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Asus Launches Eee PC T91, a Touch-Screen Tablet Netbook
MojoKid writes "Asus today launched yet another addition to their Eee PC netbook product offering. The Eee PC T91 is unlike any Eee PC we've seen before, primarily because the screen can be spun around and flipped down in the style of a tablet. This so-called 'netvertible' sector is still in its earliest stages, making the T91 one of the first netbooks available that also doubles as a full-fledged tablet PC. Unlike the Eee PC 'Seashell' line, which is largely just a sleeker take on the tried-and-true Eee
PC netbook, the T91 takes a completely different approach to computing. Its 8.9" resistive touchscreen literally puts a new spin on the netbook and enables a new usage model."
Does it run GoogleOS?
... for a netbook to ship with a trackpoint instead of a damned touchpad. When someone (are you listening, lenovo?) finally brings out an affordable netbook with a trackpoint, I'll bring out my checkbook. Until then I'll keep to my old thinkpad, thank you very much.
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Does it? Does the T91 take a completely different approach to computing? Really? What is this marketing fluff?
It's a touchscreen. We've seen that. It spins around. We've seen that (GRiD 2260 anybody? Ruggedized convertable laptop from 1992. Incidentally, only eBay auction I ever got screwed on, but it was resolved) It's small. Damn sure we've seen that. Were touchscreen laptops ever that big of a deal? They were The Next Big Thing a few years ago but never got the impression people liked them that much.
Maybe I'm not 100% clear on what 'a completely different approach to compting' looks like (why I'm here, doing what I'm doing, and not out buying my new car for the day), but I'm pretty sure the T91 isn't it.
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Because this is more portable and power efficient?
Why bother? Because it has a touch screen?
Give me a real keyboard and pointing device over a touch screen any day of the week. Use an iPhone (non-Apple-fanbois only, please) or another touchscreen phone like Samsung Instinct and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about. Garbage. They're just incredibly frustrating to work with (I know, I know, you'll get to used to it. What if I don't want to?)
I can pick up a Dell Mini 10 for under $500 that has the same processor and memory configuration, 4 times the SSD space, a bigger screen with the same screen resolution (or, for an extra $50, one that does 1366x768), everything else being comparable. Oh, and this one actually comes with Ubuntu 8.04 pre-loaded instead of that Microsoft proprietary garbage.
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>Is it relevant because they shrunk the overall thing and now its a "netbook" ?
No, it's relevant because it's $500 instead of, say, a $2000 Fujitsu Lifebook.
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Thats one of the things i love about this, the screen comes of entirely and i assume/hope that you can just flip it over entirely so there is no joint to break.
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In other words, is very Linux-unfriendly. So I won't buy such crap. It's sad that we have lost a company that supports linux, fortunately there are others.
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