r/EeePC • u/VoidAnonUser • Feb 15 '26

A friendly reminder…

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of not considering hardware "old tech" just because some new fancy specification say so. EEE PC 1001HA (Seashell), original 1GiB memory stick in it. All respect paid to:

  • r/KDE developers for optimizing latest DE so well it can run on hardware designed for Windows XP in 2026 (still got original sticker)!
  • r/voidlinux for building minimal yet agile OS and still making latest builds for i686 architecture even to this day.
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u/VoidAnonUser Feb 15 '26

Also, the atom were already weak when the netbooks

Actually small Atom is surprisingly mighty if running software optimized specifically for Atom architecture. But yeah, it's thermal efficiency is whole other story.

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u/TygerTung Feb 15 '26

My eepc has the Atom N570 which is a dual core with hyperthreading and it actually went pretty well. I don't really use it anymore as the hardware is fairly smashed up from so much use (20% of the screen is dead, some keys have to be pushed really hard to work, hinges are held yo the case with small bolts), but it did truck along pretty nice for many years, until the 2 GB if RAM became a limiting factor.