Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>| The Eee Box comes with a quick-boot environment called Express Gate, which
>| ASUSTek has previously used on motherboards for Intel CPUs. Express Gate lets
>| you get online in a few seconds (5 to 7 seconds by my count) and surf with a
>| version of the Firefox Web browser. It also has Skype, a chat client, and a
>| photo viewer. It's a nice environment if all you want to do is check webmail,
>| make a VoIP call, or surf for a while. Express Gate is Linux-based, so it
>| doesn't have the drawbacks of running a Windows OS on a low-power PC. You
>| also won't suffer the slowdowns I experienced when I used the Eee Box with
>| Windows XP: I saw screens and windows slowly being redrawn, something that
>| used to be common with XP boxes but that I haven't seen in a while. 1GB may
>| be "enough" to run Windows, but the system's poky processor and integrated
>| graphics combine to slow everything down. The Eee Box is usable in Windows,
>| but the Linux-based Express Gate interface is snappier.
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> http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2327033,00.asp
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> Microsoft's Partner Group Attacks Low-cost PCs:
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> Cheaper laptops on the way
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>| Even so, Taiwan's Market Intelligence Centre (MIC) is predicting that 8.02
>| million low-price mini notebook PCs will be shipped this year. The
>| publicly-funded research house adds that this should balloon 128%, to 18.3
>| million units, next year.
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>| Priorities
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>| Gartner, meanwhile, warns that while it is important that prices continue to
>| come down, companies that become too focused on breaking that barrier could
>| be distracted from addressing other issues surrounding mini-notebooks.
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>| ?The economic benefits of IT literacy in emerging markets are currently
>| driving the push for the $100 PC, but there are many open questions that
>| remain,? says Gartner research director Annette Jump.
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> http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/business/2008/0807311042.asp?A=BUS&S=Business&T=News&O=ST
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> Partner Group mocks disruptive trends.
Isn't it funny - now the economic benefits of ultra-mobile PCs in the
3rd world are recognised... how the spin, well, spins.
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