____/ Mark Kent on Monday 19 November 2007 16:23 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Asus Eee PC 4G sub-sub-notebook
>>
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>>| Linux buffs and geeks will love its sheer hackability. For two hundred
>>| quid, it's a perfect impulse buy for folk who love messing around with
>>| operating systems.
>> `----
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>> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/11/16/review_asus_eee_pc/
>>
>> Someone has already installed OS X, Ubuntu, and even Vista (proof of concept
>> only) on it.
>>
>
> If you read the followups, and you /believe/ them, then someone has
> installed Windows XP onto one, too. Personally, not only do I not
> believe it, but I don't think that there would be an economic case to do
> so - why would you spend more on the operating system, and then even
> more on the applications, than you did on the original hardware? And,
> how would you get it to run in such a tight space?
It's like the econmic scam where you get something cheap at first (think of
Vista Home/Basic Edition on a PC with 512MB of RAM), so you don't see the
effect of installments/upgrades. Never mind TCO (maintenance/acquisition).
I've just been cited by OLPCNews for my criticism of the Eee (Xandros).
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