[nzlug] Acer + !ubuntu

[Simon Lyall]

On Thu, 5 Jun 2008, Andrew Errington wrote:
> To be honest, I really want an EEE, but I want the original 701 with a
> bigger screen.  Such a thing does not really exist, since the later ones
> have become more bloated and more expensive.  The EEE really exposed a
> massive new market, so I expect before too long I'll be spoiled for
> choice.

I think the second generation is fixing the main problems people saw with
the Eee in that the CPU, RAM, "Disk" and display were just a little too
low for many [1] . The problem they had was fixing these ( even with a
years worth of Moores law) pushed the price up a little.

The thing is the 1.5GHz CPU, 1G RAM, 16G Flash, 1024x600 specs are
probably enough for most people so I think the next year or so will see
machines with that sort of spec but priced lower and perhaps with longer
battery life.

The "$NZ 400 laptop" market might actually be quite big.


[1] - I guess a problem many had was that it didn't run Windows.

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