Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 13th Jun 2008 18:11 UTC, submitted by TheIdiotThatIsMe
Hardware, Embedded Systems Dell has finally released a few glimpses on their upcoming Eee 900 competitor, called the Dell E (name subject to change). The Dell E sports an 8.9 inch display with three variations of configurations: Dell E, E Video, and E Video+, with one increasing the specifications respectively. Dell is also launching a second MID, the Dell E Slim, with a larger 12.1 inch display and two configurations: E Slim, and E Slim+. Both devices will run Linux and Windows XP.
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Seems good ...
by gnemmi on Fri 13th Jun 2008 21:54 UTC
gnemmi
Member since:
2006-08-17

As long as I can run FreeBSD on it (and that means .. everything works out of the box).. the 12.1 inch monitor version has my money.

RE: Seems good ...
by Dryhte on Sat 14th Jun 2008 12:55 in reply to "Seems good ..."
Dryhte Member since:
2008-02-05

Don't hold your breath.

FreeBSD doesn't work out of the box on the EEE either. Nor does any linux. (wish they all did, though)

Dell isn't very big on including open source 'certified' hardware any more than Asus, they just include whatever works and is cheap.

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RE[2]: Seems good ...
by M-Saunders on Sat 14th Jun 2008 15:55 in reply to "RE: Seems good ..."
M-Saunders Member since:
2007-09-17

Mandriva One 2008 Spring works great on the Eee 701 -- WiFi, OSD etc. all supported out-the-box.

M

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RE[2]: Seems good ...
by gnemmi on Sat 14th Jun 2008 21:58 in reply to "RE: Seems good ..."
gnemmi Member since:
2006-08-17

Rest assured that I ain't ..

It's DELL who wants my money .. not _me_ wanting to give it to them ..

So again .. as long as I can run FreeBSD on the 12.1'' version .. they have a customer .. otherwise .. they don't ...

Ain't nobody pointing a gun to my head to go out and spend my hard earned money on broadcomm (amongst other not supported chips) crap packed hardware ...

I can sure spend my dough in a lot of other things ...

Now .. do they want my money?

Well .. come and get it .. but those are the conditions .. as far as I'm concerned its; FreeBSD out of the box or DELL can start piling it's boxed hardware on their deposits until hell freezes over ...

Is that simple ... ;)

Edited 2008-06-14 22:00 UTC

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