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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Asus launches second-gen Eee PC
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The 20GB model will come with Linux, Asus said, while the 12GB version
>> | will be pre-loaded with Windows XP Home Edition.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/04/16/asus_launches_eee_900/
>>
>> So, the Linux version comes with better hardware for the same price and
>> also with more software.
>
>
> They had to up the features just to make the product work with micoshaft
> expee?!!!
>
> Totally piffed off!
>
> I mean, which brand of Linux needs 1Gb of RAM to run for fsck sake!
> Unless you plan virtual machines or other exotic applications (on
> a tinsy little laptop), 512Mb is more than enough; particularly as its
> using SSDs.
I have just 256MB of RAM in my home PC and 512MB at work. Linux is happy with
that, even where demanding tasks are involved (such as indexing 200,000+
USENET posts and holding the index in memory/cache).
Anything else is just gymnastics with computer resources, either due to
delibarely bad design or poor programming that takes no account of efficiency.
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