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Thread ID: 86156	2008-01-06 11:07:00	Asus Eee PC	plod (107)	PC World Chat

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627838	2008-01-09 04:47:00	Thanks for the info chill, I think I'll have to wait to get the black one. It defiantly looks better IMHO, and hides the bars next to the screen although I'm sure you'd barely notice those when in use.	cold_fusion (6537)
627839	2008-01-09 06:14:00	Well we all knew this was coming, but it's still nice to see: jkkmobile.blogspot.com	cold_fusion (6537)
627840	2008-01-09 11:20:00	I'm trying to figure out the point with these machines! For a couple of hundred or so more you can purchase a proper notebook computer with 14" widescreen display, dvd writer etc. Is it the point that they ARE small thats got so many people excited. I'd like a laptop of some sort to complement my desktop but having read up a bit on Eee I keep coming back to, why Eee?	Robinz (9362)
627841	2008-01-09 11:40:00	This would probably be best answered by someone that owns one, but the point it yes its really small which means its easier to carry around and easier to get more use from it. Sure you can spend a few hundred more and get something like the Acer Aspire 5310 (after obligatory cash back of course) but there are a few problems with that. 1. Acer makes horribly unreliably laptops. 2. An entry level laptop such as that really struggles with vista basic, the start up times along a horrendous. So you really still need to spend around that magic $1000 mark to get something dual core and with more ram to support vista. From what I saw today xandros flys on that little thing, although it could be argued that a lightweight linux distro would work equally well on a low spec regular size laptop. Hope that didn't sound too much like a rant, I really think this sort of device is a great step in the right direction. Anything that encourages diversity and compition in computing can't be all bad, right?	cold_fusion (6537)
627842	2008-01-09 11:42:00	I'm trying to figure out the point with these machines! For a couple of hundred or so more you can purchase a proper notebook computer with 14" widescreen display, dvd writer etc. Is it the point that they ARE small thats got so many people excited. I'd like a laptop of some sort to complement my desktop but having read up a bit on Eee I keep coming back to, why Eee? Small, while a laptop is portable i would never lug one around, with this I would. If you dropped it and it broke not much money lost. Uses flash memory so will take the bumps a lot better then a conventional laptop. Not intended as a main computer.	plod (107)
627843	2008-01-09 12:12:00	Well i might have another look with the 8" screen or larger. Looks from the link in cold_fusion's post that the 8" version at least, is using essentially the same case as the 7" version! I've never had a laptop of any sort so maybe I've been spoilt by desk top size screen. Might be a case of the Joneses, after seeing some of these 19' and 20" LCD's in the shops I seem to be finding the present 17" too small.	Robinz (9362)
627844	2008-01-09 18:41:00	Well i might have another look with the 8" screen or larger. Looks from the link in cold_fusion's post that the 8" version at least, is using essentially the same case as the 7" version! I've never had a laptop of any sort so maybe I've been spoilt by desk top size screen. Might be a case of the Joneses, after seeing some of these 19' and 20" LCD's in the shops I seem to be finding the present 17" too small. If you've had to lug around a "normal" laptop to and from work on a regular basis, you'll know how much of a pain in the neck it is. The company I work for issues us with relatively small and light 14" laptops, however it is still a pain carrying them to client sites just for the purpose of opening up a few word docs and emails. The selling point of the Eee really is its size. It's slightly bigger than a small hardcover book, and is incredibly light. The screen is completely usable at 800x480 resolution, and the hardware is powerful enough to cope with day-to-day tasks. I just installed a stripped down version of XP on mine, and put Office 2007 on it. With the standard 512MB of RAM, it runs very snappy and fast. If you're concerned about disk space, then you may want to wait for the Everex Cloudbook (http://www.everex.com/) to come out. As it uses a normal hard disk, it won't be as resilient to knocks as the Eee is, with its SSD.	somebody (208)
627845	2008-01-09 23:11:00	Small size: Its easy enough to chuck it in a bag amongst other things, its protective 'sleeve' keeps it from being scratched in my bike bag alongside all my other things Lightweight: at 920 grams, it weighs nothing... some laptop batteries alone weigh that much, let alone adding the power supply & laptop into the mix Battery Life: 3 1/2 hours is for real, you wont get that unless you start spending upwards of $1500, potentially more Instant On/Off: Yeah, no Hibernate features, but when your OS boots in 14 seconds, who cares. Vista wont even un-hibernate that fast most of the time! Portability: Sure, going back to the combo of size / weight, its just easier to carry around the whole thing over a regular sized laptop SSD: Longer battery life and no moving parts means it takes those knocks better. Ive had a sibbling push mine off the table once, I was horrified, until I noticed there wasnt even a scratch on the casing, device still worked and looked 100%. Last time I saw that happen with a mates laptop, it was never the same again... Fun factor: Dude... look at it, its just cool! :D Of course its not a complete desktop replacement, but more the ultimate compliment to it :) YMMV of course ;) I just wanna do the touchscreen mod for mine, now THAT looks cool :D	Chilling_Silence (9)
627846	2008-01-09 23:25:00	Small size: Its easy enough to chuck it in a bag amongst other things, its protective 'sleeve' keeps it from being scratched in my bike bag alongside all my other things Lightweight: at 920 grams, it weighs nothing... some laptop batteries alone weigh that much, let alone adding the power supply & laptop into the mix Battery Life: 3 1/2 hours is for real, you wont get that unless you start spending upwards of $1500, potentially more Instant On/Off: Yeah, no Hibernate features, but when your OS boots in 14 seconds, who cares. Vista wont even un-hibernate that fast most of the time! Portability: Sure, going back to the combo of size / weight, its just easier to carry around the whole thing over a regular sized laptop SSD: Longer battery life and no moving parts means it takes those knocks better. Ive had a sibbling push mine off the table once, I was horrified, until I noticed there wasnt even a scratch on the casing, device still worked and looked 100%. Last time I saw that happen with a mates laptop, it was never the same again... Fun factor: Dude... look at it, its just cool! :D Of course its not a complete desktop replacement, but more the ultimate compliment to it :) YMMV of course ;) I just wanna do the touchscreen mod for mine, now THAT looks cool :D Have you been able to track down a supplier for these for solderless mods? img513.imageshack.us I've been hunting around the common places (DSE, Jaycar, Surplustronics), without any luck.	somebody (208)
627847	2008-01-10 02:28:00	I am really interested in these, however I want to know what the implications are for running it in for business purposes in an office environment where the default email and diary medium is outlook. Does Oo have an Outlook type application? As far as the portability thing goes, I have been carrying an Asus 2500H around for the last 4 years 4.5Kg with the adapter and the idea of 940gms is quite exciting as is the $550.00 price tag.	theother1 (3573)
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