[Klug-general] Is the worm slowly turning?

[Colin McCarthy]

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 11:07 AM, Martin A. Brooks <martin at antibodymx.net> wrote:
> Karl Lattimer wrote:
>>
>> However, I'd say this, for highly customised OS's on specialist hardware
>> like eeepc its just right.
>
> The EEE isn't specialist hardware, it's very generic x86 kit.

I would agree with Karl L. I think it is specialist hardware.  A 7
inch screen and a SSD is not really generic when you look at all the
other trillions of 14inch notebooks with 120Gb drives on the market.
For a while the eeePC was unique and special in the market place.  Yes
other companies like Sony made small laptops, but they were still more
generic and mainstream than the eeePC.

I think the term Netbook, as a lot of these new devices are being
called is very correct. Most of the shortcuts on the simple eeePC GUI
screen are for web applications which don't take much CPU, RAM or HD
space to use.

>> They've upped the
>> specs to run XP on eeepc, and even then its pre-configured to be retarded
>> by default. So what hope would they have with vista+.
>>
>
> I run XP and Linux on my EEE, XP works remarkably well.

I have used XP on a eeePC, and while it does run, I don't think it is
as usable as the simple OS that comes as standard on the eeePC.  We
have 32 eeePc's at school.  We thought about putting XP on them, but
decided that the simple GUI was better, easier and quicker for the
students to use in class.

And do you know they love it :-)  A few have asked me questions on
what it runs, so I am now just waiting for some Ubuntu CD's to turn up
so I can get (the interested ones) running Linux on their home PC's.
Even just on a Live CD first.

Colin