Asus: If you Want Linux On Your Eee, Go To Toys R Us!
Jul 01, 2009, 21:02 (7 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Peter Judge)
[ Thanks to Peter
Judge for this link. ]
"However, on the phone to Asus, it is clear that none
of these Linux versions are available from Asus. "It's been a
gradual migration over the last three months," said a sales
executive who answered Asus' public number. "People have preferred
Windows XP."
"Asking for a Linux Eee, eWEEK Europe was given two options: an
Eee with a 7in screen, on sale from Misco, and one with a 9 in
screen, sold by Toys R Us. Could we have Linux if we bought an
order of 500 machines? "That's doubtful," we were told. "We haven't
done that yet"
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