Jacinta, Apologies for the top posting. For some reason my Evolution mailer refuses to allow me to reply without locking up so I have had to resort to mail2web.
I am an Asus reseller and have been aggrieved to find that the Linux based 901 is not being imported into Australia, probably because in the scheme of things, our market is very small. So it's 901 for Windows (with bluetooth and 12Gb HDD) and 900 for Linux (no bluetooth and 20Gb HDD). I took delivery of my 900 Linux unit on Monday and I am not disappointed. The extra ram and HDD is a godsend (4Gb for system and 15Gb for home - 1Gb for recovery I think). The 9" screen makes all of the difference in the world in the usability stakes. Microphone in lid beside the webcam and speakers underneath. Battery lasts at least twice as long as before. In Oz, we never did see the selection of colours that have been available (pink, green, blue etc) so I guess we are stuck with whatever Asus Australia thinks they can sell comfortably. Regards, Rick Phillips Original Message: ----------------- From: Jacinta Richardson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:46:52 +1000 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] Subject: Re: [SLUG] eee pc 900 (20080709) David Andresen wrote: > Have you considered the eeepc 901 ( linux installed) ? > > You may have to wait a bit. Do you know how long? I've spoken to ASUS and they've recommended retailers who haven't even heard of the Linux one. Apparently it might not be released in Australia yet, but ASUS wasn't able to tell me that. I've spent the last month looking for someone in Australia selling the 901 with Linux pre-installed to no avail. I could buy it from Hong Kong, but that'll cost me an additional $100AUD which seems kind of pointless, seeing as how I can get the Windows 901 already and just buy an SD card. J -- ("`-''-/").___..--''"`-._ | Jacinta Richardson | `6_ 6 ) `-. ( ).`-.__.`) | Perl Training Australia | (_Y_.)' ._ ) `._ `. ``-..-' | +61 3 9354 6001 | _..`--'_..-_/ /--'_.' ,' | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (il),-'' (li),' ((!.-' | www.perltraining.com.au | -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://link.mail2web.com/mail2web -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
