[Malvern] eee pc

[Paul Potter]

I've found it on the PC World web site.

Paul

On 28/12/2007, Richard Forster <rick at forster.uklinux.net> wrote:
>
> 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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