____/ LR on Thursday 24 January 2008 22:47 : \____
>> Asus put out a very small laptop last year called the eee pc. It runs a
>> variety of Xandros. I suggested that a friend get one so he could check
>> email and use websites that run Java apps when out of his house. So he
>> did and he loves it.
>>
>> He loves the reactions he gets from people at pubs when he sits at the bar
>> using it. He two sons, ages 10 and 18. I asked him how they liked using
>> it and to my astonishment, he said the boys couldn't use it. He said he
>> didn't want it getting "all gunked up with spyware, viruses and adware"
>> from visiting dodgy websites, opening random attachments and downloading
>> sketchy software like has happened to every other computer he's let them
>> use.
>>
>> I tried to explain how unlikely that was with his Xandros OS, but he
>> wouldn't believe me! Besides, he likes having an excuse to keep the Eee
>> pc to himself!
>
> Cool. Can you install XP on it?
Yes, but you can also install DOS. Why would you?
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