On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Heracles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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?
The size and portability mainly. The fact that it runs GNU/Linux hasn't hurt it either :) > Alex Samad wrote: > | Is 512M really enough memory ? For an 'appliance' type computer, absolutely. It starts to make a lot more sense if you compare it to other portable devices like phones and PDAs rather than to full-blown computers. Don't expect to do a huge amount of multi-tasking on it, but in terms of sheer convenience it's a winner. -- Your toaster doesn't crash. Your television doesn't crash. Why should your computer? http://www.linux.org.au/linux
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