[mdlug] Asus EeePC

[Brandon]

There are a lot of different netbooks around now but they almost all 
consist of an Intel Atom N270 1.6Ghz processor, 1GB of DDR2 ram, an 8.9 
or 10.1" screen and some kind of wireless b/g card. 

I went with the Msi Wind U100 since it's got a 98% sized keyboard and a 
120gb drive.  I don't think the SSD pricepoint has really hit it's mark 
yet.  I've got Mint running on it since the pre-bundled version of XP 
died and it's working fine so far.  All in all they are nice little 
computers for basic stuff (internet, mplayer / vlc, some gaming).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSI_Wind_PC

If you've got a little more money and patience I would wait until the 
Samsung NC10 starts to become available.  Overall nicer design and it's 
got a supposedly anti-bacterial keyboard!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_NC10

Brandon

Jesse Salens wrote:
> I just purchased one as a gift for my children. It has a 1.6Ghz Intel Atom
> Processor, 2GB of ram and a 40G solid state drive. Wireless card is a
> Ralink. The Linux model comes with Debian and a custom KDE interface. If you
> need more hardware specs, I can dig them out.
>
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net>wrote:
>
>   
>> On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 14:24 -0500, R. Kannan wrote:
>>     
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know the hardware / os components of Asus EeePC?
>>>
>>> http://eeepc.asus.com/global/index.html
>>>
>>> Apparently it runs a linux distro.
>>>       
>>         It does, I saw them at Target of all places and I had to point out
>> the
>> penguin when my girlfriend was done saying how cool it was.
>> <
>> http://www.target.com/gp/search/176-9678599-0725546?field-keywords=eee&url=index%3Dtarget&ref=sr_bx_1_1&x=0&y=0>
>> I believe they're being marketed as the so called netbooks? Here's a good a
>> place as any to start <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> --
>> Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net>
>> http://petertheplumber.net
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