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Asus put out like 40 models of a laptop called the “Eee PC” (2021)

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Post by pletnes »

kqr wrote: post #98
Aeolun wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t really have to reboot my M1 ever (short of updates), so booting is more or less equal to flipping open the screen.

But then it's not booting. Waking up from sleep/hibernation has always been fast.

Windows has me waiting for un-sleep and wifi reconnect, even if just a few seconds. On my M1 I see it’s open and connected while I open the lid, it’s quite a bit faster. Doesn’t matter all that much but I never dare to sleep my win laptops in my bag - sometimes they wake up and overheat while in the bag. Having stable sleep is more important to me

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Post by grudg3 »

Sunspark wrote: post #15

The Eee PC 701 was amazing. It was really good for students who needed something small and light that they could take to the library, etc. The alternative back then was a heavy power-hungry full-size laptop. This is before all the stuff we take for granted today like tablets, etc. The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 was the next really good netbook. After those, Apple introduced the Macbook Air which came in a 11.6" size. Even…

I had one as well and loved it. One day someone broke into the flat and it got stolen. I still think about it sometime. It was really a great form factor.

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Post by verytrivial »

asojfdowgh wrote: post #117
orangepurple wrote: post #25

My takeaway from the article: Microsoft gave ASUS a deal they couldn't refuse. ASUS took the bait and sold the Eee PC with Windows preinstalled but the version of Windows was a little too crappy. Ultimately this sealed their fate as people upgraded to a "real computer," resigning the Eee PC's position to that of a toy. Is this right?

> Microsoft gave ASUS a deal they couldn't refuse. and afaik others too, to flood the market with more "practical" options than the XO, so the XO wouldn't take off in other parts of the world can't have computer classes without having microsoft computer classes, after all. Gotta get em' while they are young. https://www.bu.edu/writingprogram/journal/past-issues/issue-... https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/16/17233946/ol…

I recall some site called olpcnews or similar that was run by a pretty brazen shill that posted nothing but fud regarding the project and news of deals and projects from Intel and Microsoft around the Windows offering. Where or not there were fatal flaws in the OLPC model there was NO WAY the incumbents were going to let edu fall to it.

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Post by yk »

My eee is remarkable how much the thing found uses, first as intended to have a computer while commuting, what 5 years later smart phones would do, then for a very long time it sat in my living room as a always on email terminal, in which role it easily delayed buying my first tablet by a first year and then until two years ago as a podcast player next to my bed. Thing is, I'm considering to reinstate it, since right now my phone does that and I'm not sure being able to check twitter when just woken up in the middle of the night is actually an advantage. So, really just an amazingly useful design.

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Post by Nursie »

Beltalowda wrote: post #134
wodenokoto wrote: post #112

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> I don't think netbooks will be back. When you look at something like the Raspberry Pi 4, it's way more powerful than the old Eee 701 was and the Pi is a very small form factor. If a manufacturer thinks there is a market for it, they could encapsulate something like that in a keyboard and screen and give it Linux as an open OS. So why won't this happen you ask? Roughly speaking, that is exactly how netbooks started…

I used to work at a computer store at the time; mostly doing tech stuff but also sales sometimes when it was busy. We sold a lot of Netbooks, both running Windows and Linux. "This model runs Windows" was a real selling point for many customers. You have to realize that many people just don't give a flying hoot about their computers, they just want something to access a few websites and such, and Windows is what they…

The specific linux on the eeepcs was pretty bad too, IIRC. I couldn't use it. So you really had to be someone interested in messing around with them to get the best out of them.

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Post by otabdeveloper4 »

Sunspark wrote: post #15

The Eee PC 701 was amazing. It was really good for students who needed something small and light that they could take to the library, etc. The alternative back then was a heavy power-hungry full-size laptop. This is before all the stuff we take for granted today like tablets, etc. The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 was the next really good netbook. After those, Apple introduced the Macbook Air which came in a 11.6" size. Even…

https://www.asus.com/Laptops/For-Home/Everyday-use/ASUS-E203...

How is this not a netbook in everything but name?

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Post by awiesenhofer »

wodenokoto wrote: post #112
Sunspark wrote: post #15

The Eee PC 701 was amazing. It was really good for students who needed something small and light that they could take to the library, etc. The alternative back then was a heavy power-hungry full-size laptop. This is before all the stuff we take for granted today like tablets, etc. The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 was the next really good netbook. After those, Apple introduced the Macbook Air which came in a 11.6" size. Even…

> I don't think netbooks will be back. When you look at something like the Raspberry Pi 4, it's way more powerful than the old Eee 701 was and the Pi is a very small form factor. If a manufacturer thinks there is a market for it, they could encapsulate something like that in a keyboard and screen and give it Linux as an open OS. So why won't this happen you ask? Roughly speaking, that is exactly how netbooks started…

I wouldn't call it "pressure" - MS just started to give away Windows for free if the device was under certain specs[1]. At that point it became a nobrainer for OEMs to just use Windows if it costs them the same anyway.

[1] up to 11" and 4gb RAM IIRC

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Post by ant6n »

Sunspark wrote: post #15

The Eee PC 701 was amazing. It was really good for students who needed something small and light that they could take to the library, etc. The alternative back then was a heavy power-hungry full-size laptop. This is before all the stuff we take for granted today like tablets, etc. The Dell Inspiron Mini 9 was the next really good netbook. After those, Apple introduced the Macbook Air which came in a 11.6" size. Even…

I had a Dell Mini 10 (actually 1012), and it was a bit larger, so keyboard was actually useable. Plus it had a useful screen resolution (1300s vs 1024 for width).
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