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Archive for November, 2007

ASUS Addresses GPL Concerns

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 by ant

Recently, there have been complaints that ASUS may have violated the spirit of the GPL by not releasing some source code for certain parts of the default Eee PC Xandros installation. As a result, it is difficult to gain certain Eee PC specific functionality when using alternative Linux distributions.

ASUS has now posted more source code, specificially for the ASUS_ACPI module, to help remedy the situation.

On the EeeUser forum, user quagga reports that the module works fine under Ubuntu. Specifically, hotkeys function properly once the module is loaded.

Now, about those wireless drivers…

Black Eee PC 4G’s Now Available

Sunday, November 18th, 2007 by ant

It looks like several retailers are now offering the first batches of black colored ASUS Eee PC 4G’s. The finish is a matte black, and it looks really great! For pictures, check out this thread on the forums.

Eee PC Currently Amazon Computers & Hardware Best Seller

Sunday, November 18th, 2007 by ant

If you head on over to the Bestsellers list under Amazon’s Computers and Hardware section, you’ll notice that the ASUS Eee PC 4G is currently #1 on the list!

Rumors About 10″ Eee PC 8G Are False

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 by ant

Many websites (engadget, gizmodo) have been reporting over the last several days that there will be an upcoming ASUS Eee PC 8G model with a 10″ screen. The rumors seemed to start with a news post found here on a German website. I contacted ASUS to find out if the rumors were valid and this was the response:

 We will have 8G with the same form factor and 7” screen size as the Eee PC 4G now.

There are no plans for 10” at the moment.

Eee PC 8G expected MSRP is $499.99 USD.

Windows XP in December, Desktop Eee PC in 2008?

Friday, November 9th, 2007 by ant

According to this article on DigiTimes, ASUS is planning on introducing a low cost desktop version of the Eee PC sometime in 2008. Furthermore, they will begin selling Eee PC’s running Windows XP rather than the Xandros Linux variant this December.

How to Pronounce the Asus Eee PC…

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 by ant

Watch this video for the proper pronunciation of both Asus and Eee PC. Have you been saying it right?

[thanks to jmitchell on the forums for pointing this out]

New Sets of Pictures

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007 by ant

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I’ve gone ahead and put up a few new sets of photos. They include:

I’ll be adding detailed information articles with these later on in the week. Enjoy!

A Brief History of the Eee PC

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007 by ant

Forbes has a nice article about Jonney Shih, ASUS, and the Eee PC. It gives great context for all to see how we got to where we are right now. They talk about the idea, development, and success so far. You can read the full article here.

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