No, it's more like a Psion Netbook http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/notebooks/0,1000000333,39116901,00.htm
On 8/1/07, Fred James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Garl Grigsby wrote: > > > Mr O wrote: > > > >> Why don't we look at the fact that a 14" screen by itself is > >> $300 or more dollars at the retail level. At least $100 on the > >> OEM level in lots of many thousands. A Celeron M will likely > >> outperform a Via C7. The only way to get the cost even down to > >> something like $300 complete would be to have everything > >> soldered on. As the Slashdot article discussion says you can be > >> darn sure it is a scam. Now, if Woot were selling it..... > >> > >> FWIW, even Dell and Walmart's lowest priced laptop is $450. > >> Really can't take off more than $100 for Windows. Even the Asus > >> eePC or whatever it is will cost $299. > >> > > > > Well, here is more fuel for the fire. Here are more details on Asus' > > forth coming 3e PC. I'm rather excited about this unit. I think this > > would make a great mobile toy. Especially considering more and more of > > what I do is hosted somewhere else. Give me a web browser and a SSH > > client and I should be good to go. > > > > ---- > > > > The Eee PC is running a version of Intel's 910 mobile chipset, it uses > > a 900MHz Intel Dothan based Pentium M CPU, it has 512MB of DDR2 > > memory, full 802.11g wireless capability, and a flash-based hard > > drive. There will be at least two different models of the Eee PC, with > > the $199 version using a 4GB flash hard drive and the $299 version > > using a 8GB drive. > > > > > > Specs > > > > 1. CPU - 900MHz Intel Dothan based Pentium M > > 2. RAM - 512MB of DDR2 (no upgrade possible) > > 3. Wirless - 802.11g > > 4. Hard disk - Flash-based hard drive ($199 for 4GB model, $299 for > > 8GB model) > > 5. Weight: .89 kilograms > > 6. Battery - Approx - 3 hours life > > 7. Misc - 4 USB 2.0, VGA output, 10/100 Ethernet, 56K phone modem > > > > Source: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/asus-cheap-linux-laptop.html > > More Details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC > > 7 inch display? Not much drive space? No CD or DVD? Oh, is it a big > blackberry? > Regards > Fred James > _______________________________________________ > EUGLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug > _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
