Comments on: ASUS Eee PC For Dummies http://liliputing.com/2008/12/asus-eee-pc-for-dummies.html Compact Computing Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Neues Buch für Eee PC Benutzer: ASUS Eee PC für Dummies | EEE-PC.de :: Deutschlands EEE-PC Community http://liliputing.com/2008/12/asus-eee-pc-for-dummies.html#comment-12344 Neues Buch für Eee PC Benutzer: ASUS Eee PC für Dummies | EEE-PC.de :: Deutschlands EEE-PC Community Sat, 27 Dec 2008 13:00:42 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=3979#comment-12344 [...] <via> Socialnetworks: [...] [...] <via> Socialnetworks: [...]

]]> By: Asus Eee for Dummies : My Asus Eee PC http://liliputing.com/2008/12/asus-eee-pc-for-dummies.html#comment-12290 Asus Eee for Dummies : My Asus Eee PC Fri, 26 Dec 2008 12:47:38 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=3979#comment-12290 [...] to Liliputing, The book covers all the basics, with an introduction to Linux for people who aren’t familiar [...] [...] to Liliputing, The book covers all the basics, with an introduction to Linux for people who aren’t familiar [...]

]]> By: revoke http://liliputing.com/2008/12/asus-eee-pc-for-dummies.html#comment-47917 revoke Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:59:41 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=3979#comment-47917 Actually, this is the second book out on the Asus Eee PC. The first was "Using the Asus Eee PC" by Bill Lawrence. It was available back in September 2008 and focuses mainly on the original 701 and the 900/901 models. I only know of the book because one of my coworkers picked up the original 4GB Eee PC model for his son and got him the Lawrence book to go along with it. While the books do appear to cover much of the same ground, the Lawrence book does have some stranger inclusions -- such as, installing "Pupeee" or OpenSolaris on an Eee PC (which are certainly not the most common Linux distributions distro-hoppers have been loading on these things). Actually, this is the second book out on the Asus Eee PC. The first was “Using the Asus Eee PC” by Bill Lawrence. It was available back in September 2008 and focuses mainly on the original 701 and the 900/901 models. I only know of the book because one of my coworkers picked up the original 4GB Eee PC model for his son and got him the Lawrence book to go along with it. While the books do appear to cover much of the same ground, the Lawrence book does have some stranger inclusions — such as, installing “Pupeee” or OpenSolaris on an Eee PC (which are certainly not the most common Linux distributions distro-hoppers have been loading on these things).

]]> By: DougC3 http://liliputing.com/2008/12/asus-eee-pc-for-dummies.html#comment-47920 DougC3 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:50:07 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=3979#comment-47920 Yes, I guess a general book would need to be more of a buyer's guide, which would really be challenging with new models coming out all the time and old ones being dropped. Yes, I guess a general book would need to be more of a buyer's guide, which would really be challenging with new models coming out all the time and old ones being dropped.

]]> By: DougC3 http://liliputing.com/2008/12/asus-eee-pc-for-dummies.html#comment-47918 DougC3 Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:37:17 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=3979#comment-47918 It's a little surprising that they started out with an EeePC-specific book rather than a general netbook book, since even the Acer Aspire One's single model has sold more units than all the dozens of EeePC models combined.<br><br>But I'm not complaining--I really like EeePC's multi-model tactic and I think it's sappy for people to gripe about having too many things to choose from. Also I think owners of any netbook would profit from the general information in a book like this, and I'm old fashioned enough to still love to have my information in a book, even if it's mostly outdated when it hits the stands.<br><br>It could be greatly enhanced if they use the web site to really offer updated material about new models and so forth. It's a little surprising that they started out with an EeePC-specific book rather than a general netbook book, since even the Acer Aspire One's single model has sold more units than all the dozens of EeePC models combined.

But I'm not complaining–I really like EeePC's multi-model tactic and I think it's sappy for people to gripe about having too many things to choose from. Also I think owners of any netbook would profit from the general information in a book like this, and I'm old fashioned enough to still love to have my information in a book, even if it's mostly outdated when it hits the stands.

It could be greatly enhanced if they use the web site to really offer updated material about new models and so forth.

]]> By: Brad Linder http://liliputing.com/2008/12/asus-eee-pc-for-dummies.html#comment-47919 Brad Linder Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:42:13 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=3979#comment-47919 Yeah, my guess is they started working on this book early this year,<br>before it was clear that netbooks would really take off the way they<br>did.<br><br>Also, writing a more general netbook book is much more challenging. By<br>the time you create chapters for the dozen most popular netbooks you<br>have to wonder why anyone would buy a book with info on 11 machines<br>they don't own... and of course the PC makers are just going to<br>release updated versions in a few months and make your book obsolete.<br><br>But it does look like this particular book does provide a decent<br>overview of the Eee PC, and since it has a nice focus on the Asus<br>version of Xandros, I could see it being useful for a lot of people<br>who purchased various Eee PC models. Yeah, my guess is they started working on this book early this year,
before it was clear that netbooks would really take off the way they
did.

Also, writing a more general netbook book is much more challenging. By
the time you create chapters for the dozen most popular netbooks you
have to wonder why anyone would buy a book with info on 11 machines
they don't own… and of course the PC makers are just going to
release updated versions in a few months and make your book obsolete.

But it does look like this particular book does provide a decent
overview of the Eee PC, and since it has a nice focus on the Asus
version of Xandros, I could see it being useful for a lot of people
who purchased various Eee PC models.

]]> By: revoke http://liliputing.com/2008/12/asus-eee-pc-for-dummies.html#comment-12199 revoke Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:59:41 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=3979#comment-12199 Actually, this is the second book out on the Asus Eee PC. The first was "Using the Asus Eee PC" by Bill Lawrence. It was available back in September 2008 and focuses mainly on the original 701 and the 900/901 models. I only know of the book because one of my coworkers picked up the original 4GB Eee PC model for his son and got him the Lawrence book to go along with it. While the books do appear to cover much of the same ground, the Lawrence book does have some stranger inclusions -- such as, installing "Pupeee" or OpenSolaris on an Eee PC (which are certainly not the most common Linux distributions distro-hoppers have been loading on these things). Actually, this is the second book out on the Asus Eee PC. The first was “Using the Asus Eee PC” by Bill Lawrence. It was available back in September 2008 and focuses mainly on the original 701 and the 900/901 models. I only know of the book because one of my coworkers picked up the original 4GB Eee PC model for his son and got him the Lawrence book to go along with it. While the books do appear to cover much of the same ground, the Lawrence book does have some stranger inclusions — such as, installing “Pupeee” or OpenSolaris on an Eee PC (which are certainly not the most common Linux distributions distro-hoppers have been loading on these things).

]]> By: DougC3 http://liliputing.com/2008/12/asus-eee-pc-for-dummies.html#comment-12198 DougC3 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:50:07 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=3979#comment-12198 Yes, I guess a general book would need to be more of a buyer's guide, which would really be challenging with new models coming out all the time and old ones being dropped. Yes, I guess a general book would need to be more of a buyer's guide, which would really be challenging with new models coming out all the time and old ones being dropped.

]]> By: DougC3 http://liliputing.com/2008/12/asus-eee-pc-for-dummies.html#comment-12196 DougC3 Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:37:17 +0000 http://www.liliputing.com/?p=3979#comment-12196 It's a little surprising that they started out with an EeePC-specific book rather than a general netbook book, since even the Acer Aspire One's single model has sold more units than all the dozens of EeePC models combined.<br><br>But I'm not complaining--I really like EeePC's multi-model tactic and I think it's sappy for people to gripe about having too many things to choose from. Also I think owners of any netbook would profit from the general information in a book like this, and I'm old fashioned enough to still love to have my information in a book, even if it's mostly outdated when it hits the stands.<br><br>It could be greatly enhanced if they use the web site to really offer updated material about new models and so forth. It's a little surprising that they started out with an EeePC-specific book rather than a general netbook book, since even the Acer Aspire One's single model has sold more units than all the dozens of EeePC models combined.

But I'm not complaining–I really like EeePC's multi-model tactic and I think it's sappy for people to gripe about having too many things to choose from. Also I think owners of any netbook would profit from the general information in a book like this, and I'm old fashioned enough to still love to have my information in a book, even if it's mostly outdated when it hits the stands.

It could be greatly enhanced if they use the web site to really offer updated material about new models and so forth.

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