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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'd buy one .....  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Makavre]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 11:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[A new low has been reached.  Let's all celebrate.<br><br>Still and all, pretty impressive for $100.  Win XP costs that much, but since this is China, they probably just pirated it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[iphonerulez]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 11:58AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[i bet 666 Yuan that thats a screw and not a webcam in the middle ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rinum009]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 12:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's a hole. A screw was too expensive.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 2:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[its not Windows XP, its Windows CE 6 with Bliss wallpaper<br>and its not a laptop its a smartbook with specs that are worse than most cheap smartphones]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JohnTitor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 2:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually if you load a variant of PuppyLinux into memory that 128 meg ram chip and you have a decent web surfing machine.  Good enough to store in your car and surf when around wifi...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[GadgetGeek]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 5:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[If you buy it before the last week of August you get this free router....<br><br><a href="http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af22/guyincognito23/broadband.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i990.photobucket.com/albums/af22/guyincognito23/broadband.jpg</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[switchbitch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 5:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'd buy one too. With 64MB more of RAM, you just might be able to squeeze UNR in it!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nacho]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 14th 2009 10:08AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's the devil's machine!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[vf34wrx]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 11:38AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[You might think this sucks.<br><br>But this will be pretty sweet when you knock over 2/3 of the milk canisters at the fair and slip the drunk carnie a $10 to hand it over.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 11:39AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually yes I -am- excited :)<br><br>This is exactly what I need.. a small, cheap ass laptop that can be dedicated to running the remote control software for my sound system.  So that when some ghetto punk steals it or spills a drink on it, I'm only out $98...<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Little Birdie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 11:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[I can see this computer being used in some home automation applications. It's certainly impressive at $98. In before a $49 KIRF version pops up. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[hmmwv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 5:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[i hope your sound system software runs on Windows CE 5.0 (ARM processor).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[maveric101]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 10:26PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[sometimes my poop is more valuable then this thing ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grammar Delinquent]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 11:40AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[when you swallow a thumb drive?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[OneLove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 11:44AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's ARM, not x86. :(]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Aguiluz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 11:41AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[Worth knowing, but I might still get one for my kids.  Or one each, even.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Stracke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 11:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[Ah--no, I won't.  It's running Wince.  I just assumed something that cheap would have Linux.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Stracke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 11:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[There are some Linux builds for ARM. But they aren't fully featured]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grindboy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 12:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Grindboy: "But they aren't fully featured" -- Not sure what you mean by that.  My Nokia N810 has almost everything I want; and the exceptions are pretty esoteric.  (Basically, it doesn't have any compiled language except gcc/g++.  So, in the Haskell world, I can run hugs, but not ghc.)<br><br>Of course, the real question would be whether Linux/ARM could be made to run on *this* hardware.  I'm not interested enough to be the first one to spend $100 to find out.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[John Stracke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 2:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[What is this madness!?!??!? This is not a Zune HD!  (sorry but I still want updated battery life expectations, not the past-gen battery specs pasted over.) But wow $98, impressive...very impressive.   That it costs less than Leopard and 7 licenses is amazing all things considered.  <br><br> ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sacapuntas]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 11:43AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[At 98$ it can serve as an external battery pack for your zune hd. Problem solved.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 11:57AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[I remember that India came up with a $100 "laptop" a while ago, but that thing was hardly a computer, more like a set top box. This one at least is a fully functional laptop.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[hmmwv]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 5:27PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[It's better than my first laptop.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[rcappo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 11:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[Same here. Much Better.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sess]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 12:12PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[touchpad-buttons on the side? i'm out.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Felix Fdot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 11:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[Don't diss "buttons on the side", I use it on my netbook all the time and it works just fine.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ioebob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 1:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[Just kidding. The last thing thats wrong with this thing is the button layout. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Felix Fdot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 3:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wouldn't a DS be more useful]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 11:50AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[The nintendo DS runs on a ARM9 processor running at 67 MHz and an ARM7TDMI running at 33.5MHz, this runs on an ARM9 processor running at 266MHz.  Somehow I don't see the DS as having more processing power.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SirisC]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 12:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[But it plays more games than this computer.<br>:D]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[MRLN, Fountain of Monumental and Beautiful and Otherwise Ineffable Wit and Wisdom]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 1:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[@Siris: DSi is 133MHz so it's getting closer... but it costs more than $99.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 7:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[LOL WUT]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[GingerFox]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 12:04PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[Wait.....a 266mhz processor??  Aren't most smartphones running something more powerful than that nowadays?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[freediverdude]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 12:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yes, but for 98 USD you can't argue.  Remember how much something like this cost years ago?  Throw a little more RAM into it and a super slim ( like the size of the logitech nano receiver) > 8 GB flash drive into the side and your gold.  Sure slow, but for a approx 100 USD, this isnt such a bad deal]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[ProfessorKaos]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 1:34PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[yeah theres no way anything actually RUNS on that]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Art]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 12:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[You forget there was a time when desktops were this powerful. We still did plenty of things on them. Like write documents and surf [an admittedly far simpler] web.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Plothole]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 3:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[Why....?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gern Blansten]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 12:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is it ironic that they're showing Windows XP running on it? I doubt that those specs could run XP. There are probably some variants of Linux that would run on it just fine, though. Well, as long as you turn off Compiz.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dach]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 12:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[Actually, it's Windows CE (if you click the read link you can see all the specs)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Diego]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 12:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[xp can run on a machine with as little as 8mhz of processing power. which is irrelevant anyway since it isn't an x86 processor]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chaos Theory]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 1:03PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[dont forget that you can run it on 128mb of ram too but you dont see it happening and have to fight the install the whole way. Not to mention how shitty the interface looks, if they gave it a hip and trendy space background and moved the bar to the top would you think it was OSX... dont be a retard]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[tofudeliveryae86]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 1:21PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[@ chaostheory<br><br>Yeah I saw that too. Half an hour to load is not useful.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[richb93]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 5:44PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[For a comparision of performance, it should be slightly faster than the HTC Excalibur/T-mobile Dash that came out in 2006. They have the same ARM platform, 266 MHz vs 201MHz, and twice the ram.  You could run NES, SNES, and genesis emulators; and even then the SNES and genesis will run slow.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[SirisC]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 12:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[will this run Quake?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ervserver]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 12:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[No, but it will play PacMan. And ping-pong.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 2:07PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[All that matters is if it can do cut and paste.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul Saulnier]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 1:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[Don't be ridiculous, Apple just invented copy and paste this year, and it can only be done on the iphone 3gs.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Khav]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 1:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[Khav: I LMAO'ed.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 10:49PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Lanyu LY-EB01 is world's cheapest laptop with built-in obsolescence]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/13/lanyu-ly-eb01-is-worlds-cheapest-laptop-with-built-in-obsolesce/</guid><description><![CDATA[This is actually quite reasonable for what is only a wood processor. Writers rejoice.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BigD145]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Aug 13th 2009 1:23PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
