Asus Desktop Eee Due In August — With XP
News The cut-off date for sales of the operating system is 30 June, after which customers are supposed to buy Vista instead, but Microsoft recently decided to let XP be sold on 'netbooks' — low-cost, relatively low-specified subnotebooks, like the Eee...
[June 20, 2008, 13:36]
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]
Will Microsoft Ever Stop Selling XP?
Blog The answer is self-evident: the Eee Box's innards are very similar to those of, say, the upcoming Eee PC 1000 - both use the low-powered Atom processor, for example - and it simply can't handle Vista.
[June 20, 2008, 17:00]
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]
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. The Flybook V5 from Tennessee-based Dialogue Technology Corp...
[March 4, 2008, 16:14]
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]
Netbook Returns Blamed On Linux 'teething Problems'
News Carr emphasised that even if some users have been disappointed, the fact remains that low-cost ultraportables such as Asus's Eee PC have managed for the first time to bring Linux to a wide user base. During the month of August, 12 of the best...
[October 9, 2008, 16:48]
Ultimate Road-warrior Tech At CeBIT
News Due to the lower price, we'd still rate the original Eee PC as the ultimate tech at CeBIT for the road warrior wanting a simple, rugged and, above all, cheap laptop. For the vast majority of mobile professionals, the Eee PC is the perfect...
[March 7, 2008, 11:36]
