We love this thing - £199 for all that functionality? It puts £700 UMPCs in the shade, doesn't it? Asus hopes to sell around 700,000 units this year, and our name is on at least one of those.
#ASUS EEE PC 701 LINUX INSTALL#
It'll ship with Open Office, Firefox and Skype, plus you can install any number of other open-source applications.
#ASUS EEE PC 701 LINUX PC#
Windows XP has been omitted in order to cut costs, but Microsoft die-hards should note that the Eee PC can run Windows XP. The Eee PC uses a Linux-variant operating system that is said to require only 15 seconds to boot. The Eee line will kick things off with the Eee PC 701, which will sport 802.11b/g WiFi, Ethernet and a modem for connectivity, along with a webcam, 512MB of RAM and a 4, 8 or 16GB flash drive for. Other interesting specs include 802.11b/g Wi-Fi, a 4GB, 8GB or 16GB solid-state hard drive, 56K modem, 10/100MB Ethernet, a 0.3-megapixel video camera and four USB ports - that's more than many full-size laptops. It uses an 'old' Pentium M clocked at 900MHz, accompanied by 512MB of RAM. I would second Georges suggestion of using Puppy Linux but would install it rather than running as a live CD, especially since the eee pc does not have a CD drive - you can install from a USB stick - unless you have an external CD drive available. The Eee PC is based on Intel's Classmate PC prototype - the parallel effort to the One Laptop Per Child PC. Current installed version is Linux Mint 15. Its 7-inch display looks similar to the one on the Asus R2H Ultra-Mobile PC, but there's also a 10-inch version planned - good news for the short-sighted. Ubuntu & my ASUS Eee PC 701SD I have been searching the big WWW for some good examples of Ubunu desktop set ups to see if some of these ideas can be applied to the Eee PC bearing in mind their smaller screen size. It's a half-UMPC, half- laptop hybrid which measures 225x35x165mm and weighs a paltry 690g. It comes with a CD just incase you stuff up or wish to re install your OS. The 'Eee' signifies "easy to learn, easy to play, easy to work". Hi, I have recently purchased an Asus eee PC 701 4G mini laptop. Not content with releasing punchable, scratch-proof monitors, the Taiwan-based company has unveiled a £199 laptop known as the Eee PC 701. Asus has been eating the innovation cookies again.
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