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Early Look At ASUS Eee PC 901 With Intel Atom CPU

Posted by Soulskill on from the chip-off-the-old-block dept.

Might E. Mouse writes "Reviews are hitting the net for the first Intel Atom-powered netbooks, and TrustedReviews has posted one for the ASUS Eee PC 901 20G Linux Edition. Has ASUS won the Atom(ic) war before it even started? With features like Wireless-N and a 6600mAh battery good for four to seven hours, that might well be the case. TR rated it highly, but I'm going to wait for their MSI Wind review before making a purchase — their first look at the Wind showed a better keyboard and larger storage." An anonymous reader notes that despite the increased capabilities, the 901 debuts at a lower cost than its predecessor.

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  1. Re:FOSS is working as intended by abirdman · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Gates only wrote the BASIC interpreter (which almost no one used), and licensed the operating system-- a CPM alternative, because the guy who wrote CPM wouldn't talk to IBM-- from elsewhere (Seattle Computers?). He was a lucky guy in the right place at the right time. IBM *invented* the PC-- meaning they made the market for it. Since then he's been prescient enough to recognize trends (windowing GUI's, the internet browser, office applications, email) after the fact and hop onto the bandwagon soon enough to own the bandwagon in a short time.

    I have my own thoughts about Gates' wealth, but please don't give him credit for things he most certainly didn't do.

    --
    Everything I've ever learned the hard way was based on a statistically invalid sample.
  2. Re:FOSS is working as intended by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I had forgotten that Bill Gates invented the PC, and the information superhighway. All this time I thought Steve Wozniak invented the personal computer in the mid-70s.

  3. Re:FOSS is working as intended by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    yeah i don't think bill gates has written any software in the last 10 years. probably more.

  4. AND lacks Pixel Qi's sunlight readable screen by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    These NetBook devices are still using too much electricity (where is the OLPC-like versions with the slower processor that lasts longer). A comment from a reviewer just back from Computex had all these with the Atom Processor running just a little bit too hot (fan then uses too much power too).
    See:
    http://www.pixelqi.com/
    This is the licensing & R&D company that was launched by the former OLPC CTO. The products listed here are what we really want in a mobile device.