Americans Snagging the ASUS Eee PC 900. Where is Ours?!
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| Abramson described the system as a lot sleeker than his original 4G. The
| screen is a huge improvement; he is much happier with the sizing of Web pages
| in the built-in browser. He even claims the system, running Xandros Linux, is
| performing faster.
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http://blog.laptopmag.com/americans-snagging-the-asus-eee-pc-900-where-is-ours
Linux vs. Windows Metrics -- Nothing Is Quite What It Seems To Be
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| What usually makes Linux painful or impossible for the average Joe or Jane
| user is the task of installation and configuration. Asus took away that pain
| by offering a very attractive little box at a good price with an easy to use,
| ready to go Linux installation. Now the trick is getting Joe or Jane user to
| seriously consider that the Xandros Linux version, if they did their own cost
| vs. benefit analysis, really is the better choice and not just because it
| boots up faster.
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http://www.oreillynet.com/linux/blog/2008/05/linux_vs_windows_metrics_nothi.html?CMP=OTC-0O724Z062301&ATT=Linux+vs+Windows+Metrics--Nothing+Is+Quite+What+It+Seems+To+Be
Recent:
Linux Eee PC Far Faster Than Windows Version
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| Startup
| Linux: 30 seconds - Windows: 54 seconds
| Launching Firefox
| Linux: 4 seconds - Windows: 16 seconds
| Shutdown
| Linux: 6 seconds - Windows: 68 seconds
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http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2008/04/21/linux-eee-pc-far-faster-than-windows-version/
Asustek to Share Eee PC at Taiwan Open Source Summit
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| So far, Asustek said it has sold a million of the low-cost laptops, but it
| declined to break down the number of Linux versions sold versus the number of
| Eee PCs sold with Microsoft Windows XP.
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| The Linux OS has allowed the company to keep prices down on the laptops in
| two ways. First, open-source software comes at little or no cost, and second
| because the streamlined OS requires a bare minimum of hardware to run. It's
| been the same story as for the One Laptop Per Child Foundation (OLPC), which
| also uses a Linux OS in its XO laptop.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144927/asustek_to_share_eee_pc_at_taiwan_open_source_summit.html
Related:
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
Microsoft can't even give it away
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| To sweeten the pill, there is also a considerable price incentive in buying a
| basic portable with GNU/Linux installed as opposed to one with Windows XP,
| which not only costs about 30 per cent more, but also has the nerve to
| require more storage space and memory.
| Firefox.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/11/microsoft-give-away
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