Asus Eee PC First Thoughts

Zebulunite · 07-13-2007, 12:44 AM

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Originally Posted by bigmat1201

Will if come with a free version of Crossover (like the home premium version of xandros)?

The bottom three screenshots of hothardware's preview of the eee pc a month ago show a Crossover menu, so presumably the final version of the eee pc will also include it: (http://www.hothardware.com/articles/...US_Eee/?page=2)

accb2005 · 07-13-2007, 12:48 AM

800x480 could be a painful experience while surfing the internet. I hope this one supports that "virtual resolution" thing like Asus R2H and many other UMPCs.

architect54784 · 07-13-2007, 12:59 AM

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for the great review. Have some questions though -

1. What are the dimensions of the power brick?
2. How heavy is it?
3. How big is the battery? Am assuming it is detachable.

TIA.

Gautam · 07-13-2007, 01:15 AM

Hopefully they don't decide on 300$, although I will still get it if they do!

thebluesgnr · 07-13-2007, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by accb2005

800x480 could be a painful experience while surfing the internet. I hope this one supports that "virtual resolution" thing like Asus R2H and many other UMPCs.

Pretty much any Linux GUI system supports virtual resolution.

Paul · 07-13-2007, 01:19 AM

For $250, I will definitely be picking this up. I seriously think my old Latitude C640 is getting ready to crap out on me; it's either the mobo or the hard drive (my money is on the hard drive). This would be the perfect replacement for use on the move and in class every once in a while.

gilo · 07-13-2007, 01:41 AM

At 250$ I'd seriously consider this over anything else in the market for mobility/value , a bigger 10" LED screen ( +50$ ) would make it the ultimate choice .

The start of notebooks turning into a commodity ?

Redline · 07-13-2007, 02:31 AM

I will definitely be picking one of these up. And the $200 model was supposed to have a 4GB flash hard drive, so pricing really isn't that much more expensive.

Teddy89H · 07-13-2007, 04:34 AM

When planning to use Windows on it, don't forget the one button touchpad :/.

Windows key on the keyboard, but one button touchpad... why?

But the rest is really fine! When it comes to germany - one for me pleaz

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c2v4l · 07-13-2007, 04:37 AM

i predict there will be bottleneck in supply as ive found a lot of interest generated on this little device. Plus Asus is only targetting 200k unit will be sell this year. If they do come in August ( I dont think it will come out in July) this might happen (bottleneck). But if it delayed..well, no wonder they target 200k lol