Showing posts with label asus eee pc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label asus eee pc. Show all posts
09 June 2009

Microsoft's Pyrrhic Victory in the Netbook War

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The rise of the netbook has been an extraordinary saga. When the Asus Eee PC was first launched at the end of 2007, it seemed to come from n...
02 June 2009

Anathematising Abject, Apologetic Asus

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I've always praised Asus for coming up with their innovative Eee PC form factor, and for really building on the strengths of GNU/Linux; ...
07 January 2009

ARMing GNU/Linux Netbooks for Success in 2009

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One of the surprises of 2008 was the runaway success of the ultaportable/netbook form factor. Now that systems running Windows XP are availa...
22 October 2008

Welcome Back, Old Fruit

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The Apricot brand for computers goes back a long way - I was there, unfortunately. Remarkably, it consistently managed to misread the marke...
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17 October 2008

What a Difference a Year Can Make

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Talking of ultraportables, can it really be just a year that they've been around? Apparently : ASUS sold over 350,000 Eee PCs in the fo...
08 October 2008

Windows XP Ultraportables - Free Virus Included

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Yet another reason to buy the GNU/Linux version: Asus has admitted that some of the its Eee Box desktop mini PCs have shipped with a virus....
04 September 2008

Why the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Doesn't Really Deliver

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Although I still think it's of great symbolic value, the Dell Inspiron Mini 9 is disappointing – and I'm not just talking about the ...
25 August 2008

Attack of the GNU/Linux Ultraportables, Part 2

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On Open Enterprise blog .
08 August 2008

The Sun Shines on Asus

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What struck me about this article in the Sun about Asus was how it took its readership's acquaintance with GNU/Linux for granted: Inte...
22 July 2008

CherryPal Cloud-Ripe?

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The Asus Eee PC was a precursor of this idea : The C100 runs an embedded customized version of the Debian Linux operating system, but the ma...
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25 June 2008

Eee PC + Debian = Ultraportable Heaven?

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I think the Asus Eee PC is a fab - and significant - machine, but have never really liked the Xandros distro it uses. Imagine how much bett...
04 June 2008

The Ultimate Ultraportable?

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On Open Enterprise blog .
03 June 2008

Microsoft Backtracks Further on Windows XP

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This is getting truly hilarious : Microsoft has further extended the life of Windows XP so that computer makers can include the operating sy...
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02 June 2008

Opening the Floodgates

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One thing I've never understood is why more low-cost PC manufacturers don't routinely include free software with their offerings. A...

Not Just a Flash in the Pan

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On Open Enterprise blog .
12 May 2008

Why is Microsoft Poking the EU in the Eye?

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On Open Enterprise blog .
05 May 2008

Czy Spadające Ceny Pamięci Flash Zagrażają Microsoft?

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One for my Polish readers (with thanks to Iwo Hencz ).
03 May 2008

Xandros: Good News, Bad News

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The good news : Xandros is known for its Windows-like Linux distribution, which has been dubbed by one DesktopLinux reviewer as "the be...
01 May 2008

Asus Eee PC: Just the Facts

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I've written much about the rise of ultraportables, but it's nice to have hard numbers as well as the hand waving. Here are some f...
25 April 2008

The Ultimate Ultraportable List

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Lost in the deluge of GNU/Linux ultraportable announcements? Me too. Here's a consolidate list that might help.