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nextgen EEE with WiMax

December 31, 2007

Looks like the next version of the EEE will have improved battery life, a bigger screen and WiMax support: Intel and Sprint are putting a lot of muscle behind WiMAX. Intel’s Montevina notebook platform will support WiMAX in Q2 2008 and the Menlow UMPC platform — presumably the foundation for ASUS’ next generation Eee PC [...]

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EEE-envy

December 21, 2007

Impressive – in just one quarter, Asus has sold over a third of a million EEE PCs: Taipei (Taiwan) – Asustek has managed to take their Eee little PC and turn it into big sales numbers. In the first quarter of sales, the Eee PC shipped 350,000 units, which is 50,000 more than industry experts’ [...]

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EEE 2.0

November 14, 2007

Ars has a gigantic review of the EEE. It is as comprehensive as you can imaging, delving into everything from design build to hacking the OS. In other news, Asus has revealed the specs on the next generation EEE: double the flash storage to 8 GB, and a larger 10″ LCD screen. Assuming they bump [...]

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the story of EEE

November 3, 2007

Forbes has a fantastic, fascinating article about the road to development for the EEE. Lots of interesting tidbits, including how ASUS leveraged its role as a supplier for all the major vendors to get deals on components, how CEO Jonny Shih insisted on perfection rather than allow the device to be rushed out the door, [...]

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hacking the eee for xp

November 2, 2007

Notebook Review already has an article on hacking the eee – and getting it to run Windows XP. There’s a step-by-step install guide in the forums. They’ve got a helpful video to compare boot times for XP on the eee vs a standard laptop: That’s just awesome. Performance running XP isn’t exactly gamer godbox but [...]

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