[Malvern] eee pc

[Richard Forster]

I've not had Paul's email arrive for me yet but I can read it in what 
Geoff replied to. £200. Remember, this is the 2GB version (though 
exactly how it differs from the 4GB version remains unclear, it 
certainly did NOT have a webcam though. Can't recall the RAM.)

Geoff: As stated in the original message. A custom version of the 
Xandros distribution is loaded by default.


Geoff Bagley wrote:
> Just for curiosity,  what is the operating system ?
> 
> Geoff
> 
> 
> 
> Paul Potter wrote:
>> PC World? Oh man, the last place I expected to have them. I'll have to 
>> check one out. How much was it?
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On 28/12/2007, *Richard Forster* < rick at forster.uklinux.net 
>> <mailto:rick at forster.uklinux.net>> wrote:
>>
>>     Yo
>>
>>     I had a chance to play with one of those teeny little Asus EEE PCs
>>     today
>>     and I was jolly impressed. The custom Xandros distro is very
>>     similar to
>>     the GUI on my old Zaurus PDA and fits the simple nature of the device
>>     quite well. That saying, I'd probably put a std distro on it if I
>>     could
>>     be sure of getting all the hardware working.
>>
>>     The black borders on the side of the display where the speakers 
>> are do
>>     not seem obtrusive and the screen is fine as it is. The rumoured 10"
>>     screen might be nice but isn't necessary (and it would use more
>>     power).
>>
>>     The keyboard is about as small as it can be and still be useful, 
>> those
>>     with fatter fingers than me might not get on well with it.
>>
>>     I would have liked to have tested it for things like multimedia
>>     playback
>>       as it ships with mplayer, but I couldn't find any movie files
>>     already
>>     in the flash and didn't want to spend too long tapping away at a
>>     console.
>>
>>     If it wasn't for that fact that PC World[1] only had the 2GB
>>     version in
>>     stock I might well have bought one.
>>
>>     Rick
>>
>>     [1] I know. Sorry.
>>
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