The Netbook Thread

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Tue May 06, 2008 7:09 am 0

Noes! Apparently the UK version of the EeePc 900 comes with the tiddly little battery.

http://www.eeeuser.com/2008/05/04/eeeus ... th-review/

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:43 am 0

Aren't they supposed to be replacing those for free with a bigger one? I read on The Register I think that the smaller one was a mistake.

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Tue May 06, 2008 9:02 am 0

They are in Hong Kong, but I haven't heard anything about them doing so in the UK yet.

It's not entirely Asus being mean; the factory that made their batteries burnt down a month or so ago.

VNVObit · Post by **VNVObit** » Wed May 07, 2008 12:14 am 0

quite a few posts on the eeeuser.com forums regarding the battery
standard response is that the higher capacity ones are options
funny nothing was mentioned to me about that when I bought it

review on ZDNet did state a higher capacity one
will complain but not holding my breath

princec · Post by **princec** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:33 pm 0

Does Droid Assault run on the eee? (Don't click on that link unless you've got an eee, mind, there's better ways to test it)

Cas

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Thu May 08, 2008 3:24 pm 0

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/05/08 ... eee_rival/

^Nice...should go great with Ubuntu...

Ely · Post by **Ely** » Thu May 08, 2008 4:13 pm 0

Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/05/08/msi_punts_desktop_eee_rival/

^Nice...should go great with Ubuntu...

Why the heck has it got two RS232 ports though? Seems a bit odd these day, plus VGA & DVI ports seems a bit strange as well.

zip accident · Post by **zip accident** » Fri May 09, 2008 12:09 pm 0

Ely wrote:
Sir_LANs-a-lot wrote:http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/05/08/msi_punts_desktop_eee_rival/

^Nice...should go great with Ubuntu...
Why the heck has it got two RS232 ports though? Seems a bit odd these day, plus VGA & DVI ports seems a bit strange as well.

Because some people might have a use for them? It's cheap so they need the volume.

My Palm IIIx connected via RS232, new motherboard didn't have RS232, when the batteries died, all the data went.

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Thu May 15, 2008 9:10 am 0

Eee PC 901
http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/2008/05/m ... -atom.html

piku · Post by **piku** » Mon May 19, 2008 10:59 pm 0

Oh deeear

http://www.idiottoys.com/2008/05/lappy- ... day-1.html

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Wed May 21, 2008 2:28 pm 0

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7411904.stm

This is the XO2 laptop. They want it out for 75$. If they actually sell for 150$ or even 200$, they've got a winner.

WiteWulf · Post by **WiteWulf** » Wed May 21, 2008 3:29 pm 0

I just got to play with an Eee 900, very nice it is, too. The screen is fantastic and it takes up so much space in the relatively small case it looks huge.

axel000 · Post by **axel000** » Wed May 21, 2008 4:15 pm 0

benedictw wrote:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7411904.stm

This is the XO2 laptop. They want it out for 75$. If they actually sell for 150$ or even 200$, they've got a winner.

Yes I want one of these...looks like a super-DS

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Wed May 21, 2008 4:35 pm 0

Getting back to the original idea of a cheap mini-laptop, one for $250 (or $180 each for 100+):

Firefox · Post by **Firefox** » Sun May 25, 2008 5:10 pm 0

Doh! The release of the â‚¬300 Jisus (Ubuntu-running, Loongson 2F-powered, 4.5 hours battery life) mini-laptop has been pushed back two months. It was supposed to be today.

http://vanderled.com/onlinestore/produc ... ucts_id/82

But, they've announced the â‚¬350 Jisus V2 for release in a month.
http://vanderled.com/onlinestore/produc ... ucts_id/86
(Linky to huuuuge image of one.) (One in pink.) (Red one, open flat.)
* Leather bound (in brown, pink or red leather.)
* 1.6GHz C7, 1GB DDR2 SDRAM, 80GB hard drive.
* 10.2 inch 1024x600 display.
* Only 3 hours battery life, though.

Still, I like the leather bound idea. Bit like the old Psion Series 7's.

YakYak

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