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Elonex one the £99 laptop
bob - 4/3/08 at 02:35 PM

Elonex one link

Only a 7" screen but i was thinking for MJ/MS or other, nice and handy size to stow away in the car.

Are there any issues with megajolt/squirt being used with linux ?


PAUL FISHER - 4/3/08 at 02:40 PM

I am looking at getting a couple of these for my kids,they look on the face of it good value,but could do with a few honest opinions from the computer minded on here do they look any good?


bob - 4/3/08 at 02:45 PM

According to reports there is also a 2Gb version coming out.

I might hold back because as soon as this hits the scene (if its good and sells) all the other main players will jump in for sure.

Same as you paul i was thinking of my lad, but it would also be handy for the garage too at that price.

[Edited on 4/3/08 by bob]


ChrisW - 4/3/08 at 02:55 PM

Looks like utter crap to me. £99 is a good price, but 300MHz... what?

There is a megatune version for Linux though, assuming this wierd CPU they've put in it is i386 compatable. If that's all you want it for it might be ok.

Cheers, Chris


onzarob - 4/3/08 at 03:32 PM

The ASUS looks great bit of kit, but remember its Linux based so will feel a little alien to windows only users.

Personally i think the technology is a little new, give it 6 months and we will start seeing some real smart stuff happening

[Edited on 4-3-2008 by onzarob]


scottc - 4/3/08 at 04:11 PM

I got an EEEPC last November imported from Taiwan. I love it, and would seriously miss it.


David Jenkins - 4/3/08 at 09:28 PM

There isn't a Linux Megajolt config tool at the moment - the author, Brent Picasso, has asked if any programmer could compile the code. He has tried to make it 'universal', i.e. not too windoze-specific.

[Edited on 4/3/08 by David Jenkins]


MikeRJ - 6/3/08 at 12:19 AM

quote:
Originally posted by ChrisW
Looks like utter crap to me. £99 is a good price, but 300MHz... what?

There is a megatune version for Linux though, assuming this wierd CPU they've put in it is i386 compatable. If that's all you want it for it might be ok.

Cheers, Chris


I did some digging a while back and I reckon it's little more than a re-badged version of the AW-300 A-Book