[clug] Anyone used or seen the Asus Eeepc yet? [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Lana Brindley]

2008/6/27 Roppola, Antti - BRS <Antti.Roppola at brs.gov.au>:

> I know of a number of people who have bought them and love them.
> Lots of them have installed Ubuntu. Good value for the money.
>
> No gripes have filtered back and most have had them since Christmas.
>
> My other half overheard the sales dude at JB suggesting one as a
> solution for a grey nomad couple, including installing Ubuntu instead. :o)
>

Go the JB guy! Unlike the guy in Myer when I was looking around for mine,
who looks at me warily and says, "they run Linux, you know".

:)

L


>
> Antti
>
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> Subject: [clug] Anyone used or seen the Asus Eeepc yet?
>
> Hi All,
>
> I'm looking for a very light weight computer for travel.  I saw the Asus
> EeePC advertised.  It appears to have (with options):
>
> Custom Linux based on Xandros Distribution Intel Celeron M 900 Processor
> 1GB DDR2 667MHz Memory 20GB (4GB built-in +16GB flash) SSD 8.9" LCD 1024x600
> 1.3MP Web Camera VGA Out 802.11b/g Wireless 10/100 Ethernet Battery Life:
> Upto 3hrs
> Weight: from 0.99kg
>
> I may replace the Linux with something else.  I expect I can use this for
> browsing and documents plus connect to a larger LCD screen for at home.
>
> Has anyone used it?  Anything I should be wary of?
>
> Ta.
>
>
> John
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