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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:$380? by Culture20 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ultraportable notebook=/=netbook. Netbooks are passe now that we have iPads. PCs are passe now that we have iPads. Thinking for oneself is passe now that we have iPads.

  2. -1 Offtopic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fuck you for even bringing up the fucking iPad.

    1. Re:-1 Offtopic by _Sprocket_ · · Score: 5, Funny

      Didn't you hear? Fucking is passe now that we have iPads and freedom from porn.

  3. Re:"Traditional Operating System" by amRadioHed · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hi, you must be new. Welcome to the interweb! When you see underlined text on a "web site" you can "click" on the words to get more information. In this case if you clicked on "comes without a traditional operating system" you would have learned that "Asus ships the Eee PC 1201T with only its ExpressGate instant-on OS". Isn't that neat? Have fun!

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