Asus To Ship 60 Percent Of Eee PCs With Windows XP
News Reuters quoted Microsoft Taiwan president Davis Tsai as saying the implementation of Windows XP on low-cost computers like the Eee would help Microsoft "get into the next, 10 billion consumer market".
[March 13, 2008, 11:02]
Will Microsoft Ever Stop Selling XP?
Blog Microsoft had set June 30 as the cut-off date for XP sales, except for "netbooks" like the mobile Eee PC - how come a desktop is going to be available with the OS after that cut-off date? Didn't I see that press release that came out on June 3, in...
[June 20, 2008, 17:00]
Asus Desktop Eee Due In August — With XP
News The Eee Box also serves as a reminder of Microsoft's latest concession regarding the extended availability of Windows XP. The cut-off date for sales of the operating system is 30 June, after which customers are supposed to buy Vista instead, but...
[June 20, 2008, 13:36]
Intel Classmate PC review
Reviews The 7in.display, again like the Asus Eee, has a resolution of 800 by 480 pixels, which means there's not a lot of screen space to spare. We found the diminutive keyboard to be similar to the one on the Asus Eee, with the letter keys slightly...
[November 2, 2007, 10:03]
Asus Eee Gets Upgrade And Windows
News The Eee 900 will come with Windows XP as an option — at an extra cost of course, due to the licence. The older Eee 701 will also be made available in Europe with Windows XP. Asus executives joined those from Microsoft on stage, as well as...
[March 4, 2008, 17:49]
Asus And Microsoft Unveil Eee Upgrade
News Asked why Microsoft was not making Vista available on the Eee rather than Windows XP — given Microsoft's desire to phase out XP — Bauer said the Eee had "other requirements". The Eee 900 will feature a larger screen than its predecessor, as well as...
[March 4, 2008, 17:28]
How The Eee PC Beat Even Asus's Expectations
News Steven Tien, director of market development at Asus, talks about the success of the Eee PC and the implications for the new model when Microsoft discontinues Windows XP in the summer.
[March 7, 2008, 14:10]
Microsoft Limits XP Subnotebook Specs
News However, following the success of the Asus Eee PC — originally made available only with a Linux operating system — Microsoft decided to address this new market with XP, as Vista is too power-hungry for such low-specified laptops to use.
[May 15, 2008, 16:41]
Windows XP SP3 Out By End Of April
News Microsoft will continue to allow XP to be sold on some computers, but only low-cost subnotebooks such as the Asus Eee, which do not have the processing power to handle Vista's requirements. The third and final service pack for Windows XP could be...
[April 16, 2008, 12:17]
ASUS Eee PC 901 review
Reviews The Linux operating system used on the Eee is fine for most purposes and there are even more pre-installed applications than on the 900, but it still lacks the flexibility of Windows XP. ASUS has removed all 'ASUS' branding on the Eee PC 901.
[June 18, 2008, 15:07]
XP Is Dead; Long Live XP
News Asus's Linux-toting Eee PC, launched in 2007, was a surprise hit and opened up a whole new market for tiny, cheap, low-powered subnotebooks. Although Microsoft is keen for users to switch to XP's successor, Windows Vista, that operating system has...
[June 30, 2008, 13:53]
Intel's Atom Burns Microsoft, Brings Back Memories
Blog For June will also see the first wave of low-cost Atom-powered sub-notebooks, the £200-£300 wireless-enabled flash-drive segment that the Asus Eee has explosively created. Not content with forcing Microsoft to downgrade the Vista Capable sticker...
[March 10, 2008, 16:56]
A Little Arm-twisting Perhaps?
Talkback Seems Microsoft are none too happy at the *runaway* success of the Linux-based Eee. They even added someone from JP Morgan to make an assertion completely belied by the success of the Eee that nobody wants it with Linux.
[March 13, 2008, 12:01]
Portable Tech On Show At CeBIT
News Asus is showing a version of the standard Eee PC running Microsoft Windows XP. Elsewhere at the show, Asus is announcing a new Eee PC with revamped hardware, including an 8.9-inch screen. Asus representatives on the stand were unable to say what...
[March 4, 2008, 16:14]
Asus Eee To Get Intel's Atom Processor
News However, a spokesperson for Asus told ZDNet.co.uk on Monday that all versions of the Eee 900 would have XP as an option. The spokesperson added that, although an XP version of the current Eee 701 model would go on sale in the UK in April, the first...
[March 10, 2008, 16:27]
Eee PC Lnux OS Is Childs Play
Talkback The linux OS on the Eee is so easy to use i cant understand why they have decided to go with windows. Btw i love my Eee But Asus shouldn't be scared of Microsoft, they have so much of the Market on PC hardware who cares if Microsoft are losing sleep.
[March 13, 2008, 12:59]
