Security considerations for EEE PC

[Walter Dnes]

On Sat, Dec 01, 2007 at 01:34:45PM -0500, Fraser Campbell wrote
> On Friday 30 November 2007 23:49:24 Walter Dnes wrote:
> 
> >   What I'm waiting for is the EEE PC 8G model due to show up today.
> > It'll have a gig of ram and an 8 gig SSD.
> 
> That would be nice however if you want more you could run out and
> get a 32GB disk and 1GB of RAM yourself. just open the bottom panel
> and replace.

  Yeah, but, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC says...

> A "warranty void if seal broken" sticker covers the RAM access panel
> on the upgradeable models, forcing the owner to void the warranty
> if they attempt to open the access port to the upgradeable RAM
> slot. Asus Support have insisted that because the Eee PC is not
> considered by them as a laptop computer, rather an 'appliance', it
> will not be covered by their usual computer warranty policies. However
> such warranty tie-in tactics were made illegal in the United States
> by the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, and similar laws exist in other
> jurisdictions. The pre-installed Xandros operating system has also
> been configured to limit the detected RAM size to 1GB, although this
> is adjustable by an experienced user, Windows XP installations have a
> 4GB for limit which is higher than the hardware limit of the notebook.

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