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Asus To Phase Out Sub-10" Eee PCs

Posted by Soulskill on from the taking-the-sub-out-of-subnotebook dept.

jeevesbond writes "The Register reports that Asus president Jerry Shen has revealed his company will be phasing out all sub-10" Eee PCs. According to Shen, the 'standard' netbook next year will be a 10" model with a hard drive running XP. Shen also said XP is outselling GNU/Linux on netbooks by a ratio of 7:3. This is somewhat contrary to news from the UK earlier in the year that GNU/Linux units were out of stock while XP machines sat unsold. Are Brits more open-minded than the rest of the world when it comes to choosing an OS?"

3 of 497 comments (clear)

  1. Re:10"? by Falconhell · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I used to worry about having a 3 inch penis, until someone told me girls like em that wide! (-:

  2. Update on Astroturfing by manekineko2 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A quick look at Wikipedia shows that Microsoft apparently has hired astroturfers to send letters to newspapers and to edit Wikipedia articles. However, I remain somewhat skeptical of the common belief here that there are Microsoft astoturfers trying to change public opinion via Slashdot forum posts.

  3. Re:Well "Works With Linux" is a feature to me by DaVince21 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    It WORKS out of the box with the right distro, didn't you know? Anyone would have to get used to a new system, no matter if it does what you want or not out of the box.

    Speaking of which, tons of Linux distros can do way more than Windows out of the box anyway, thanks to all the software it comes with.

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    I am not devoid of humor.