Simple, tiny computers forcing Microsoft to make changes

Posted by Sander_Marechal on Jan 10, 2008 1:31 PM EDT
Seattle PI; By Todd Bishop
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Amid the gigantic televisions and booming speakers at the Consumer Electronics Show, a tiny laptop computer stands out for its minimalist approach. The Asus Eee PC is about the size of a small hardback book, and weighs two pounds. Rather than storing data on a spinning hard drive, it uses the type of solid-state flash memory more common in portable music players. It comes with the Linux operating system preinstalled, and it sells for as little as $300. The trend is complicating matters for Microsoft Corp.

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