Asus Eee PC ... the story continues ...
Picking through my feeds today I notice on Joe Dale's blog a news feature from The Telegraph about a 'grown-up' version of the original ... you could call it Asus 2 ! The video is of the Gadget Inspectors (!!) It now has a 9" screen and runs ... wait for it ... WINDOWS !! ... and the 'new' price £329 ( I am sure I heard that right) ... now for £277.55 I can buy an HP 530 - Celeron M 520 1.6 GHz - 15.4" TFT and I suspect many other full laptops.
From the original £169 version the price has now doubled and the claim is 3hr battery life. Now I have an original and if I get 1hr with the WIFI on I think that is good.
I am not doubting the powerful kit ... and I do like mine ... but at twice the price i think I might think ...
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posted by Doug @ 15:19
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2 Comments:
I watched the video and the words damning,praise and faint come to mind. They have the wrong audience in mind too.
The original, even with it's smaller screen is a great tool for the Primary classroom where recharging after half a mornings work need not be as much of a challenge as running out of power on an East Midlands train when you still have work to do!
But at the new price, whatever it's features I too would go for the cheap 15 inch laptop.
I want to install some new programs to my asus linux 2g from the command line, but can't figure out how to do it.... are you linux-savvy?
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