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By Stan Beer
Monday, 09 March 2009 08:09
Impression and Analysis
The release with the quite great Asus Eee Pc 1000HE signals a turning stage from the sub-notebook industry and it is one particular that Linux desktop advocates won't like. It appears such as the ten inch netbook has hit the sweet spot for buyers and that sweet spot consists of Windows although not Linux.
As several have seen,
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The Asustek PR representative in Australia has told iTWire that there's no word from Asus when or if a Linux edition of 1000HE is going to be delivered. I have not checked with Acer with what it intends to accomplish but I reckon it is a good wager that a Linux 10-inch netbook from that firm is about likely as rain from the Sahara tomorrow.
In his superb recent report UnderNetbook: A tale of two markets iTWire author and reviewer Stephen Withers pointed out that "netbook" is a somewhat nebulous term.
A netbook 18 months ago was one of those original Eee Pc 701 boxes that were little more than oversized mobile phone that couldn't make calls but could surf the net while travelling,
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In fact,
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Then - shock,
Windows 7 sale, horror - Asus started shipping Windows XP versions of its new breakthrough product. The rate at which its netbook industry multiplied when the Windows versions started shipping no doubt caused Asus,
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