Asus Eee PC gets Windows XP upgrade - and pretty colours
The manufacturer of last year's hardware phenomenon, the ultra-small Asus Eee PC which came with Linux and Open Office already installed, has added Windows XP to the mix with its latest model the EeePC 900. John Stokdyk reports.
The original models came in white, then black, but the new edition will be available in pink, blue and other colours designed to appear to the "fashion conscious youngster".
More interestingly, customers can choose between Linux and Microsoft Windows XP as the operating system for the latest models.
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XP is an "upgrade"?
Why are you describing XP as an upgrade exactly?
Alternative, yes. Upgrade, I don't think so.
Martyn
Couple of things...
The original 701 model had a bult in camera, but was a lower resolution, the 900 has a higher resolution.
The 900 does receive more memory than the previous 701 model, but it is increased from 512Mb to 1GB.
The 4GB SSD in the 701 model has been upgraded to either 12GB (XP version) or 20GB (Linux version) in the 900 model. The increase in price due to the cost of the XP licence has meant that the price of the XP version would be significantly higher than that of the Linux version but Asus didn't want different price points for each version so they decided that they would make up the difference by including a larger SSD within the Linux version and sell both at the same price.
The 900 model is retailing for about £130 more than the Linux 701 but the extra hardware more than makes up for the increase in price. I'm very tempted to upgrade my 701 for the Linux 900, but the current 900 is due to be replaced in June/July with a newer 900 using Intel's Atom processor, giving a better battery life.
Concession by Microsoft
Is it possible Microsoft has taken a hit on this one to slow the propagation of the open source operating system?