Asus EEE 900 (WinXP) review

[David Gerard]

http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39030092,49296573,00.htm

"What we think: The Windows version simply isn't as attractive a
prospect as its Linux-equipped brethren."

"Asus has decided that both the Windows and Linux editions of the Eee
PC 900 should sell for the same price, which is a challenge, seeing as
a Windows XP licence costs around £60 and Linux is free. In order to
achieve this, Asus ships the Windows XP version with 12GB of storage
instead of the 20GB found in the Linux version. We understand fully
why it has done this, but we can't say we're happy about sacrificing
nearly 50 per cent of storage just to have Windows XP. It's good --
but it's not that good."

They're noticing ...


- d.