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ASUS is considering Android-based Eee PCs

22 points by RK 18y ago

RK 18y ago
Very little to the article, but an interesting idea.
- babo 18y ago
  This link is from the original article, describing how to build Android (Cupcake) for the Eee PC 701 http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ajdmx8kfg357_81cmpr56f6 http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ajdmx8kfg357_81cmpr56f6
greyman 18y ago
Hmm...I am writing this on a XP-powered EEE - which problem will Android solve for me? And, which office suite can I use?
- davidw 18y ago
  Perhaps it's not targeted at you, but at someone who would like a cheaper, perhaps smaller system? > And, which office suite can I use? You could use the Google web apps.
- bvttf 18y ago
  I'd like it because I want an ARM netbook, I'm pretty excited by nVidia's moves towards that too. It's kind of a hard question because you've only told us you're using XP, not really for what (besides office). I'd be nice if Android apps got more interesting because of this, but that's kind of speculative. It'll have some nifty touchscreen support so we might eventually get a tablet that doesn't cost way too much. I haven't really used Android much, though. Is the web browser tolerable? It might be nice to have a browser that had a good zooming interface when using it on a smaller netbook screen.
  - peregrine 18y ago
    The web browser is outstanding.
ewiethoff 18y ago
Tiny pale gray text. My eyes, my eyes!
wallflower 18y ago
I have an old Asus-8G. Windows XP runs really slow on it. I installed XP for VPN/work access. It constantly sits there and the disk I/O goes. I've been considering wiping it and going back to the default Linux install. I really hope that they would allow previous generations to change to Android.
- whughes 18y ago
  How has XP gotten so much slower over the past few years? The machines out on its release were Pentium IIIs and very early (crap) Pentium 4s, and yet it struggles to run on modern netbook hardware.
  - wallflower 18y ago
    Early netbooks lagged in performance and battery life. For example, my Asus EEE 8G performed about the same as my 4+ year old, battery-doesn't-work Dell Inspiron (same or close 900mhz Celeron CPU). The newer Atom CPUs apparently are slower than the Celeron CPU but they have better performance/watt (better battery life characteristics). http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-atom-efficiency,2069-2.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-atom-efficiency,20... http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/03/08/intel-atom-initial-benchmarking-data-vs-pentium-and-celeron-m-processors-before-official-release/ http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/03/08/intel-atom-initial-...
- wozer 18y ago
  I have the same setup. But for me, XP runs okay on it. I disabled automatic updates and the spyware removal tool, though. No antivirus either. I also use many "Portable Apps" (http://portableapps.com/ http://portableapps.com/ ), so relatively little is really installed on the machine.

22 points by RK 18y ago

RK 18y ago

Very little to the article, but an interesting idea.

babo 18y ago
This link is from the original article, describing how to build Android (Cupcake) for the Eee PC 701 http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ajdmx8kfg357_81cmpr56f6 http://docs.google.com/View?docid=ajdmx8kfg357_81cmpr56f6

greyman 18y ago

Hmm...I am writing this on a XP-powered EEE - which problem will Android solve for me? And, which office suite can I use?

davidw 18y ago
Perhaps it's not targeted at you, but at someone who would like a cheaper, perhaps smaller system? > And, which office suite can I use? You could use the Google web apps.
bvttf 18y ago
I'd like it because I want an ARM netbook, I'm pretty excited by nVidia's moves towards that too. It's kind of a hard question because you've only told us you're using XP, not really for what (besides office). I'd be nice if Android apps got more interesting because of this, but that's kind of speculative. It'll have some nifty touchscreen support so we might eventually get a tablet that doesn't cost way too much. I haven't really used Android much, though. Is the web browser tolerable? It might be nice to have a browser that had a good zooming interface when using it on a smaller netbook screen.
- peregrine 18y ago
  The web browser is outstanding.

ewiethoff 18y ago

Tiny pale gray text. My eyes, my eyes!

wallflower 18y ago

I have an old Asus-8G. Windows XP runs really slow on it. I installed XP for VPN/work access. It constantly sits there and the disk I/O goes. I've been considering wiping it and going back to the default Linux install. I really hope that they would allow previous generations to change to Android.

whughes 18y ago
How has XP gotten so much slower over the past few years? The machines out on its release were Pentium IIIs and very early (crap) Pentium 4s, and yet it struggles to run on modern netbook hardware.
- wallflower 18y ago
  Early netbooks lagged in performance and battery life. For example, my Asus EEE 8G performed about the same as my 4+ year old, battery-doesn't-work Dell Inspiron (same or close 900mhz Celeron CPU). The newer Atom CPUs apparently are slower than the Celeron CPU but they have better performance/watt (better battery life characteristics). http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-atom-efficiency,2069-2.html http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-atom-efficiency,20... http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/03/08/intel-atom-initial-benchmarking-data-vs-pentium-and-celeron-m-processors-before-official-release/ http://www.mydigitallife.info/2008/03/08/intel-atom-initial-...
wozer 18y ago
I have the same setup. But for me, XP runs okay on it. I disabled automatic updates and the spyware removal tool, though. No antivirus either. I also use many "Portable Apps" (http://portableapps.com/ http://portableapps.com/ ), so relatively little is really installed on the machine.