Asus and Intel assume to be bridging the gap amid the adequately altruistic efforts of the OLPC activity and their own Classmate PC efforts, and the contempo adventurous of mini-laptop attempts such as Palm's Foleo and VIA's NanoBook. Specs and barrage affairs aren't absolutely nailed down, but this new Eee PC band has absolutely a bit activity for it, alike as awash as this bazaar is getting. The 7-inch ultraportable is based on an bearding Intel chipset, and runs approved Windows XP or Linux after a problem, but absolutely shines in its "easy" approach that strips things bottomward to a barebones OS mainly for internet browsing (sound familiar, Foleo?). Asus didn't alike leave Palm abandoned with its Wii comparisons either, advertence that the Eee name, which stands for "easy to learn, accessible to play, accessible to work," additionally calmly conjures images of the Wii bold console, which is accepted for actuality novice-friendly. The Eee band will bang things off with the Eee PC 701, which will action 802.11b/g WiFi, Ethernet and a modem for connectivity, forth with a webcam, 512MB of RAM and a 4, 8 or 16GB beam drive for speedy, reliable storage. The absolute article is that prices for the 2 batter laptop are declared to alpha as low as $200, and the Intel / Asus duo won't be aiming this at massive authoritative purchases, but instead will be alms it to consumers through acceptable retail channels.Friday, March 5, 2010
Asus' new Eee PC 701
Asus and Intel assume to be bridging the gap amid the adequately altruistic efforts of the OLPC activity and their own Classmate PC efforts, and the contempo adventurous of mini-laptop attempts such as Palm's Foleo and VIA's NanoBook. Specs and barrage affairs aren't absolutely nailed down, but this new Eee PC band has absolutely a bit activity for it, alike as awash as this bazaar is getting. The 7-inch ultraportable is based on an bearding Intel chipset, and runs approved Windows XP or Linux after a problem, but absolutely shines in its "easy" approach that strips things bottomward to a barebones OS mainly for internet browsing (sound familiar, Foleo?). Asus didn't alike leave Palm abandoned with its Wii comparisons either, advertence that the Eee name, which stands for "easy to learn, accessible to play, accessible to work," additionally calmly conjures images of the Wii bold console, which is accepted for actuality novice-friendly. The Eee band will bang things off with the Eee PC 701, which will action 802.11b/g WiFi, Ethernet and a modem for connectivity, forth with a webcam, 512MB of RAM and a 4, 8 or 16GB beam drive for speedy, reliable storage. The absolute article is that prices for the 2 batter laptop are declared to alpha as low as $200, and the Intel / Asus duo won't be aiming this at massive authoritative purchases, but instead will be alms it to consumers through acceptable retail channels.
