On 2008-08-14, bbgruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> | Whereas the 1000H comes with 1GB of memory no matter what OS you prefer,
>> | the 1000HD comes with 1GB when you pick XP, and 2GB when you go for Linux.
>> |
>> | Surely the extra memory would be more use to Windows users?
>> `----
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>> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/08/14/eee_line_extended/
>
> Probably true, but You Don't Get Bread With One Meat ball!
>
> As I recall, the "cheap" version of XP is only for use on machines which are
> within a certain *maximum* specification.
> IIRC one of those limits was "not more than 1GB of RAM"
Forgot about that. They ended up screwing themselves, then, rather than
Asus ramming it where they deserve to take it.
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