Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 16th Sep 2008 12:50 UTC, submitted by Michael Larabel
Talk, Rumors, X Versus Y PHoronix has taken a look at several Linux distributions running on the Eee PC 901. "Late last month we published our preview of the ASUS Eee PC 901 and we shared our plans for a number of benchmarks using this netbook with Intel's Atom processor. Following our Linux desktop encryption benchmarks of the ASUS Eee PC 901 and Intel Atom N270 CPU we have a performance comparison of Xandros, Fedora, Ubuntu, and Mandriva on this low-cost netbook PC."
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RE: Worth noting...
by renox on Wed 17th Sep 2008 08:41 UTC in reply to "Worth noting..."
renox
Member since:
2005-07-06

especially on a system which is likely to be used for fairly light tasks


Likely, likely.. This piss me off: you do realise that many people don't have the money to buy several computers?
Or more precisely don't want to spend more money than they need on computers, so they'll buy a laptop for the mobility and use it for *everything*.

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RE[2]: Worth noting...
by MattPie on Wed 17th Sep 2008 16:58 in reply to "RE: Worth noting..."
MattPie Member since:
2006-04-18

Or more precisely don't want to spend more money than they need on computers, so they'll buy a laptop for the mobility and use it for *everything*.

While true, I don't think many people will be buy a netbook (a little laptop) for their one-stop computing needs.

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RE[3]: Worth noting...
by renox on Thu 18th Sep 2008 05:42 in reply to "RE[2]: Worth noting..."
renox Member since:
2005-07-06

Well, the price of a 701 is lower than the rest of the other laptops.

That said, you're right that a used laptop with a replacement battery might be more interesting in this situation.

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