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My mate showed me this article in his PC Shopper Magazine and after a search on the net heres more details Guys!
Asus stuns Computex with £100 laptop 4:12AM, Wednesday 6th June 2007
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Asus chairman Jonney Shih sprang a surprise during Intel's Computex keynote today with the announcement of a $189 laptop.
The notebook measures roughly 120 x 100 x 30mm (WDH) and weighs only 900g. We saw the notebook boot in 15 seconds from its solid-state hard disk. The huge auditorium then burst into applause as Shih revealed the astounding price tag. Dubbed the 3ePC, Shih claimed the notebook is the 'lowest cost and easiest PC to use'. As the crowds rushed the stage, we sneaked off to the Asus stand to take a closer look.
The notebook uses a custom-written Linux operating system, much like the OLPC, though unlike the OLPC, Asus has chosen a more conventional interface. The
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desktop looked fairly similar to Windows and we saw Firefox running on one 3ePC. A spokesperson from Asus told us that the notebook would come with "an office suite that's compatible with MS Office", though he refused to confirm or deny whether that meant OpenOffice.
that's compatible with MS Office", though he refused to confirm or deny whether that meant OpenOffice.
He claimed the 3ePC would be available in all areas of the world, not only developing nations.
The low price comes from some interesting design choices, primarily the flash-based hard disk. A disk of today's standard capacity would cost more than notebook itself as we saw with the 32GB Samsung disk, but Asus uses a 2GB disk. We were not allowed to touch the 3ePC so couldn't tell how much of this is left after the bespoke OS is installed.
The CPU also remains a mystery, though Shih said the version on show did have 512MB of RAM. Another version will be available for $299, but nobody could tell us what the difference between the two models is.
http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/1[....]computex-with-100-laptop.html#
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Posted: 2007-08-02 16:39:18
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america have a $150 - £75 laptop which is a proper laptop just has older specs aka only a 40gb hd,its cheaper then that charity laptop they are making/made
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Posted: 2007-08-02 18:50:42
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Uk wont get a laptop for £75 even that £100 laptop will cost a extra £30 or more on top lol Killer VAT here
im tempted to buy 1 of these tho,
my laptop is old but it does the job
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Posted: 2007-08-02 22:47:14
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No wonder I'm going out of business and relying more on web development jobs these days rather than PC repair
If you can buy a laptop for that kind of price, what's the point of having one repaired?
I've always thought that Linux would eventually be a viable alternative to windows or mac os for the general consumer eventually and news like this just increases my smugness!
Shmeeee!
Oh, s**t, I'm on the dole again
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Posted: 2007-08-02 23:32:13
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it's gonna sell by the buckets when it comes out and it's out nearer the end of the year alot of parents will be buying them for there kids at Xmas
wont other Manufactures be fuming
btw you on the dole did you say?
you ain't the only one lmao!
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Posted: 2007-08-02 23:59:11
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No I'm not on the dole yet but I have been plenty of times in the past
I feel for you, I really do, and I'm not taking the p**s there.
Computer repair is on the decline because new computer prices are getting lower by the day and people are getting better at fixing them themselves. Good in one way, bad in another
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Posted: 2007-08-03 00:10:41
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I blame lack of Jobs at the Jobcentres all they have is Agency work..
btw your right about PC Repair work I mean I bet my mate could fix his pc instead of relying on some techy guy to come out lol
well he built his own pc put it together himself so
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Posted: 2007-08-03 00:20:47
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i read about this in our newspaper. It says "One laptop for every Child" they are making cheap laptops for kids to enjoy the laptop and then they would know how to use the computer...I would buy one....hehe
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Posted: 2007-08-03 02:12:09
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Scr*w kids the grown-ups want these too
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Posted: 2007-08-04 00:24:23
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has anyone anything else on these yet or are they a Xmas steal
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Posted: 2007-09-14 01:21:54
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