On Jul 14, 5:51 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
> Hash: SHA1
> ____/ Homer on Monday 14 July 2008 13:03 : \____
> > Verily I say unto thee, that Andrew Halliwell spake thusly:
>
> >> the Linux Eees are the better selling models.
I'm not surprised. When I got my EEE, it just worked. I didn't HAVE
to do anything, but when I got connected to the Internet, one of the
options was to get updates and additional software.
Originally, I thought I might install SUSE or Red Hat Linux, but the
ASUS Linux is perfect for this little computer.
> > Straight from the horse's mouth.
You can expect a retraction within 48 hours ;-)
I'm sure that Ballmer has already made a phone call and some veiled
threats. Hopefully, the CEO has a recording system that can record
those incoming calls from Ballmer. Of course, there are all those
nondisclosure agreements, so it can't be published or used in a direct
lawsuit, but it could be used to provide information to the EU courts
as well as the US DOJ (like the Bush administration would actually DO
anything with the information).
> The Eee PC is somewhere between the phone and the laptop... well, in a sense
> anyway.
It's the best of a PDA, Laptop, phone, and diary. It's small enough
that you can carry it with you to meetings, take notes in real-time,
and store the documents in OpenOffice formats, and/or save them in MS-
Office formats. Later, you can plug in an external USB drive,
external keyboard, and external video monitor and have a respectable
desktop computer. If you also have a personal computer, you can even
use the EEE as a WiFi hub, or share via a standard ethernet cable.
> People just need something that works. People don't want Windows XP with
> defrag.exe and Solitaire on their telephone.
Defrag is built into the file-system, the EEE also includes some
games, including Solitaire, Crack Attack, Penguin Racer, Suduku,
Potato Guy, LTris (like tetris). There are also educational programs,
including a planitarium, Periodic table, a typing tutur, Hangman (in
different languages), Fraction Tutorial, TuxMath, Geometry, and
Function Plotter. There is also Paint, Tux Paint, and Web Skool.
There is also a video player, music manager/player, photo manager/
viewer, sound recorder, and a media player.
I've also been seeing some commercial software for the EEE as well.
Can I-Tunes, Napster, and Roxio be far behind?
> It has been claimed in other articles that the tinkerers (those who need extra
> programs and stuff) are those who insist on getting XP. How things have
> changed...
The one thing that WinTrolls could argue is that most people get the
ASUS EEE as a second computer, a supplement to their desktop or
laptop. This means that these users still have access to Windows, but
they just don't need Windows when they are in a restaurant, in a
conference room, or on an airplane, where the seat in front of you is
jamming into your knees.
|
|
