[Eug-lug] $150 Fedora laptop

[Fred James]

Garl Grigsby wrote:

> 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.
>
> ----
>
> 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

7 inch display? Not much drive space? No CD or DVD?  Oh, is it a big 
blackberry?
Regards
Fred James