Comments on: The Eee PC is here

The tiny commercial laptop aimed at children comes to the U.S. for the first time.

I can get a real laptop for $399

by Troll Hard November 1, 2007 3:54 PM PDT

with rebates.

Make this thing cost $100 as promised and then poor people in the world can afford it.

Misconceptions
by feranick November 1, 2007 4:34 PM PDT: 1. This thing is mainly for developed countries.

2. Name a device of comparable size, weight that you can get for the same amount of money. (I'll give you a hint: zero). What you can get with the same money are heavy boxes, of which this device is not a competitor.; Like this View reply Hide reply
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by liveincloud December 18, 2008 1:50 PM PST: Get the base version for a low $200 then use Firefox to register for a free Web Computer to extend memory usage.

http://lifehacker.com/5112479/airset-creates-cloud-computers-for-your-data; Like this

8G
by czmyt November 1, 2007 5:16 PM PDT: I'm gonna wait for the 8G that is supposed to have 1GB of RAM and 8GB of flash memory. If they get that working with a stripped-down version of Windows XP, then it might be a nice little take-everywhere laptop. The fact that it doesn't have the moving parts of a conventional hard disk is nice, so is the very small size and hopefully quick startup time due to the solid state flash memory.; Like this Reply to this comment

well still too expensive!

by sjoh November 1, 2007 7:38 PM PDT

but I think it's good starting point. I am pre-sure that Acer can sell for $200, retailers gotta make some money I guess!

but it's good deal
by sjoh November 1, 2007 7:51 PM PDT: b/c you can't find any laptop with similar spec at that price. @feranick@ made really good point!; Like this

Can we get RHEL/CentOS

by bobcode November 1, 2007 9:14 PM PDT

Now to get RHEL/CentOS on the 2GB drive version with full WiFi support, VIM and XFCE?

gaping hole in the market
by ArtInvent November 2, 2007 6:55 AM PDT: I think this is as much for adults as for kids. There is basically a huge gaping hole in the market for a micro-laptop. The ultra-mobile pc has never really taken off because they try to make them a little too small and they try to make too much money off of them. When you can buy a real perfectly useful conventional 14" notebook for $500-600 at any office outlet, there's a pretty tiny segment of people who would spend a grand on a UMPC. And 12" ultra-portables tend to be way to expensive and, really, still too large to tote around just anywhere.

A good micro laptop will be a real laptop. Asus and Palm Foleo and all the others are WRONG on insisting that 'It's not a laptop.' It will have at least 8G drive because you're going to run music and photos on it. It will have 1GB ram, and be able to run ANY pc/linux software. It will have a 10" screen and be the same size as the eeePC. It will cost never more than $400. The eeePC is almost there and in fact by using the open pc card slot to double the flash mem. it would be close except for price and screen size. Then next gen. of eeePC will be there and it will be awesome.; Like this

Stick to the announced $200 price!
by andrewdel November 18, 2007 10:41 AM PST: Stick to the announced $200 price! Stick to Linux,
it works! We don't need Windows!; Like this Reply to this comment


by liveincloud December 18, 2008 1:47 PM PST: I don't think memory will be an issue with these new Netbooks given the emerging cloud computing market. You can use Firefox on one of these machines and register for a free Web Computer at http://www.airset.com to use it like a PC. Here's a quick brief on AirSet from a credible source:

http://lifehacker.com/5112479/airset-creates-cloud-computers-for-your-data; Like this Reply to this comment