The box on the doorstep contained the ASUS eeePC 1000HE, a Logitech XV Nano mouse, a replacement 2-GB DDR2 6400 memory module and arrived just two days after I placed my order with CompUSA online. Total retail bill for these parts came to US$520 with tax.

After the success I had with my previous tutorial about how to run Windows and a Linux distribution together on the same computer (with a single monitor, keyboard and mouse and no other magic tricks required), I decided to improve the installation method with an extremely easy-to-use one. The idea is the same as in the previous guide, to obtain a single desktop with two completely different operating systems: Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux!

Asustek Computer (Asus) predicts the Eee PC it has started selling with Microsoft Windows XP Home edition on board will outsell the original Linux-based version by a ratio of 6 to 4 in the market by year-end, a heady prediction considering the Windows machine costs nearly twice as much as the cheapest Linux one.

A recent press release shows that Asus has gone into private talks with Microsoft on how to release a Windows 7-Compatible Eee. What's more, both Newegg and Asus have been plugging a new Eee Campaign called "It's Better With Windows"

Hackers no longer have to resort to their own devices to get Windows on Asus's Eee PC. For those unfamiliar with the machine, the Eee comes in $399 and $499 models, both with seven-inch screens and no moving parts (a 4GB or 8GB solid state hard drive replaced the usual spinning disk). And people are gobbling up like they're going out of style.

This is the latest article in the series on dual-booting Windows 7 and Linux distributions. It is intended for those new to Linux, and who might need some assistance installing Linux Mint 10 KDE side by side with Windows 7 on a computer with a single hard disk.

The reader is presented with a step-by-step guide on how to do it right.

The first two articles on dual-booting Windows 7 and Linux distributions published here involved installation on a computer with a single hard drive. Those articles on dual-booting Fedora 14 and Ubuntu 10.10 with Windows 7 are available here and here. This article will cover a different use-case, dual-booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 10.10 or Linux Mint 10 on a computer with two hard drives.

Pear OS is a desktop Linux distribution based on Ubuntu, Desktop, but with a desktop appearance fashioned after the Mac OS X UI. A review of the latest edition, Pear OS Linux Panther 3, has already been published on this website.

It's "better with Windows" and "ASUS recommends Windows 7" when Microsoft pays for such text to be shown, but the reality is very different