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Archive for July 14, 2008
Asus Puts the Blame on the Lack of Linux Eee PC 901 in the UK to Intel’s Supply of ATOM CPU
Jul 14th
Linux-powered Eee PC 901 has quickly run out of stock in UK stores and that only the Windows version is still available. Before irate Linux fans who’ve been looking forward to getting their Eee PC 901 with the Linux OS, start thinking that Microsoft may have something to do with the scarcity of supply of the Linux models, Asus was quick to announced that they’ve got nobody to blame but Intel.
Register Hardware is reporting that Intel is faltering on the supply of Atom CPUs and that shipments of the Eee PC 901 to the UK has become too limited. In fact, the first shipment of the Eee PC 901 with Linux has already been sold out and Asus UK is now awaiting for the second shipment to arrive, sometime late July.
Now who says that Linux is not the key to the Eee PC Product line’s success?
Post from: Asus Eee PC – Blog.
Asus Puts the Blame on the Lack of Linux Eee PC 901 in the UK to Intel’s Supply of ATOM CPU
PC Pro – awards Acer Aspire One 4/5 stars
Jul 14th
Verdict: Acer’s Aspire one makes a splash. A great keyboard, a fine screen and a keen price make for a simply superb netbook.
Before we go any further, let’s get this out of the way; the Aspire one is absolutely gorgeous. It doesn’t share the HP Mini-Note’s extravagant metal shell, but slip it from its tiny box and it’s got curves in all the right places. Our review unit came in pearly white, but it’s also available in a rich shade of royal blue, a welcome contrast to the plain black and white of the Asus Eees. Whatever colour you eventually choose, though, the smooth lines and the little flash of colour on the lid’s hinges all coalesce into a surprisingly attractive whole.
And when you glance at the Acer Aspire one’s price, that surprise may just spill over into amazement. Where other manufacturers have ignored the Eee’s humble laptop-for-£200 beginnings, and consequently found that their £300+ price tags are treading on the toes of fully-fledged laptops, this, the most lowly of Acer’s five specifications, costs just £191. It also offers an assortment of hardware and vital statistics that easily trumps Asus’ most frugal of Eee PCs, the 701.
The basic specification consists of one of Intel’s Atom N270 processors running at 1.6GHz, 512MB RAM, an 8GB solid-state drive, 802.11bg networking and Linpus Linux Lite as the OS of choice. It’s not a specification to get the pulse racing – we’d have liked Draft-N and Bluetooth – but given the modest demands of Linpus’ OS, it’s still plenty enough for the core tasks expected of it – mail, word processing, internet browsing and media playback.
And, talking of the OS, Linpus Linux Lite shows some promise. The front end isn’t visually as neat as that of the Asus Eee, but it does much the same job. Programs are divided into four main headings: Connect, Work, Fun and Files. The usual suspects such as Mozilla Firefox and OpenOffice are present and correct and Asus has opted to use its own proprietary email client, dubbed Aspire one mail.
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Installing Windows Vista On The MSI Wind / Acer Aspire One
Jul 14th
TrustedReviews has a nice little guide how to install Microsoft Vista operating system onto the MSI WInd (same method applies for the Acer Aspire One as well.)
Though to be honest Vista even on a normal desktop PC doesn’t even run that well.
Anyhow the guide is here to read.
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