With so many other things I need and want to purchase, I have been eyeing up the ASUS Eee PC from NewEgg. A neat little working laptop for $300. I really think it is a cool little laptop to have.
Just thinking out loud.
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Welcome to the club. At a client site last week I saw one up close and in person. The guy had even gotten WinXP on it. It was a snappy little machine. After not having any MUST have items announced at MacWorld this has perculated back up to near the top of my “Want It” list.
Welcome to the club. At a client site last week I saw one up close and in person. The guy had even gotten WinXP on it. It was a snappy little machine. After not having any MUST have items announced at MacWorld this has perculated back up to near the top of my “Want It” list.
I almost fell out of my chair. For a second there, I thought you posted a picture of a MacBook.
I almost fell out of my chair. For a second there, I thought you posted a picture of a MacBook.
OMG… it’s soooo cute!
OMG… it’s soooo cute!
Hm. That’s a nice looking little machine…and Myles really wants a laptop… (LOL — or as he used to say when he was really little… “a nwaptop”).
Hm. That’s a nice looking little machine…and Myles really wants a laptop… (LOL — or as he used to say when he was really little… “a nwaptop”).
Paul: There’s documentation on running WinXP on it, but I would probably go another route if I were to not run the custom build of Xandros on it.
AH: A MacBook? Girl, PLEASE!
pigtown*design: And inexpensive!
Carol: For a kid, it’s probably not a bad laptop. That’s part of the market that they are trying to capture.
Paul: There’s documentation on running WinXP on it, but I would probably go another route if I were to not run the custom build of Xandros on it.
AH: A MacBook? Girl, PLEASE!
pigtown*design: And inexpensive!
Carol: For a kid, it’s probably not a bad laptop. That’s part of the market that they are trying to capture.
Isn’t that related to the once-proposed $100 laptop for children in third world countries, that ran on a Linux platform and was powered by winding it up? Man, I love the idea of a windup laptop.
Just looked it up: it’s powered by either hand crank OR solar power! WOW! But it doesn’t look like the one you mentioned after all.
Isn’t that related to the once-proposed $100 laptop for children in third world countries, that ran on a Linux platform and was powered by winding it up? Man, I love the idea of a windup laptop.
Just looked it up: it’s powered by either hand crank OR solar power! WOW! But it doesn’t look like the one you mentioned after all.
John: As your search found, you are thinking of the OLPC–One Laptop Per Child. The Eee PC is ASUS entry into the ultraportable and inexpensive laptop market–it uses a solid state drive, has little storage, uses a custom version of Linux, and is meant primarily as a web-surfing email machine. It can also be used for mesh networking, but I digress.
OLPC is interesting, but it really does not quite achieve its end since you need to buy 2 OLPC laptops to get one to go to a child.
John: As your search found, you are thinking of the OLPC–One Laptop Per Child. The Eee PC is ASUS entry into the ultraportable and inexpensive laptop market–it uses a solid state drive, has little storage, uses a custom version of Linux, and is meant primarily as a web-surfing email machine. It can also be used for mesh networking, but I digress.
OLPC is interesting, but it really does not quite achieve its end since you need to buy 2 OLPC laptops to get one to go to a child.
OLPC now XO is a neat idea, but after playing with a VM of the OS I figured it was for me. I’m tempted by the Eee but can’t bring myself to purchase one yet.
OLPC now XO is a neat idea, but after playing with a VM of the OS I figured it was for me. I’m tempted by the Eee but can’t bring myself to purchase one yet.
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