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| Thread ID: 87778 | 2008-03-03 22:26:00 | EEEPC v2.0? | Thebananamonkey (7741) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 646073 | 2008-03-05 06:32:00 | You're not wrong there. It looks very ....basic. You guys may have missed the point of the whole thing. Basics is what it's about. But before the HDD and screen size were the only thing making it not the most practical computer ever. Like someone said, the difference between what you want and what you need. Now I want it... need it too! :) |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 646074 | 2008-03-05 06:50:00 | You guys may have missed the point of the whole thing. Basics is what it's about. But before the HDD and screen size were the only thing making it not the most practical computer ever. Like someone said, the difference between what you want and what you need. Now I want it... need it too! :) I didn't miss any point bananamonkey. Just because something is simple and affordable doesn't mean that it should be devoid of all industrial design input as is the EEEEEPC, especially not in this day and age :horrified: It reminds me of a toasted sandwich maker that was designed in 1994 :groan: It is known as care and attention to detail. You can still source affordable components and have a great design while keeping the device affordable - they don't even have to pay Windows licensing fees for crying out loud. |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 646075 | 2008-03-05 08:15:00 | Atleast it doesnt look like a Mac :D Hallejulah! | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 646076 | 2008-03-05 08:23:00 | Atleast it doesnt look like a Mac :D Hallejulah! I never said it had to beeswax, but element of design would be nice. Otherwise you could park it next to your Trabant and it would make for good company da? :D |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 646077 | 2008-03-05 08:30:00 | I never said it had to beeswax, but element of design would be nice. Otherwise you could park it next to your Trabant and it would make for good company da? :D If you have seen a real EeePC in person, you'll find that they have given a lot of thought to the design of the machine. Of course, the design isn't "Apple" style, and may not suit your tastes, but from a functional design point of view, it's well thought out. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 646078 | 2008-03-05 08:48:00 | If you have seen a real EeePC in person, you'll find that they have given a lot of thought to the design of the machine. Of course, the design isn't "Apple" style, and may not suit your tastes, but from a functional design point of view, it's well thought out. I have actually seen an EEEEPC in Dick Smith - I would call the design "clunky/boxy" which is sad considering how long laptops have been around for. It does run Linux though ;) |
vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 646079 | 2008-03-05 09:01:00 | HP's Eee PC challenger, the HP 2133 UMPC (clumpc.com) looks quite decent too. There's no specifics on hardware yet but apparently it'll have quite a decent resolution (1366 x 766 WXGA) with the same sized screen of the newer Eee PC. I know this basically means "smaller icons" in a way but I like this because it brings an extra crispness to the screens due to a higher pixel density. | sal (67) | ||
| 646080 | 2008-03-05 09:17:00 | Thats looking better but it could do with having slimmer speakers to give more screen real estate. | vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 646081 | 2008-03-05 10:02:00 | Thats looking better but it could do with having slimmer speakers to give more screen real estate. Thats what they did with the 2.0 version. The case is exactly the same size because all they did was remove those speakers and make the screen bigger. |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 646082 | 2008-03-05 12:32:00 | You guys may have missed the point of the whole thing. Basics is what it's about. But before the HDD and screen size were the only thing making it not the most practical computer ever. Like someone said, the difference between what you want and what you need. Now I want it... need it too! :) you're right see my sig:D I didn't miss any point bananamonkey. Just because something is simple and affordable doesn't mean that it should be devoid of all industrial design input as is the EEEEEPC, especially not in this day and age :horrified: It reminds me of a toasted sandwich maker that was designed in 1994 :groan: It is known as care and attention to detail. You can still source affordable components and have a great design while keeping the device affordable - they don't even have to pay Windows licensing fees for crying out loud. while it does immediately look like it belongs in the 90's, it IS only $600 they really could've made a better effort. the shape, however, will have an impact on strength, weight, and cost of design/manufacture, which all ultimately alters the price for in this case better AND it's white plastic, which seems to be an apple trademark nowadays:p |
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