The mini-laptops of summer
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| Meanwhile, the Acer Aspire One crams a lot into a very slim, very appealing
| package. It's smaller than the Wind (at 9.8 by 6.7 by 1.14 inches) and yet it
| finds room to house the same Intel Atom processor and a reasonably large
| 8.9-inch display (with a resolution of 1024 by 600 pixels).
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| The preview model that we looked at felt well polished. The Aspire One's
| plastic superstructure seemed a bit less rugged than the MSI Wind's, but this
| mini-laptop has a great keyboard.
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| The model we looked at is priced at $400; it comes with Linux preinstalled
| and packs an 8GB NAND flash drive...
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9097958&source=rss_news50
http://tinyurl.com/5f93c8
Review of the EEE-PC 701 (long overdue)
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| I've been intending to write a review of the EEE-PC for quite some time,
| considering I was one of the early adopters makes my hesitancy all the more
| curious. I was impressed at the prospect of Asus' small form, low budget,
| Linux based notebook.
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http://www.distro-review.com/review-eee-pc-701-long-overdue
Recent:
Acer bets big on Linux
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| Acer has stated that it will be pushing Linux aggressively on its laptops and
| netbooks.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2218172/acer-pushes-linux-hard
Microsoft sees slide in profits
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7366106.stm
Feeling the heat at Microsoft
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| If I ask you who is Microsoft's biggest competitor now, who would it be?
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| Ballmer: Open...Linux. I don't want to say open source. Linux, certainly have
| to go with that.
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http://www.news.com/Feeling-the-heat-at-Microsoft/2008-1012_3-6232458.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
Related:
Acer: PC industry 'disappointed' with Vista
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| Acer president Gianfranco Lanci became the first major PC manufacturer to
| openly attack Microsoft over the Windows Vista operating system in the
| Financial Times Deutschland on Monday.
|
| Lanci said the operating system was riddled with problems and gave users and
| businesses no reason to buy a new PC, according to the report. Taiwan-based
| Acer is the world's fourth-largest PC manufacturer, after HP, Dell and
| Lenovo.
|
| "The whole industry is disappointed with Windows Vista," Lanci said.
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http://www.techworld.com/opsys/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=9579
Man wins damages from Acer over Windows refund
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| Initially, Acer had offered only €30 if the man returned elements of the
| install at his own expense .
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=42546
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