[NBLUG/talk] EEEPc

steven smith sjs at sonic.net
Wed Jul 2 12:15:48 PDT 2008


Sean wrote:
>> Do you have a URL for this unit?  My main attraction to the EEE was
>> that it was small enough that it wasn't a pain in the butt to drag
>> across campus to meetings.  Where my XPS1210 was light, it took to
>> long to boot up, so that was the second attraction, quick power up,
>> and shutdowns.  But I am always on the look out for better toys..
> Slightly off-topic, but I found a £99 laptop (called "the ONE") by
> Elonex yesterday on Reuters video:
> http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=77266&videoChannel=6
> 
> Also: http://gadgetguruz.freehostia.com/2008/02/19/99-pounds-laptop-from-elonex-uk/
> 
> About $200 US, but only has a 1GB flash drive (a 2GB model is
> available). Seems comparable to the Eee PC except for the storage
> space and that it runs Linux OS. [Now it's obvious that Eee runs linux
> also, but they are different distros. I'm not sure which one.]
> 
> 
Here's the mfg. home page:
http://www.elonexone.co.uk/
Steve S.



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