Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Monday 19 November 2007 16:23 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> Asus Eee PC 4G sub-sub-notebook
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| Linux buffs and geeks will love its sheer hackability. For two hundred
>>>| quid, it's a perfect impulse buy for folk who love messing around with
>>>| operating systems.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/16/review_asus_eee_pc/
>>>
>>> Someone has already installed OS X, Ubuntu, and even Vista (proof of concept
>>> only) on it.
>>>
>>
>> If you read the followups, and you /believe/ them, then someone has
>> installed Windows XP onto one, too. Personally, not only do I not
>> believe it, but I don't think that there would be an economic case to do
>> so - why would you spend more on the operating system, and then even
>> more on the applications, than you did on the original hardware? And,
>> how would you get it to run in such a tight space?
>
> It's like the econmic scam where you get something cheap at first (think of
> Vista Home/Basic Edition on a PC with 512MB of RAM), so you don't see the
> effect of installments/upgrades. Never mind TCO (maintenance/acquisition).
>
> I've just been cited by OLPCNews for my criticism of the Eee (Xandros).
>
Xandros is a terribly choice for Eee. Anything which involves vouchers
to Microsoft really should be avoided.
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