going to be a bit maxed before you get to even think about applications. It will of course require activation, and a pile of Windows updates and it will start phoning home on you.
Are you sure you would want to do all that? Honestly, where is the upside?
Edited 2007-11-06 14:10
RE[3]: Everyone wants one
by chemical_scum on Tue 6th Nov 2007 19:44
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To be honest, I'd probably throw a light version of XP on there. I presume there are others with the same plan, too.
I want one too, but why do you want to bjork the thing with a second rate inferior operating system. I know I have to use XP every day at work.
Though I have my doubts about the integrity of Xandros after entering the MS patent deal, it does seem like that they have but together a very nice, original and usable interface for the tiny system.
Anyway if I wanted to mess around with the OS, I would try e17 on Ubuntu.
Edited 2007-11-06 19:46
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Every article I've read on this has a comments section full of people saying "I want one" or "I'm getting one". This has got to be a huge hit for ASUS.
I've said before that the mobile market is wide open for Linux. There's no application lock-in and no directx. As long as the product does the job, people are happy, and with thousands of applications available freely, F/OSS software is the most able solution.
And may I add, I want one.