Asus EEE PC

[Leo Mauler]

--- Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org> wrote:

> On Friday 25 April 2008, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
>
> > I need your help justifying purchase of a new
> > computing device. Do any of you have experience 
> > with using the Asus EEE PC (mostly likely 2G)
> > in a mostly unconnected role as an educational
> > tool? I am interested in introducing my brother 
> > (high schooler) to programming type activities 
> > (esp. python). However, since the machine is 
> > being marketed as a "surf machine" I am 
> > wondering how well it would fit that role.
> 
> To fully use the Eee PC, you must run a proprietary
> OS.
> I would look for something else suitable.

I'm a little confused by this response, as I was under
the impression that Linux was the standard OS on the
"EEE" and that Windows was an add-on option which cost extra.


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