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- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Aug/Sep 08
- OK, it's time once again for The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Aug/Sep 08. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range components currently available, with some decent budget parts listed too, along with a few honorable mentions. So if you're thinking of buying, building...
- Tags: ASUS, Card, Video Card, Performance, Board, Motherboard, Price, CPU, List, RAM, Graphics, Intel Corp., Radeon, LGA775, Q9300, DDR3, XFX GeForce GTX 280, PSU, Western Digital Raptor/RaptorX, Galaxy EGX1000EWL, Corporate Governance, Video Cards, Processors, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Components, Semiconductors, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Installing Mandriva 2008.1 on the ASUS Eee PC
- The Xandros distribution that comes with the ASUS Eee PC 900 is a great experience for those new to Linux, but for more advanced users, it may feel quite limited. Out of the many distributions that work on the Eee PC, Mandriva Linux 2008 Spring (or 2008.1) is one that...
- Tags: ASUS, PC, Mandriva, Vincent Danen, Linux, Open Source, Memory, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Download resources 2008-07-15
- Linux for housewives. XP for geeks.
- The computer proletariat is rising up - and computing will never be the same. Tiny, sub-$500 "netbooks" like the Asus Eee are the hottest thing going in notebooks today. And some surprising things are happening. Like housewives on Linux. Asus is forecasting worldwide shipments of 10 million...
- Tags: ASUS, Computing, Microsoft Research, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Microsoft Windows, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-07-06
- Asus Eee PC 901 (Windows XP)
- We've been impressed by the Asus Eee PC line from the very first 7-inch model in the fall of 2007, and it seems as if every time we turn around, there's a new version hitting store shelves. This 9-inch version, the
- Tags: Chipsets, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Eee PC, Eee PC 900, Intel Corp., Asus Eee, ASUS
- Product reviews 2008-06-30
- Has Asus forgotten what the Eee PC was all about?
- Has Asus forgotten what the Eee PC was all about?The answer is simpleAsus has discovered there's no money in the bargain basement bin. You're in a pretty shaky business when you have to choose your BIOS because it costs you one penny less.Just like any other vendor, they are ....
- Tags: Keyboards, ASUS, Eee PC, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Has Asus forgotten what the Eee PC was all about?
- I thought that the Eee PC was all about packing as much punch into a small, cheap package as possible. If that's the case then why is Asus continually making the Eee bigger, faster, and more expensive? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: ASUS, Notebooks, Keyboards, Storage, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals, Semiconductors, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Rumors: New, bigger Asus Eee PCs in the pipeline
- According to today's DigiTimes, Asustek Computer is planning to launch new Eee PC models, the 904 and 905 -- which have an 8.9-inch panel but use a similar chassis and keyboard as the company's 10.2-inch models, according to the Times' vendor sources. The major difference between these...
- Tags: ASUS, PC, AsusTek Computer, Model, Keyboards, Storage, Hardware, Peripherals, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-06-30
- Asus ENGTX280
- Editor's note: After retesting their initial findings, our colleagues at GameSpot found that the GeForce 9800 GX 2 had better scores on "Call of Duty 4" and "Crysis" than was first reported. With that new information, we have found that the GTX280 has a smaller performance advantage over Nvidia's previous...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Video cards, ASUS, GeForce GTX280, NVidia Corp., Nvidia GeForce
- Product reviews 2008-06-16
- Asus M70
- The Asus M70 is the most fully loaded laptop we've seen in a long while. Aside from its massive terabyte of hard-drive space (enough to hold a few hundred movies or a few hundred thousand MP3s), the multimedia system incorporates a Blu-ray drive and a full-HD display, plus an HDMI...
- Tags: TV & Home Theater, Desktops, Asus M70, ASUS
- Product reviews 2008-06-06
- Netbook roundup from Computex
- When Asus first unveiled its Eee PC at Computex in 2007, the industry viewed it as curiosity. One year later, Asus says it has sold more than a million Eee PCs and a new category, the ultra low-cost PC, is suddenly one of the biggest trends at this year's tradeshow....
- Tags: ASUS, Hard Drive, PC, Microsoft Windows XP, Memory, Eee PC 901, Eee PC 1000, Linux, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- ASUS R700t
- While best known for its computer components and motherboards, Asus is branching out to all sorts of consumer electronics, including GPS. The Asus R700t is one of its first portable navigation devices, and we must admit we're pleasantly surprised. The slim device is easy to use and features some great...
- Tags: Keyboards, GPS, Media players, display, ASUS R700t, ASUS
- Product reviews 2008-06-04
- Waiting for the right netbooks
- Waiting for the right netbooksASUS even plans an iMac rival....G*d, I love ASUS... :-)http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146605/asustek_to_launch_imac_rival_in_september.htmlHopefully again with the option of a preinstalled Linux. If not, you can always install it yourself:http://ubuntutip.googlepages.com/(not for you, Chris! You already know how)But I suppose they'll have a Linux in the BIOS anyway, being...
- Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Linux, ASUS, XO-2
- Discussion threads 2008-06-03
- Asus Eee Box a thick white slice of cheap computing heaven
- Asus Eee Box a thick white slice of cheap computing heavenOne billion = One thousand millionI want that one billion right where that little arrow is!I was already planning on getting an Eee laptop...but now I'm thinking of holding out for this machine. The only thing I'm not too crazy...
- Tags: Linux, Games, white slice, thick white slice, Asus Eee Box, cheap computing heaven, computing heaven, ASUS, Eee, Asus Eee
- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
- Asus Eee Box a thick white slice of cheap computing heaven
- $269. That's the base price of the upcoming Asus Eee Box, a shiny slice of plastic pound cake set to launch in mid-July in the U.S. and a bit later for French-speaking Canada (oui, c'est vrai.) It will run on a 1.6 GHz Atom...
- Tags: ASUS, Hard Drive, Storage, Memory, Stats, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Microsoft Windows, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- The ultra portable/subnotebook market continues to grow
- The ultra portable/subnotebook market continues to growHate to give them too much credit, butOLPC has a lot to do with this. They largely caught the public's imagination with their little XO, despite some ongoing problems with deployment and infighting. They also helped drive some cost savings. At...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- The ultra portable/subnotebook market continues to grow
- James, Kevin, and I just finished recording MobileTechRoundup podcast #135, which should go live soon, and we spent a fair amount of the show talking about the ultra portable PC/subnotebook market and how it has radically changed since the launch of the Asus EeePC last year. And according to the...
- Tags: ASUS, Mini-notebook, Ultramobile PC, Subnotebook, CNET UK, MSI Wind, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Notebooks, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- (Photos: Cracking open the Alienware Area 51 m15x)
- (Photos: Cracking open the Alienware Area 51 m15x)OverpricedOverpriced and poor customer service. That is Alienware since Dell bought them out.Buy an ASUS instead. Great guts, competitive prices, better customer service.For the record, I make no money from ASUS or Dell, and never have.RE: (Photos: Cracking open the Alienware Area 51...
- Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), Alienware Area 51 m15x, Alienware, Alienware Area 51, m15x, Cracking Open, ASUS, customer service, photograph, Dell Computer Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- Asus EBOX may be just what we're looking for
- Asus EBOX may be just what we're looking forA heart thanksThat's very interesting news to hear about! I've been thinking on the idea of an apartment complex that has the main selling point of giving each renter a computer. To allow for such a thing I imagined used thin clients....
- Tags: Thin clients, Asus EBOX, thin client, ASUS
- Discussion threads 2008-05-27
- Asus EBOX may be just what we're looking for
- I love the thin clients we rolled out: easy centralized manageability, low power consumption, and a near-desktop experience for most students has made them very cost-effective. One problem with the budget thin clients we purchased, however, is their need to launch a terminal session just for simple web browsing...
- Tags: ASUS, built-In, Thin Client, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Linux's biggest victory so far - Splashtop to ship on ASUS motherboards
- Linux's biggest victory so far - Splashtop to ship on ASUS motherboardsI want one! But....How often is this BIOS replacement going to be updated? A normal BIOS gets a few updates flashes and then stays the same. That's no problem; it poses no security risks.But a BIOS replacement like this,...
- Tags: BIOS, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Cable, Splashtop, ASUS, Linux, Asus Motherboard, motherboard
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
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