But it remains a flaw you might be willing to put up with on a 200-quid machine, but not necessarily one setting you back £500...........
One thing that occurs to me about the eeepc is that in part at least it's as cheap as 200 this because of its lack of windows.
I wonder how much Asus will charge for a windows version. Will msft be giving windows away? It will be interesting to see how a windows version sells, and at what price. If its £40-80 it may be too much as it would push th eee to base laptop levels. On the other hand, if it's really cheap or a no cost then I wonder if the competition authorities will assuse msft of dumping.
This could be the first time it will become really clear how much OEMs pay for windows.
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But it remains a flaw you might be willing to put up with on a 200-quid machine, but not necessarily one setting you back £500...........
One thing that occurs to me about the eeepc is that in part at least it's as cheap as 200 this because of its lack of windows.
I wonder how much Asus will charge for a windows version. Will msft be giving windows away? It will be interesting to see how a windows version sells, and at what price. If its £40-80 it may be too much as it would push th eee to base laptop levels. On the other hand, if it's really cheap or a no cost then I wonder if the competition authorities will assuse msft of dumping.
This could be the first time it will become really clear how much OEMs pay for windows.