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Big Mods for the Small Eee PC

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 4, 2008

“During the 2007 holiday season, there was another small, white
and cheap tech device that became a hard-to-find bestseller: the
ultra-portable Eee PC notebook by ASUS. (It also comes in black and
three other colors, but the white model appears to be the most
popular.) Despite looking like a toy, the Eee PC is a fully capable
computer primarily meant for wireless Internet use. It runs Linux
and includes Firefox and OpenOffice.

“The Eee PC has appealed to a large segment of mobile
computerists due to its combination of size, features and
affordability…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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