Considering Asus already uses Splashtop via that same Phoenix bios in some of their motherboard products, I think it's far more likely they're considering extending it to some models of the eee PC than it is that someone's booting it off of a USB drive.
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Might that be a bootable flash-drive running the SplashTop ? -- I'm not intending to be a Debbie-Downer, but if so - it's not so much a magical feat of the EeePC. - But if it's using something like HyperSpace (http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/06/phoenix-technologies-launches-hyperspace-instant-on-embedded-o/) while-then,, that's really cool - I want to buy one today !
damn, that's what I was thinking
Considering Asus already uses Splashtop via that same Phoenix bios in some of their motherboard products, I think it's far more likely they're considering extending it to some models of the eee PC than it is that someone's booting it off of a USB drive.
Well, the Eee PC model with the most storage is only 8gb http://astore.amazon.com/asusnotebook-eeepc-20 , i guess it makes a lot of sense to boot from usb drive. Like the vmware on Flash drive http://www.vmware.com or running a Moka5 LivePC http://www.moka5.com