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:Asus: If you Want Linux On Your Eee, Go To Toys R Us!
Asus: If you Want Linux On Your Eee, Go To Toys R Us!
Jul 1, 2009, 21 :02 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (5038 reads)

(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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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
"Then HP and Dell came along and said &# ...   Lame Excuse   
Abe
Jul 1, 2009, 21:59:30
 
I was planning on buying an eeepc but th ...   Boycott Asus eeepc   
Jimgo
Jul 2, 2009, 00:46:47
 
Asus quality has been on the decline for ...   F 'em   
brian
Jul 2, 2009, 03:50:10
 
My wife and I were planning on buying on ...   Well they just lost one sale here.   
Phil
Jul 2, 2009, 14:16:15
 
Notify ASUS that you just bought a xyz n ...   Buy something else and then...   
Wayne
Jul 2, 2009, 14:29:18
 
Does anybody else find it funny that jus ...   ...I'll just load a stock distro   
littlenoodles
Jul 2, 2009, 18:31:27
 
Asus is king of lame excuses for not off ...   Re: Lame Excuse   
Bernard Swiss
Jul 2, 2009, 22:01:13
 
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