According to the latest news on the Web, the shipment of netbooks featuring a Linux OS has dropped dramatically in favor of machines that run Microsoft Windows XP. The percentage of such ultra-portable mobile PCs is quite high, reaching 90% of the total netbook shipments registered by some of the largest industry pla... |
19 December 2008
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Based on the Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS (Hardy Heron) and compatible with its repositories, the Ubuntu Eee 8.04.1 operating system has been released today, and it is optimized for the tiny Asus Eee PC. The new version introduces a new interface, supports even more Asus Eee PCs than before, boots faster, and takes up less spac... |
8 September 2008
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The first Asus Eee PC (Eee 700 series) was introduced on October 16, 2007 in Taiwan at COMPUTEX Taipei 2007. Back then, the tiny computer was powered by a Linux-based operating system called Xandros (Debian-based distro), a 4 GB solid-state drive, a 900 Mhz Intel Celeron Mobile CPU and 512 MB of RAM. There were two m... |
12 June 2008
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Microsoft managed to get the Windows operating system on the ASUS Eee PC, but neither Windows XP Service Pack 3 nor Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Instead, Parag Garg, Program Manager in the Embedded Windows team, experimented with Windows XP Embedded and the Eee PC. The Eee PC comes with a 900MHz Intel Celeron Proces... |
7 April 2008
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Best Buy, a company based in Richfield, Minnesota, USA, started selling Asus Eee PCs, subnotebooks that use the Xandros Linux distribution, on their online shop, as linuxhow2.com notes.Last year, Asus sold more than 300,000 copies of the small Linux laptop. The company has a very optimistic view for this year, predic... |
28 February 2008
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The Eee PC sold great last year, and continues to sell even better. Many sub-notebook fans can hardly wait for the next-generation of Asustek's ultra-mobile Eee. While the Asus Eee PC is getting more and more popular, rumors regarding the premature wearing out of its different hardware components are frightening... |
16 January 2008
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What more can you do with a successful product, that needs no fixing or refurbishing? The answer is simple: improve it. The guys at Asustek surely know how to deal with the business: following in the footsteps of another successful business, the iPod, the Taiwanese notebook manufacturer decided to release a new line ... |
4 January 2008
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Who would have thought that low-price, low performance notebooks would sky-rocket sales figures, since PC users are obsessed with performance? Well, it seems that Asus did, and their Eee sub-notebook line sold gold last year and was the most wanted present to be found under the Christmas tree. Asus has greater plans ... |
3 January 2008
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