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Asus Budget Ultraportable Notebook Sold Sans OS

Posted by timothy on from the utterly-completely-impossible dept.

EconolineCrush writes "Tired of paying the Windows tax on notebooks? Asus's Eee PC 1201T budget ultraportable comes without a traditional operating system and sells for only $380. The 12-inch system has promising specifications, sporting an Athlon Neo processor, Radeon HD 3200 graphics, Bluetooth, and 802.11n Wi-Fi. It weighs just 3.2lbs with a 6-cell battery and can even handle light gaming duties. However, battery life in Ubuntu is considerably shorter than it is under Windows. Are there any better options for would-be laptop Linux users?"

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  1. $380? by Reason58 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Didn't they sell for less than that WITH an OS a year ago? Does "netbook" not mean what I think it means (cheap, low power, long battery life, not a desktop replacement)?

    1. Re:$380? by Pojut · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I dunno, man...a 12" screen is really pushing the definition of "netbook". Then again, it is refered to as an ultraportable notebook, not a netbook, so...

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      Living With a Nerd
  2. ExpressGate/Splashtop by zogger · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How well does that built in micro OS really work? Seems like for a lot of folks that might be all the "OS" they really need.

  3. Creating something is passe by tepples · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Netbooks are passe now that we have iPads. PCs are passe now that we have iPads.

    Actually creating something is passe now that we have iPad. Go and consume, consume, consume.