-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 With other (regular) Laptops starting at around $500 or so, what is so special about the eeepc etc. Is it the tiny screen or something else?
Heracles Alex Samad wrote: | Is 512M really enough memory ? | | | On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 09:46:57PM +1100, elliott-brennan wrote: |> Hi David, |> |> I know, I was wondering about the price too. |> |> One of the links I found stated that the company claimed it was going to |> make it competitive with the eeepc - whatever that *really* means :) |> |> It's quite a quirky looking thing machine. I'm not sure about the |> 'transparent keyboard' though. I'd really have to see how irritating it |> was. |> |> Regards, |> |> Patrick |> |> David Gillies wrote: |>> elliott-brennan wrote: |>>> Hi all, |>>> |>>> Check out this site: |>>> |>>> http://ubuntu-watch.com/ |>>> |>>> A very interesting machine and a supposed competitor to the eeepc. |>> What about the price? Sure, the fact that the eeepc generated alot of |>> interest was due to it running linux but surely it was the price tag |>> that really made all the difference? Its not like it was the first umpc |>> on the market or anything. The price difference of atleast $2000 less |>> than other UMPCs on the market was a huge thing. |>> |>> If this Noahpad is sold around the same price point as the eeepc then |>> there'll probably be a battle (then again, I'm sure there's plenty of |>> other manufacturers working on eeepc-killers as we speak). |>> |> -- |> Registered GNU/Linux User 368634 |> -- |> SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ |> Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html |> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHgWKaybPcBAs9CE8RAjeeAJ9eST7dcHCAuBLOOF7/++MJOPvf2gCfTXKC JwNgAhXdty8xc+a9XjLU2vI= =Baco -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
