____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 04 March 2008 13:44 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 04 March 2008 09:38 : \____
>>
>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>> Coming to a watering hole near you: OLPC's mesh networking
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| James Cameron works for a computer company in support for enterprise
>>>>| Linux customers, and is deeply immersed in electronics, radio and
>>>>| software engineering. For the past two years Cameron has devoted his
>>>>| diverse technical talents to testing the wireless network component of
>>>>| the One Laptop Per Child project.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1228527977;fp;16;fpid;1
>>>>
>>>> Hands-on with the 9-inch Eee PC
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| If you hadn't guessed from the headline, and as rumored just an hour ago,
>>>>| there's 9-inches of LCD on this thing. Actually, 8.9, but who's counting?
>>>>|
>>>>| [...]
>>>>|
>>>>| No word yet on US pricing, but we're trying to pry it out of them.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/03/hands-on-with-the-9-inch-eee-pc/
>>>
>>> Umm, E399 is awfully inexpensive for a laptop of such specification...
>>> 2008 is going to be a very interesting year in the linux laptop world.
>>
>> Big companies like H-P and Acer are working on low-cost ones. That might be
>> the first time large companies (with all due respect to Asustek) enter this
>> market and realise that the overpriced laptop/desktop is a dying market that
>> deserves maybe 50% of the market, not much more. It will hit them in the
>> pocket, but it's good for the customers.
>>
>> "Race to the bottom..." (Without Vista)
>>
>
> Asus seem to be appearing in numbers at the moment. I've two Asus mini
> machines here now, one doing mythtv and the other one as my desktop.
> Frankly, I've more confidence in these than I have in some of the
> "major" manufacturers producing something good. Asus have a lot of
> reasons to be very linux-compatible, HP, Acer and others are probably
> still being pulled from pillar to post.
Early talks about the Eee with Windows XP show that the cost would /DOUBLE/.
And that's after Microsoft discount. Oh, dear.
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~~ Best of wishes
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