14 June 07 - 17:12Asus Eee excitement

Check out the Asus Eee if you haven't.

If you're too lazy to read that link, let me just sum it up for you: Seven-inch, $200USD x86 Linux laptop, 4GB internal flash HDD, WiFi.

Salivating yet? Well, geez, I don't see how you couldn't be. Stupid-cheap prices, an internal chipset at least capable of running some 2D games, and a cheap Linux license designed around entertainment and portability? The only black mark on the whole package is the three-hour battery life. When this baby comes out in August, you better believe I'll be one of the first in line to grab one.

Hell, you can even install XP on it if you're into that kind of thing. Since it's an Intel chipset with UMA, it'd probably be compatible with OSX86 as well if you were some sort of dirty filthy pirate ruining Apple's business.

It's obviously attacking the OLPC, but to be honest, the Eee is completely and totally for North America (although I certainly would like a charging crank on it). It's the iPod of laptops -- a consumer accessory you can throw in your backpack on the cuff of the moment rather than worrying about cases and restraints inside your laptop bag. You must have one. No self-respecting geek can resist it. It will be hacked to hither and yon.

Asus announcement (with specs)

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