____/ John Bailo, Texeme.Construct on Monday 20 August 2007 16:54 : \____
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> [Note: Relevant because this ultra small portable will ship with
> Linux...supposedly]
>
> http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/08/17/asus.eee.pc.specs.for.us/
>
> "Although the PC maker originally intended to release a $199 system to
> most of its markets, that version has had its price raised to between
> $229 and $239 and was scrapped for the US due to a two-cell battery
> that only nets two hours of total battery life. All American versions
> will ship with a more expensive but considerably longer-lifed four-
> cell battery pack capable of four hours of runtime. Despite their
> sizes and costs, every system will have enough CPU performance and
> memory to stream web-based Flash video from YouTube and other sites,
> ASUS says."
It runs a flavour of Xandro$, IIRC, but maybe they'll offer more choice.
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