ASUS Eee PC
Sign in to savenetbook computer line from ASUS; part of the ASUS Eee product family
Key facts
- Developer
- Asus
- Type
- Netbook
- Operating system
- Linux ( Xandros ), Windows ( XP , 7 , 8.1 )
- Cpu
- Intel ( Celeron , Atom ), AMD ( AMD Fusion )
- Website
- eeepc.asus.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-05-31)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
The ASUS Eee PC is a netbook computer line from Asus, and a part of the ASUS Eee product family. At the time of its introduction in late 2007, it was noted for its combination of a lightweight, Linux-based operating system, solid-state drive (SSD), and relatively low cost. Newer models added the options of Microsoft Windows operating system and rotating media hard disk drives (HDD), and initially retailed for up to 500 euros.
The first Eee PC was a milestone in the personal computer business, launching the netbook category of small, low-cost laptops in the West (in Japan, subnotebooks had long been a staple in computing). According to Asus, the name Eee derives from "the three Es", an abbreviation of its advertising slogan for the device: "Easy to learn, Easy to work, Easy to play".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ASUS Eee PC” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.