http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/]]>Mar 13th 2008 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/
Or it's a marketing thing, where people evidently love everything in tens: 8 out of 10 dentists recommend blahblahblah...]]>Mar 13th 2008 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/
16:9 widescreen]]>Mar 13th 2008 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/
(You get the idea)]]>Mar 13th 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/
widescreen monitors are 16:10
widescreen TVs are 16:9

don't ask me why.]]>Mar 13th 2008 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/
: P]]>Mar 13th 2008 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/
As for why 16:10 - It is closed to the golden ration than 16:9.]]>Mar 13th 2008 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/
But seriously guys, Lay off Engadget. It could be that they were quoting the press release or whoever made that comment.]]>Mar 13th 2008 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 7:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/I was only being rediculous like everyone else, (if you could read you'd probably have noticed that as well). Sure I took it futher than some others but do you have to be such a tightass, i'm sure that your inner-ubergeek just can't stand it that your calculator can't compute a fractional ratio.
Quit being a tightass and have a little fun.

;)]]>Mar 14th 2008 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/
Or 6 to 4?

Chicago or EWF fan, I guess.]]>Mar 14th 2008 2:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/May 7th 2009 3:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/
- http://www.stompergames.com]]>Jul 2nd 2008 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Plus MS claims vista is the real thing so surely they don't care anymore about XP?]]>Mar 13th 2008 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/OEM terms = one computer only, the one it came with. (This is why many new PCs have their license numbers glued to the side as well as not having a CD hard copy.)
Retail terms = one computer at a time.]]>Mar 13th 2008 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/
As for the EULA, it isn't worth the paper its printed on. I couldn't honestly see a judge getting too upset about you being in breach of the EULA if you removed the OS from the original machine as well, could you?





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Yes, and many have. Legal versions at that.

The eeePC is simply a subnotebook and, like any computer with the right specs, can accommodate another OS with the correct drivers.

As many have discovered - and not just XP on the eee, either. ]]>Mar 14th 2008 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/
copyright 2001-2005 is when they applied for copyright on the code that makes up windows. That copyright is valid for 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation, whichever is shorter.]]>Mar 14th 2008 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 2:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/Mar 13th 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/
f this thing costs twice as much wouldn't it be simpler to buy one of Acer's (or HP's) laptops?]]>Mar 13th 2008 2:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/13/asus-expects-windows-eee-pc-to-outsell-linux-counterpart-6-to-4/
For an extra $50 a lot of people will choose the XP machine simply because of the support, familiarity, and larger amount of compatible software.]]>Mar 13th 2008 5:55PM