The Netbook Thread

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:25 pm 0

RM are going to sell the Eee as the RM Asus MiniBook.
http://www.rm.com/FE/Products/Product.a ... =PD1024415

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:27 pm 0

Ooo....that means I may be able to get some shiny educational discount!

Game on....

Dated as 1st of November on there, too.

wanye · Post by **wanye** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:41 pm 0

lets just hope they dont "customise" it the way that RM do with their windows PCs....

(i think i need me one next payday)

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:44 pm 0

Well it's like you can't put yer own OS on it.

..and my crystal is predicting these things being as rare as rocking horse shit until early next year, you may be better off waiting for the model with the 8 inch screen early next year.

ravuya · Post by **ravuya** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:17 pm 0

Update from eeeuser:

The official Asus Eee PC product page has received a few more updates, specifically a table showing the possibly finalized specifications of the four models. Most notable are the device names and the battery types. The model names (going from highest end to lowest end) are: Eee PC 4G, Eee PC 2G, Eee PC 2G Surf, and Eee PC 2G Pure. In the same order, the battery specifications are: 4 Cells 5200 mAh, 4 Cells 4400 mAh, 4 Cells 4400 mAh, 2 Cells 2600 mAh.

Also, check out this review (the original is in Russian) that has CPU-Z information about the processor along with benchmarks. It appears to be the Eee PC 700 model. [thanks pulped]

The French Eee PC blog Blogeee has up part three of their great series of reviews on the Eee PC 701 (the original French version is here.)

Finally, it looks like ASUS removed the reference of the Eee PC 801 on their website- it was up, then removed, then up again, but now removed once again…

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:31 pm 0

Kemper_Boyd wrote:RM are going to sell the Eee as the RM Asus MiniBook.
http://www.rm.com/FE/Products/Product.a ... =PD1024415

Bah, "available to education only"!

Oh well, can't be long before Ebuyer and the like have them.

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:43 am 0

/me checks email TLD...

.ac.uk

Check!

oNyx · Post by **oNyx** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:13 pm 0

The display appears to be a lot better than expected and you can even replace/upgrade the ram. Neat!

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:18 pm 0

Aye...apparently you can put a 1GB stick in if you want...

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:02 pm 0

Hmmm..one interesting point from that Russian review: the screen is apparently 800x480. Yikes!

I'm sure they were originally talking 1024x600, 800x480 is even less screen than my old Picturebook. If I wind up with one of these I can see it spending a lot more time on the console running X.

*edit* Also, the Russian article seems to think the RAM *can't* be upgraded...

*edit 2* French review site linked from there says it *can* be upgraded and has picture, too, phew! There's also a MiniPCI slot under the cover, hopefully there'll be a Bluetooth board available so I can do some GPRS connecty goodness through my mobile.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:14 pm 0

I think it's been 800x480 since the start, 1024x600 mooted for the 10" screen model - if it ever appears. I'm going to hold out a while to see if that tips up, on the grounds that I'd end up buying two otherwise...

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:34 pm 0

Well, I'll see if I can get my boss to buy this one then snap up the bigger model for myself if/when they come along

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:04 am 0

WiteWulf wrote:*edit* Also, the Russian article seems to think the RAM *can't* be upgraded...

*edit 2* French review site linked from there says it *can* be upgraded and has picture, too, phew! There's also a MiniPCI slot under the cover, hopefully there'll be a Bluetooth board available so I can do some GPRS connecty goodness through my mobile.

Apparently the base model (the "700") has 256MB of soldered-down RAM that can't be expanded. I think that version's only going to be available to other companies in job lots for rebadging, though.

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:00 am 0

Ah, that makes, sense...the 256MB model is the uber-bargain-basement version, then.

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:23 am 0

http://www.eeeuser.com now reckon there's gonna be an additional model with 8GB flash and 1GB RAM. We should find out when Asus officially announces final pricing tomorrow (the 16th).