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Our Blogs The BeerFiles Asus Eee PC sails into Australia - part 2
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| Written by Stan Beer | |
| Sunday, 04 November 2007 | |
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Page 1 of 2 As a user who is in the process of migrating all my office systems fromWindows XP to Ubuntu Linux, I can assure you that the last thing Iwould want to see is an attempt to run that overbloated operatingsystem Vista on a sub-notebook like the Eee PC. Heck, many desktopsstruggle with it. What I was referring to with my remarks was the fact that Asus itselfhas indicated that it plans to release a version of the Eee PC withVista. For me, that seems totally stupid and would simply add to thecost and processor overheads of the device - just think of theadditional security overheads that would be required for a start. Now, let's move on to my two main criticisms of the Eee PC. It doesn'thave enough storage and it doesn't have a DVD player. Yet, Asus ismarketing the Eee PC as a device for work, entertainment and education. I can almost feel the fanboys' hackles rising! Sorry guys, but 4GB of storage for a notebook PC - even a sub-notebook- just isn't enough these days if you want to put some seriousapplications and files up, not to mention downloads. Yes, I know youhave the card reader and three USB 2.0 ports, but we're talking nativestorage. Even the iPhone and new Nokia 95 smartphone now provide 8GB -which still isn't enough for a notebook. I would think that 64GB wouldbe about right if we're talking Flash RAM. I can almost hear the screams of protest resonating from the ether! Why? |
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