Windows XP On Asus Eee PC
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| Remember yesterday when we discovered that the Windows-powered Asus Eee PC
| would cost the same as its Linux-powered counterpart?
|
| [...]
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| There is a Microsoft tax to be paid, it seems.
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| [...] it turns out that the Windows version is missing the memory card slot.
[...]
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| The other notable difference is that the Eee PC powered by Windows XP gets a
| one year warranty, whereas the Linux version gets two years. Strangely, the
| spec sheet also says that the Windows version does not support MPEGs. That
| can’t be right, can it?
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http://www.htlounge.net/article/5795/windows-xp-on-asus-eee-pc/
And that's despite considerable discounts given to Asustek by Microsoft.
Recent:
Microsoft's SEC:
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| A prominent example of open source software is the Linux operating system...
| To the extent open source software gains increasing market acceptance, sales
| of our products may decline, we may have to reduce the prices we charge for
| our products, and revenue and operating margins may consequently decline.
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http://www. microsoft.com/msft/SEC/default.mspx
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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