Comments on: Asus Eee – a truly cheap UMPC http://www.forevergeek.com/2007/08/asus_eee_-_a_truly_cheap_umpc/ Nerds are for Dorks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:04:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By:   Asus Eee could be the cheapest UMPC till date by DDSquare.com http://www.forevergeek.com/2007/08/asus_eee_-_a_truly_cheap_umpc/#comment-16769   Asus Eee could be the cheapest UMPC till date by DDSquare.com Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:12:46 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/gadgets/asus_eee_-_a_truly_cheap_umpc.php#comment-16769 [...] [ForeverGeeks] asus eee umpc cheapest small travelsPopularity: unranked [...] [...] [ForeverGeeks] asus eee umpc cheapest small travelsPopularity: unranked [...]

]]> By: Super Jamie http://www.forevergeek.com/2007/08/asus_eee_-_a_truly_cheap_umpc/#comment-16768 Super Jamie Sun, 19 Aug 2007 11:35:24 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/gadgets/asus_eee_-_a_truly_cheap_umpc.php#comment-16768 I've been following this product since its' inception, and I declare it to be the UMPC of great win and epic success. Yes, it will come with Linux, a custom distro based on Xandros, including OOo, Antivirus, Palm support, TuxPaint, Firefox, Skype, etc etc. It will incorporate a simple "tabbed interface" similar to the old Apple "At Ease" desktop. However, one can switch to a full window manager desktop if desired. Asus also say Windows XP runs perfectly in their testing. The screen size does seem to be a bit of a let down, however there will be a 10" version available (at greater cost), as well as 4-, 8- and 16Gb solid-state disk drives available (as well as a 32Gb for the 10" version). Check out the Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC and this hands-on demo that HotHardware played with http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/Hands_on_with_the_ASUS_Eee/ I really really want one of these things!!! I’ve been following this product since its’ inception, and I declare it to be the UMPC of great win and epic success.

Yes, it will come with Linux, a custom distro based on Xandros, including OOo, Antivirus, Palm support, TuxPaint, Firefox, Skype, etc etc. It will incorporate a simple “tabbed interface” similar to the old Apple “At Ease” desktop. However, one can switch to a full window manager desktop if desired. Asus also say Windows XP runs perfectly in their testing.

The screen size does seem to be a bit of a let down, however there will be a 10″ version available (at greater cost), as well as 4-, 8- and 16Gb solid-state disk drives available (as well as a 32Gb for the 10″ version).

Check out the Wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC
and this hands-on demo that HotHardware played with
http://www.hothardware.com/Articles/Hands_on_with_the_ASUS_Eee/

I really really want one of these things!!!

]]> By: turn.self.off http://www.forevergeek.com/2007/08/asus_eee_-_a_truly_cheap_umpc/#comment-16767 turn.self.off Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:31:07 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/gadgets/asus_eee_-_a_truly_cheap_umpc.php#comment-16767 iirc, it will be running linux, with a special gui on top that allows for simple selection of the most common functions. but it will also have a standard kde desktop available that one can switch to with the click of a icon in the gui. looking forward to it, for i hope to have a setup where my browsing and email is done on a laptop, and this will fit nicely, while gaming is done on a dedicated desktop machine. iirc, it will be running linux, with a special gui on top that allows for simple selection of the most common functions.

but it will also have a standard kde desktop available that one can switch to with the click of a icon in the gui.

looking forward to it, for i hope to have a setup where my browsing and email is done on a laptop, and this will fit nicely, while gaming is done on a dedicated desktop machine.

]]> By: shawn http://www.forevergeek.com/2007/08/asus_eee_-_a_truly_cheap_umpc/#comment-16766 shawn Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:56:28 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/gadgets/asus_eee_-_a_truly_cheap_umpc.php#comment-16766 it seems perfect for a systems administrator who needs a light, small, portable pc to run a command line only linux/unix install for configuring boxes, switches, doing maintenance, etc., out in the field. beats paying for and carrying a full size laptop for a 10 minute job. it is plenty powerful to run debian without a gui. it seems perfect for a systems administrator who needs a light, small, portable pc to run a command line only linux/unix install for configuring boxes, switches, doing maintenance, etc., out in the field.

beats paying for and carrying a full size laptop for a 10 minute job.

it is plenty powerful to run debian without a gui.

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