The Netbook Thread

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 8:51 pm 0

PC World have them on sale

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:10 pm 0

Nice article here including this

Now rumors are circulating that a new Intel Merom-based ASUS Eee PC that may ship as early as April will run so efficiently that it won't need a fan. The entire laptop will be solid state -- no moving parts. Intel loves that kind of thing.

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 8:30 pm 0

HGFB wrote:Nice article here including this

Now rumors are circulating that a new Intel Merom-based ASUS Eee PC that may ship as early as April will run so efficiently that it won't need a fan. The entire laptop will be solid state -- no moving parts. Intel loves that kind of thing.

I hope they are wrong about Merom, and if they are saying the next
Eee is fanless it would have to use an underclocked ULV part which
would cost a lot more than the current CPU. A Silverthorne Eee makes
far more sense to me.

A U2100 single core Merom-2M 1.06 GHz ULV 5.5 W TDP part is $241.
That's an awfully expensive component for a cheap computer.

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 12:33 pm 0

Not exactly Eee related but still interesting.

UMPC/MID news from CES, including Menlow based devices.
http://www.umpcportal.com/modules/news/

A huge amount of smartphone news from a Vodafone roadmap.
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:20 pm 0

The 2G Eees are on special at Scan.co.uk and Aria.co.uk this weekend - Â£182 and Â£188 respectively (inc. VAT ex. shipping).

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 1:26 pm 0

Kemper_Boyd wrote:

Not exactly Eee related but still interesting.

I said there ought to be a small mobile devices thread. I got the name a bit wrong I suppose.

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:13 pm 0

Kemper_Boyd wrote:Not exactly Eee related but still interesting.

UMPC/MID news from CES, including Menlow based devices.
http://www.umpcportal.com/modules/news/

A huge amount of smartphone news from a Vodafone roadmap.
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/

Very nice but are any manufacturers announcing stuff that's in the Nokia tablet price range and form factor?

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:30 pm 0

teamonkey wrote:The 2G Eees are on special at Scan.co.uk and Aria.co.uk this weekend - Â£182 and Â£188 respectively (inc. VAT ex. shipping).

Scan's website says the ones it has in stock have 256MB of RAM instead of the usual 512MB, which I suppose means it's the model that I've only previously seen at rm.com (at about the same price).

I'm a bit tempted to get one of those anyway and see how much can be done with the very lowest-spec model (the N800 manages a lot with a lot less), then get an EEE Pc Mk II when they come out in April...

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:01 pm 0

HGFB wrote:
Kemper_Boyd wrote:Not exactly Eee related but still interesting.

UMPC/MID news from CES, including Menlow based devices.
http://www.umpcportal.com/modules/news/

A huge amount of smartphone news from a Vodafone roadmap.
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/
Very nice but are any manufacturers announcing stuff that's in the Nokia tablet price range and form factor?

Nothing yet.

Hey have a read of this article about Intel and the OLPC project.
http://eeepcworld.wordpress.com/2008/01 ... rting-eee/

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:12 pm 0

Interesting. The word from the OLPC guys is that Intel sales people were actively trying to discourage people from buying OLPCs and pushing Intel based laptops instead.

The truth as usual will no doubt be somewhere in the middle.

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 6:04 pm 0

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/08 ... c_no_show/

CES Asus today committed itself to expanding its Eee PC line-up not only with WiMax wireless broadband-enabled versions but also machines with 7, 8 and 8.9in displays. They'll appear in Q2, Asus said.

However, the anticipated second-gen Eee PC failed to make its anticipated appearance.

The larger screen size â€“ rumoured for some time â€“ will provide a resolution of 1024 x 600, Asus said. That addresses one of the chief limitations of the current, 7in Eee PC: its 800 x 480 resolution, which isn't too much of a problem for Linux, but doesn't play so well with Windows.

8.9" at 1024x600. Yum!

piku · Post by **piku** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:21 pm 0

teamonkey wrote:8.9" at 1024x600. Yum!

What's with these silly resolutions? Just put in the extra 168 rows of pixels in the screen so poorly written apps and websites look normal. Shave some plastic off the screen bezel or something to do it, but enough of these "almost VGA/SVGA" screens.

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:40 pm 0

piku wrote:What's with these silly resolutions? Just put in the extra 168 rows of pixels in the screen so poorly written apps and websites look normal. Shave some plastic off the screen bezel or something to do it, but enough of these "almost VGA/SVGA" screens.

1024x600 is "WSVGA". Web pages designed for 1024x768 should display OK. Besides, 4:3 is so passe.

Dio · Post by **Dio** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:46 pm 0

For a sub-notebook, widescreen formats are superior as they more closely match the aspect ratio of the keyboard.

piku · Post by **piku** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:56 pm 0

Dio wrote:For a sub-notebook, widescreen formats are superior as they more closely match the aspect ratio of the keyboard.

Is there any technical reason for this, or is it just nicer to look at?