Comments on: Eee PC goes Mainstream http://hickeyhoo.net/mtnest/2008/10/28/eee-pc-goes-mainstream/ random snippets from our world Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:46:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Pa http://hickeyhoo.net/mtnest/2008/10/28/eee-pc-goes-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-733 Pa Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:34:42 +0000 http://hickeyhoo.net/mtnest/?p=587#comment-733 I'd go Linux. Windows would be a nice safety net, but I know Linux has all the apps I need available, and that they run well in 512 MB memory and coexist in 2-4 MB disk space. Windows eats up resources with all the extra stuff (anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc.) that's recommended, and I'm sure I'd be looking for apps beyond the initial installation. But I'm biased. ;-) I’d go Linux. Windows would be a nice safety net, but I know Linux has all the apps I need available, and that they run well in 512 MB memory and coexist in 2-4 MB disk space. Windows eats up resources with all the extra stuff (anti-virus, anti-spyware, etc.) that’s recommended, and I’m sure I’d be looking for apps beyond the initial installation. But I’m biased. ;-)

]]> By: jeff http://hickeyhoo.net/mtnest/2008/10/28/eee-pc-goes-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-732 jeff Fri, 31 Oct 2008 18:13:25 +0000 http://hickeyhoo.net/mtnest/?p=587#comment-732 So are you leaning toward the Linux or Windows option? So are you leaning toward the Linux or Windows option?

]]> By: ma http://hickeyhoo.net/mtnest/2008/10/28/eee-pc-goes-mainstream/comment-page-1/#comment-731 ma Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:28:35 +0000 http://hickeyhoo.net/mtnest/?p=587#comment-731 I feel a purchase coming in the near future....just don't take a hammer to my beloved Mac to hasten the inevitable. I feel a purchase coming in the near future….just don’t take a hammer to my beloved Mac to hasten the inevitable.

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