Asus Eee PC First Thoughts

[GRZ530]

In the Asus catalogue which is available 16Gb SSD option so i think the max price 500$ is totally acceptable.But it doesnt mean any Wireless card,just introduce:

Rich Network and extensive wireless connectivity

In another hand,Windows Xp is compatible,its really a good news for Windows fan

Originally Posted by luwalira

My only concern with the laptop is the crappy battery time. 3 hour will be between 1.5-2 hours in real life when you fiddle and surf on it. It would make a perfect video playback device on journeys or long flights but the battery will most likely die after little after 1 hour. That kind of sucks and hopefully they will offer a high capacity battery or find a way to make it more efficient.

The battery is 4 cell with 5200 Mah,not bad for a 7" laptop.I think 2,5 to 3h is true depend on your application

IMHO,EEE is the best price/performance UMPC/laptop at this moment.try to google some UMPC at this moment,it's very very expensive

[QuoVadis]

This little lappy is nice. I'll probably buy one even tho I just purchased a HP DV2312. This little device is what the Palm Foleo should have been...so sad...

[GRZ530]

our negotiation with Asus Manager was quite difficult, due to the different in quality of the two laptops,intially he did allow us to take picture. But with the help of the gorgeous associate, a deal was made

Some pix compared with Sony Vaio TX







Which one do you like
Which one do you want to have if have a choice

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If only if the EEE spend the whole "black space" on the lid for the LCD, I think that'll sell like hotcakes! Of course, making a laptop this cheap has its price....

[GRZ530]

You can customize it by your own,that's why this sub is available

[Rahul]

Thanks for all the pictures and information! It only has one mouse button correct? I also wish the screen took up the whole space. Why does the price range from $250 to $500? What are the differences in configurations, I know the flash storage is one difference, anything else?

What does it use for flash storage? Is anything in the laptop upgradable? It'll come out in North America sometime August? I'm really just worried about the small screen.

[Niskyspy]

TO GRZ530:
Hi, I went to your website Tinhte.com and found the following picture of EeePC

Its pretty low resolution and its impossible to read what it says on the back of the unit. I am pretty sure you took a high res picture, so could u post it somewhere to that we can read what it says (it might be some useful information)
Thank you

And yes, I am really confused on $250-500 price range, there is no way in hell the price of the unit would double just for 8 more gig's of storage. Its either they included the 10" version of the unit in that price range or there will be 3G and following upgrades for Eee.

PS: Just can't wait til I can have one of these things on my laps. Its too bad Asus isn't giving us any detailed info about this product.

+ from what it looks like (there is a unscrewable panel on the back of Eee) probably for additional memory, but then it would drain the battery faster.

[havand]

Originally Posted by liquid.ice0

I like how half the people in here want more stuff in it or are complaining about something. It's a two hundred dollar laptop, that's practically unfathomable. you can't make a desktop for that much. The target audience doesn't need to output 4000x3000 resolution, doesn't need and array of SD slots, won't care if the ram is soldered on, and gets nothing from funning vista on it. Battery life is as simple as buying a replacement battery and swapping them.

Dont get me wrong, I'd love nothing more than to have a 9ish inch LED glossy screen in it, and yes, I'd pay for it too. I've not measured anything, but it almost looks like a widescreen would fit perfectly in the space occupied by the screen and speakers. Granted, you have to find somewhere to move the speakers, but I think it's doable, and I imagine somebody out there is willing to figure it out themselves, and might even be generous enough to write up a guide for the rest of us.

What is so unreasonable about wanting 2 SDHC slots? They can't cost more than $1. I think it is a reasonable request. Since it is being produced as a SSD laptop only, I think the expansion room would surely be welcomed! You have to remember, everyone has their ideal configuration, people are just posting that, but will probably buy on eitherway if they're interested at all.

[coriolis]

Originally Posted by GRZ530

our negotiation with Asus Manager was quite difficult, due to the different in quality of the two laptops,intially he did allow us to take picture. But with the help of the gorgeous associate, a deal was made

Do you have more pictures.......of the associate?


Thanks for the images, they are very nice.

[Redline]

Damn, its even smaller than I thought it would be.... I like, I like!

Can we put a different Linux distro on it than the one it comes with (I am going to assume that its Ubuntu, right?)?