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Dell Mini Inspiron? New Asus EeePC’s? Its the keyboard, silly
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| No mention of what OS will be on it. I don’t really care what flavour of
| Linux comes with it, I’m probably rooting for Ubuntu LTS, but if it comes
| with something crap like Xandros (aka Eee PC), its easy enough to replace it
| with something more sensible.
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| All I can say is that the next couple of months should be real fun for
| mini-laptop purchasers. It almost seems like you’ll end up owning several
| mini-laptops, keeping them in various parts of the home… after all, as we all
| move online, everything we need will be within a web-browser, right? :)
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http://www.bytebot.net/blog/archives/2008/06/03/dell-mini-inspiron-new-asus-eeepcs-its-the-keyboard-silly
Small-sized Linux laptops everywhere these days...
Embrace Easy, Excellent and Exciting Computing with the New Eee PC™
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| Upon reaching the milestone of surpassing 1 million Eee PC™ sets sold in just
| 6 months after its launch, ASUS has provided yet another wave of anticipation
| with its release of the new Eee PC™ 901, 1000 and 1000(H) models.
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http://www.sourcewire.com/releases/rel_display.php?relid=39345&hilite=
Recent:
Could the EEE 900 be the School Computer of the Future?
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| The user interface is pretty interesting, and while much has been made of the
| tabs at the top of the screen in lieu of a traditional desktop, what I found
| most interesting was the fact that Asus blatantly mimicked the Windows XP
| theme as far as buttons and menu bars (see pictures below). It's an
| interesting way to go, trying to lessen the Linux shock for newcomers by
| making things at least appear to be the same, but I suppose that's a topic
| for another time. In any case, I had a few people who needed help noticing
| the tabs at the top of the screen, but once they saw them nobody had any
| trouble finding what they needed. Seemed to be effective, if not exactly
| expected.
|
| [...]
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| Despite my own reservations about the eee 900, since I started loaning it out
| to teachers last week it's gotten nothing but positive results. Women
| especially seem to like it (maybe because they can see carrying it in a
| purse?) which is good since 80% of our staff is female. I think the reason
| for this is twofold: first, they really do like the small form factor offered
| by the eee.
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http://hartmansblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/eee-900-vision-of-future-school.html
Microsoft worried over Linux ULPCs
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| An un-named Microsoft official quoted in the original article claims that
| manufacturers currently offering Linux on their low-cost devices “have made
| some good inroads with open-source, and Microsoft wants to put a stop to it.”
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http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/05/12/microsoft-worried-over-linux-ulpcs/1
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