Does ASUS really want to sell Eee-PCs (in Belgium)?
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From: Will Kemp on 6 Dec 2008 15:02 hugocoolens(a)gmail.com wrote: > On Dec 5, 6:31 pm, Will Kemp <w...(a)xxxx.swaggie.net> wrote: >> Ian wrote: >>> On 5 Dec, 14:06, "hugocool...(a)gmail.com" <hugocool...(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Reading some reports concerning the Asus 901Go I decided to try to buy >>>> one. As I'm living in Belgium and being a Linux-fan I wanted the model >>>> with a Belgian Azerty keyboard and Linux pre-installed, in fact I also >>>> would like to have 2GB of RAM. >>> You may just have to put up with a non-Belgian keyboard. Would it hurt >>> so much? >> It would be silly if Belgian azerty keyboard models do actually exist. >> > (try one day when you are abroad to type something on a non-uk > keyboard layout and you'll understand why this is not so silly) I have tried it. Visiting a friend in France several times, i've had to use his azerty keyboard. And also once, as far as i remember, in Croatia. It takes a bit of getting used to - although it wasn't too hard, as i touch type and just changed the keyboard layout on my French friend's Linux system. So long as i didn't look at the keys i was ok! But i think you misread my comment. I was saying it would be silly to have to put up with a non-Belgian azerty keyboard if it was possible to get a Belgian one. I believe the difference between the Belgian and French azerty keyboards only lies in the punctuation keys - which are much easier to adjust to. But it would still be silly to have to if it wasn't necessary. > Eee-pcs with belgian azerty keyboards > do exist but then I have to buy one with windows XP on board and a > smaller SSD! > The point is some anti-linux forces are acting here Maybe. -- http://NovemberEchoRomeoDelta.com
From: hugocoolens on 7 Dec 2008 05:26 On Dec 5, 10:42 pm, Ian <ian.gro...(a)btinternet.com> wrote: > On 5 Dec, 17:31, Will Kemp <w...(a)xxxx.swaggie.net> wrote: > > > Ian wrote: > > > On 5 Dec, 14:06, "hugocool...(a)gmail.com" <hugocool...(a)gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > >> Reading some reports concerning the Asus 901Go I decided to try to buy > > >> one. As I'm living in Belgium and being a Linux-fan I wanted the model > > >> with a Belgian Azerty keyboard and Linux pre-installed, in fact I also > > >> would like to have 2GB of RAM. > > > > You may just have to put up with a non-Belgian keyboard. Would it hurt > > > so much? > > > It would be silly if Belgian azerty keyboard models do actually exist. > > I'd be quite surprised if they were made for such a tiny (southern > half of Plucky Little Belgium only, I presume) market. > > Ian the northern and southern part of Belgian share the same keyboard layout (=belgian azerty)
From: hugocoolens on 10 Dec 2008 05:04
On Dec 5, 10:02 pm, Craig Wallace <craigw84(a)fast_NOSPAM_mail.fm> wrote: > On 05/12/2008 17:05, Ian wrote: > > > On 5 Dec, 14:06, "hugocool...(a)gmail.com"<hugocool...(a)gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> Reading some reports concerning theAsus901Go I decided to try to buy > >> one. As I'm living in Belgium and being a Linux-fan I wanted the model > >> with a Belgian Azerty keyboard and Linux pre-installed, in fact I also > >> would like to have 2GB of RAM. > > > You may just have to put up with a non-Belgian keyboard. Would it hurt > > so much? > > Or pull the keys off and rearrange them as needed? > According to this page its quite easy to do that on the Eee PC:http://techreport.com/discussions.x/15893 > > -- > Craig Wallacehttp://craig.neogeo.org.ukhttp://www.neogeo.org.uk thanks for the link, I'll consider doing that |