The ASUS Eee PC and the netbook revolution
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The ASUS Eee PC and the netbook revolution
https://www.spacebar.news/p/the-asus-eee-pc-and-the-netbook-revolution
Before Chromebooks, before the iPad, there was the Eee PC.
https://www.spacebar.news/p/the-asus-eee-pc-and-the-netbook-revolution
Before Chromebooks, before the iPad, there was the Eee PC.
I had used computers back since I was a kid in the 90s with my families 95 then 98 machine, and finally XP. But MY first computer and introduction to tinkering with software was an EEE pc 1005HAB. Atom processor, 2gb ram, and WiFi. I loved the thing. Best of all, I discovered it had compatibility (but not power) to run TF2 on it, which was so much better on PC than console. I spent hours finding ways to overclock it, mod the game to be as lightweight as possible, and eventually was able to play a game at a solid 30 fps so long as I played on the smallest map and used models that were only 50 polygons each. I installed Linux for the first time too, and so of course the next logical step was building my own pc. The rest is history I suppose…