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It’s Pit!

This Asus Eee PC art is brought to you by Yuki Niwa, according to Joystiq.com, anyway. The texture and tone of the plastic Asus Eee PC cases are perfect for this sort of art- perhaps this will start a new phenomenon of painted Asus Eee PCs? At the very least, it’s inspired me to consider [...]

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Norhtec Gecko with Linpus – it’s like lookin’ in a mirror

This picture made me do a double-take – no, that’s not an Eee, it’s actually a Norhtec “Gecko” laptop. It runs a Linux build called “Linpus Linux Lite” which is custom made for this sort of ultra-portable laptop. Don’t worry though, the Gecko will still support other Linux distros and Windows. It’s being built by [...]

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The majority of the next Eee PCs will have Windows

At a recent news conference, Chairman of Asustek Jonney Shih said that about 60% of the Eee PCs shipped in 2008 will be preloaded Windows XP.  The Eee PC’s success in Europe, Asia Pacific and China makes it an attractive way for Microsoft to reach a larger market, and analysts feel that Asus will better [...]

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