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The Asus EEE PC is it a "laptop" or is it a "toy"?

Run_to_da_hills · 2008-02-01 07:17:14

I saw these for sale at on the Maxburns website for e320, they have some very handy features like the wifi and is almost pocket size. The built in flash drive of 2gb is a bit tight, I wonder is there a slot to take another? Comes with a Linux installation. It would probably cost double the price if it came with Windows as…

01-02-2008 7:17am

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I saw these for sale at on the Maxburns website for e320, they have some very handy features like the wifi and is almost pocket size. The built in flash drive of 2gb is a bit tight, I wonder is there a slot to take another? Comes with a Linux installation. It would probably cost double the price if it came with Windows as well as completly filling the drive

http://www.specialtech.co.uk/spshop/customer/product.php?productid=5082&cat=0&page=14

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#2 01-02-2008 7:21am

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Definately not a toy, check out this thread, http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055173563
plenty of people here bought one and very happy with it! get the 4GB HDD model!

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#3 01-02-2008 7:24am

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majiktripp wrote: »

Definately not a toy, check out this thread, http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055173563
plenty of people here bought one and very happy with it! get the 4GB HDD model!

Asus are a good make, I like the idea of it being completly solid state.

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#4 01-02-2008 7:27am

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Completely solid state has its draw backs too though (only a certain finite number of read/write cycles, 1 million or so I know but still a finite number) but tack on a external HDD or a 4-8gb USB key or SD card and your flying.

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