Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 17th Jun 2008 19:35 UTC
Hardware, Embedded Systems As we all know by now, the Asus Eee PC has been a massive success for Asus. While that's really nice for the men and women working at Asus, us operating system enthusiasts like the device for another reason: it came pre-loaded with something else than Windows, which creates awareness of alternatives among the public, which in turn helps to diversify the operating system marketplace - something we all want. While the new Eee PC can be pre-loaded with Windows, the Linux version is still there. El Reg takes a look at the Linux version of the new Eee PC 901.
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Kidding me ...
by dindin on Tue 17th Jun 2008 20:02 UTC
dindin
Member since:
2006-03-29

I am sorry but $550 is too much for this. I just picked up a 14 in Sony Vaio with Core2Duo (1.8GHZ) and 200GB-HDD/2GB-RAM for $450 USD. These new Netbooks have to be $299 or less for them to sell.

RE: Kidding me ...
by kmare on Tue 17th Jun 2008 20:58 in reply to "Kidding me ..."
kmare Member since:
2006-02-05

while i totally agree with you about the price being too high, keep in mind that UMPCs fall into a totally different category than "normal" notebooks..

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