ASUS Eee PC goes on sale almost everywhere Down Under
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| The ASUS Eee PC is the standout “portable PC” of the moment, officially
| selling for AUD $499 and coming complete with Linux OS, Open Office, Skype,
| Firefox and plenty more. Initially selling out and for sale through Myer
| stores only, the Eee PC retains its iPhone-like popularity into 2008, with
| ASUS signing up plenty of new Australian retailers to meet the strong demand.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16076/1105/
Asus expands Eee distribution
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| Possibly reflecting increased supply of its popular subnotebook, Asus has
| announced the Eee PC will be available through mass-market outlets.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/16075/1054/
Related:
Review: Eee laptop PC shreds the rules
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| Unencumbered by Windows, the Eee boots up so quickly I didn't bother counting
| the seconds. Its Wi-Fi chip links with the Web in a flash, and its webcam — a
| feature missing from many laptops triple the price — turns it into a video
| messaging device with the help of eBay Inc.'s Skype, which comes pre-loaded.
| There are USB ports for peripherals, a port to connect to a monitor, and —
| most essential — a flash memory slot to expand its meager storage. Battery
| life is advertised at 3.5 hours.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080110/ap_on_hi_te/techtest_asus_eee
Little Linux Laptops: Build It and People Will Come
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| Verdict
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| You can hardly go wrong in getting a notebook computer for less than $400.
| Any one of these units represents a highly compact and usable computer for a
| very reasonable price. The prevailing wisdom in computing has always been ‘Go
| smaller, pay more’, but these latest Linux laptops are battling that
| philosophy nicely. But then Linux has always gone against the wind.
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http://www.performancepccanada.com/?defaultarticle=1117&defaultnode=516&layout=20&pagefunction=Load%20Layout&formfields[sect_title]=Reviews
Prototype 8.9" Asus EeePC Spotted at CES
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| Not a full day after news comes from Asus that they’ve got some larger screen
| EeePCs in works do pics of one show up online. jkkmobile hits us up with
| some pictures of this new model.
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http://clumpc.com/?p=5
Asus Says Eee PC is Most Successful Product Ever
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| An interesting piece of news from Asus’s press conference is that the Eee PC
| is their “most successful product ever,” according to Engadget. This is
| potentially huge news for Linux on two levels.
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http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/01/07/asus-says-eee-pc-is-most-successful-product-ever/
Asustek Eee PC shipments beat expectations
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| Asustek has shipped almost 350,000 units of the Eee PC in the quarter, ahead
| of the 300,000 estimated, according to Taiwan's DigiTimes.
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http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/12/21/asustek_eee_pc_shipments_beat_expectations.html
2007's most important IT lesson is spelled with an Eee
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| The Eee shows too just how out of date the 'is Linux ready for the desktop?'
| argument is. Yes it is. Anyone can pick up an Eee with its standard Linux
| distro - or with a number of freely available alternatives - and just use it.
| That alone revitalises the 'is this paid-for operating system value for
| money?' question.
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http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000000567,10006830o-2000331777b,00.htm?new_comment
Asustek ups Eee PC sales f'cast by two-thirds
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| Asustek had said that it hoped to become the world's fifth-largest laptop PC
| vendor by 2010.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTP4901620071128
Asus Eee PC as 'hard to get your hands on as a Wii'
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| Asus' elfin Eee PC is coming to Japan and it's going to get 16GB of
| solid-state storage, it has been claimed. Meanwhile, in the UK availability
| has reached Wii-like limits, according to insiders.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/12/18/eee_pc_wii_japan/
Microsoft's Big Problem in a Small Box
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| Vista is a big operating system that demands monster graphics and dual-core
| processors. But what if the market pines for a whole lot less?
|
| [...]
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| The mass move to mobile computing is a destabilizing force and harbinger of
| change. Microsoft's position would be better if Vista didn't demand so much
| when the market wants so little.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/desktop_mobile/microsofts_big_problem_in_a_small_box.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/2sg6xy
Linux is about to take over the low end of PCs
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| Opinion -- Sometimes, several unrelated changes come to a head at the same
| time, with a result no one could have predicted. The PC market is at such a
| tipping point right now and the result will be millions of Linux-powered PCs
| in users' hands.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft will fight this trend tooth and nail. It will cut prices to the
| point where it'll be bleeding ink on some of its product lines. And Windows
| XP is going to stick around much longer than Microsoft ever wanted it to.
| Still, it won't be enough. By attacking from the bottom, where Microsoft can
| no longer successfully compete, Linux will finally cut itself a large slice
| of the desktop market pie.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS2414535067.html
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