[Eug-lug] $150 Fedora laptop

[Garl Grigsby]

Mr O wrote:
> Why don't we look at the fact that a 14" screen by itself is
> $300 or more dollars at the retail level. At least $100 on the
> OEM level in lots of many thousands. A Celeron M will likely
> outperform a Via C7. The only way to get the cost even down to
> something like $300 complete would be to have everything
> soldered on. As the Slashdot article discussion says you can be
> darn sure it is a scam. Now, if Woot were selling it.....
>
> FWIW, even Dell and Walmart's lowest priced laptop is $450.
> Really can't take off more than $100 for Windows. Even the Asus
> eePC or whatever it is will cost $299.
>   
Well, here is more fuel for the fire. Here are more details on Asus' 
forth coming 3e PC. I'm rather excited about this unit. I think this 
would make a great mobile toy. Especially considering more and more of 
what I do is hosted somewhere else. Give me a web browser and a SSH 
client and I should be good to go.

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The Eee PC is running a version of Intel’s 910 mobile chipset, it uses a 
900MHz Intel Dothan based Pentium M CPU, it has 512MB of DDR2 memory, 
full 802.11g wireless capability, and a flash-based hard drive. There 
will be at least two different models of the Eee PC, with the $199 
version using a 4GB flash hard drive and the $299 version using a 8GB drive.


    Specs

   1. CPU - 900MHz Intel Dothan based Pentium M
   2. RAM - 512MB of DDR2 (no upgrade possible)
   3. Wirless - 802.11g
   4. Hard disk - Flash-based hard drive ($199 for 4GB model, $299 for
      8GB model)
   5. Weight: .89 kilograms
   6. Battery - Approx - 3 hours life
   7. Misc - 4 USB 2.0, VGA output, 10/100 Ethernet, 56K phone modem

Source: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/asus-cheap-linux-laptop.html
More Details: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC