Home Messages Index
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Author IndexDate IndexThread Index

Re: [News] Eee PC Has a New Linux Competitor, Review of Eee From PC Magazine

On 2007-12-13, Mark Kent <mark.kent@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Tom Shelton on Wednesday 12 December 2007 17:05 : \____
>> 
>>> On 2007-12-12, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> Linux-based Cloudbook could give Asus a run for its money
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| ...available for $400 next month, is equipped with a 1.2GHz Via processor,
>>>>| 512MB of RAM, a seven-inch screen, a 30GB hard drive, and a 1.2 megapixel
>>>>| camera. The laptop will ship with gOS, the same Linux-based operating
>>>>| system that is featured on Everex's gPC.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>>
>> http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/12/11/linux-based-everex-cloudbook-laptop-revealed
>>>>
>>>> ASUS Eee PC 4G
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| What you might have missed is that ASUS, a company known for making laptops
>>>>| and laptop parts, recently launched its own answer to the XO laptop, the
>>>>| Eee PC, a 2-pound ultraportable that's well worth its $400 price, even
>>>>| though it has only 4GB of storage and a Linux operating system.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2209845,00.asp
>>>>
>>> 
>>> Saw my first Eee PC the other day.  Very nice - but it wasn't running
>>> Linux, it was running XP.
>> 
>> Well, now you know how I feel when I see all those boxes with the "XP" sticker
>> on them. They are all running GNU/Linux and boot with GRUB.
>> 
>
> This guy is already in my troll list, so I wouldn't take what he says
> with anything other than a pinch of salt - he's part of the
> shilcosystem.
>

What ever Mark...  I was only stating the facts.

-- 
Tom Shelton

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Author IndexDate IndexThread Index