ASUS Presents New Affordable EEE PC

HellasVagabond · Jul 13, 2007

Asus announced it almost a month ago at Computex Taipei. Today we get to see the specs along with a Full Review.

Specs Sheet
Display: 7"
Processor: Intel mobile CPU (Intel 910 chipset, 900MHz Dothan Pentium M)
Memory: 512MB RAM
OS: Linux (Asus customized flavor)
Storage: 8GB or 16GB flash hard drive
Webcam: 300K pixel video camera
Battery life: 3 hours using 4-cell battery
Weight: 2lbs
Dimensions: 8.9 in x 6.5 in x 0.82 in - 1.37 in (width x depth x thickness)
Ports: 3 USB ports, 1 VGA out, SD card reader, modem, Ethernet, headphone out, microphone in

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Atech · Jul 13, 2007

HellasVagabond said:
OS: Linux (Asus customized flavor)

Translation: Ubuntu with "Ubuntu" replaced by "Asus"

mullered07 · Jul 13, 2007

how affordable, how you can you start with affordable without a price ?

Atech · Jul 13, 2007

mullered07 said:
how affordable, how you can you start with affordable without a price ?

It's viral marketing, it's not supposed to stand up to reason :rolleyes:

Sovereign · Jul 13, 2007

mullered07 said:
how affordable, how you can you start with affordable without a price ?

Price and Availability

Asus had initially said that the EEE PC would start at $199, but they're thinking now is more like $250 for the 8GB flash drive version and somewhat more for a 16GB version. They're still looking at late August for availability of the device, and it should be offered world-wide. I hope Asus can do a good job in making this device widely available, it's really quite compelling for the price and it will be interesting to see what type of people look to buy this.

Probably an estimated $250 for the base model and up from there.

Also, heres pics for those who didn't see the related link or are to lazy to click on it!

And a more detailed view of specific features :

WarEagleAU · Jul 13, 2007

for 250 bucks, that isnt bad specs there. and its even got built in wireless!

yogurt_21 · Jul 13, 2007

WarEagleAU said:
for 250 bucks, that isnt bad specs there. and its even got built in wireless!

dunno just picked up an old gateway laptop off of fleabay for 290$ and it was an intel centrino 1.6GHZ with 512MBram, 40gb hard drive, XP Pro, 15.4" screen and the battery still works great.

guess it all depends on the targeted country, but I'd say an older laptop can still work just as great (if not better).

Wayward · Jul 13, 2007

I've been wanting one of these since it was announced at Computex. Thanks for the update post, Hellas.

And FYI Atech, the OS is Xandros-based.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,132622-c,thinandlightnotebooks/article.html

bigboi86 · Jul 13, 2007

I would so buy one of those!

mdm-adph · Jul 13, 2007

yogurt_21 said:
dunno just picked up an old gateway laptop off of fleabay for 290$ and it was an intel centrino 1.6GHZ with 512MBram, 40gb hard drive, XP Pro, 15.4" screen and the battery still works great.

guess it all depends on the targeted country, but I'd say an older laptop can still work just as great (if not better).

Aye, good deal, but does that old Gateway weight only 2 lbs?

That's the attraction with this Asus model.

demonbrawn · Jul 13, 2007

Yeahhhhh.... do they have upgradeable flash drives? Hah, I would fill up a 16GB without even getting on the internet, yet.

Wayward · Jul 14, 2007

demonbrawn said:
Yeahhhhh.... do they have upgradeable flash drives? Hah, I would fill up a 16GB without even getting on the internet, yet.

That's one of the best parts. It has a SD card slot, which you can use to really boost the storage space. Also, the USB 2.0 ports mean you can easily add an external HDD.

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