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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. Re:Battery life issues will be fixed in upcoming r by Jorl17 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Darn, my last mod point just went away! Someone up him with informative, please!

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  2. Re:Freedos in Thailand by sznupi · · Score: 0, Troll

    That's also quite common throughout large areas of ex-Soviet Block. From bigname manufacturers, too.

    And don't tell /. fairytales about "a dollar or two extra install fee + price of the OS"; typically those OS installs are not licensed.

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