How do I get one?!?!?!?!?!!? Brian On 9/17/07, Josef Lowder wrote: > > . > Has everyone seen the new "EEE" super-portable laptop recently > announced by ASUS? It is a mobile Internet portable computer > that is Easy to Learn, Easy to Work, and Easy to Play (thus EEE). > > At only $199, this should shake up the computer world as it will be > exclusively LINUX with built in wireless and pre-installed Firefox and the > complete Open Office suite and all Linux applications to do everything. > > Of course this great price is only possible because there is no > $100 per unit Microsoft "tax" and no $300+ cost for M$ "office." > > EEE includes two modes of intuitive user interface -- an "easy" mode > and a full KDE desktop to accommodate both inexperienced and advanced > users. Now, finally, a truly portable feather-light computer that is > only 9" x 6.5" by 3/4" thick yet with 3 hour battery life. Shock-proof, > flash-based data storage means totally silent operation. > > It includes: 10/100 Mbps Ethernet; 56K modem, WLAN: WiFi 802.11b/g, > Intel UMA 512MB, DDR2-400, 4/8/16GB data storage, 300K pixel video > camera, Hi-Definition Audio CODEC, built-in stereo speakers & microphone. > > Photos at these three links: > > http://www.upquick.com/eee1.jpg > http://www.upquick.com/eee2.jpg > http://www.upquick.com/eee3.jpg > > Notice the EEE's size compared to the mac i-book that it sits on > in that last image. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >