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Best Buy, once a Windows-only PC distributor, now sells Asus Eee PCs, which run the Linux distribution Xandros on its website.

Last year, Asus sold more than 300,000 copies of the small Linux laptop. The company has a very optimistic view for this year, predicting to sell several millions of copies. Best Buy sells the subnotebook in three versions: the pink, the white and the galaxy black models.

These laptops feature an Intel Celeron M processor at 900Mhz, 512 MB of DDR2 memory, a 7-inch widescreen display with a resolution of 800 x 480, a 4GB flash-based SSD hard disk, built-in web cam and Xandros Linux, but there’s no optical drive present. The EeePC has shock-proof design, to prevent accidents and data loss. Also, three high-speed USB 2.0 ports for fast digital video, audio and data transfer and a Secure Digital/MultiMediaCard slot are included.

I know we don’t have Best Buy in Malaysia but do you think this is a trend. Anyway, you can get in Plaza Lowyat.

I believe most of the laptop buyer are looking for small, cheap, comfortable, and light weight laptop.  Again, the most important is NO Micro$oft Windows installed.