Article from ZDNet Australia - the news that ASUS is to sell it’s Eee PC with Windows XP. The first time I saw one of these it was being used in a seminar to run ‘powerpoint’ style presentations and the presenter gave a really compelling demonstration on just how good low cost hardware bundled with open source software can be. 
While I use Linux at home it is still not popular with my children as they do not use it at school. The school uses XP and an older version of Office. This year however we have to get serious at home in providing a good computer for the kids. Perhaps something like the Eee with XP is the answer - and it looks pretty cool too.
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This week, NEWS.com.au road-tests the tiny Asus Eee laptop to find out if it’s really as easy as it looks: http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23388390-5014108,00.html
Hi Joanna,
Nice to see a review that includes some ‘reviewers’ from the target audience. I have seen the Eee demonstrated but haven’t had any ‘hands on’ experience with it until recently. I got a chance to have a bit of a play in a shop, My initial impressions were based on it’s size - it is small, especially the keyboard if you have large hands. Fair enough the screen is small but that’s what you get in this sort of market really. I found the user interface to be very simple and easy to use - maybe that has a bit to do with the number of linux environments that I have worked with though.
Cheers,
Jerry.
I don’t get why your kids don’t like linux for that reason?
I never use linux at school but i use linux and osx at home. So what’s stopping them?
Hi Matt,
I guess it comes down to personal preferences and ease of use for them in the end. They have the choice of using either and at the moment, choose Windows over Linux.
Cheers,
Jerry.
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ASUS Eee PC Running XP From April
Microsoft Windows XP fans will be happy to learn that the new ASUS Eee PC laptop / notebook PCs will be shipping with Windows XP as of April 9th.
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