Asustek's $300 Laptop is making waves already in the market. Everex, the Maker of gPC - the $200 desktop is also jumping into the fray with a $300 laptop. What is in common with the these two is that they are both having a sleek linux desktop as the OS. Forbes has covered the Asustek Laptop in this Jonney Machine article.
GOS screenshot looks great;
Computing for the Next Billion, as put by Asustek CEO, Jonney Shih, is going to be the significant IT trend. Nokia seems to think the same.
There are 1.2 billion people on the Internet. It took 12 years to reach that milestone; it will take only 7 years more to reach the next billion. Most will be in developing markets, and most will be getting online first with a mobile device, very likely a Nokia. With such customers out there Nokia has a historic opportunity to become synonymous with the Web much the way Google, Yahoo and Baidu are for millions now. "We almost have an obligation to create a market here," says Kallasvuo.
Here is the video of the Eee PC user experience :
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