On 2007-12-12, Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Linux-based Cloudbook could give Asus a run for its money
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>| ...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.
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> http://arstechnica.com/journals/linux.ars/2007/12/11/linux-based-everex-cloudbook-laptop-revealed
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> ASUS Eee PC 4G
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>| 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.
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> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2209845,00.asp
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Saw my first Eee PC the other day. Very nice - but it wasn't running
Linux, it was running XP.
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Tom Shelton
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