asus eee ultra mobile notebook

Team Carnage · Post by **Team Carnage** » 02 June 08 1:53 pm

That is cheap!

delboy1203 · Post by **delboy1203** » 05 June 08 3:40 pm

Looks like Sony are joiing the battle now...

Sony to make low-cost mini notebook

rhinogeo · Post by **rhinogeo** » 05 June 08 5:05 pm

Story from The Age

It's raining cheap laptops

http://www.theage.com.au/news/biztech/i ... 67279.html

June 4, 2008 - 10:12AM

Two major Taiwan computer sellers have launched low-priced mini laptops at Asia's biggest computer show on Tuesday, both forecasting the shipment of millions of units this year.

Asustek Computer announced improvements to its successful "Eee PC" family at the opening of the five-day exhibition better known as Taipei Computex.

"We've made some adjustments following the suggestions of users over the past year," Asustek chief executive officer Jerry Shen told reporters, referring to specifications including 23-25cm screens, compared with the 18cm screen of the previous versions.

The new products, the company called "Eee PC" 901/1000, run on Wi-Fi 802.11n, an enhanced wireless service, meaning a high-definition 30-minute film can be downloaded within a minute, the company said.

The new "Eee PC" family members, which are priced between $US560-660, have up to 2GB of memory and 40GB of storage.

They are also powered by a battery with a lifespan of up to 7.8 hours and also less susceptible to shock damage, the company said.

Meanwhile, Taiwan's leading computer vendor Acer also launched its first low-priced mini laptop "Aspire one" - the company's first portable internet device.

"This product will enable users to enjoy a true mobile and wireless experience anywhere," Jim Wong, senior corporate vice president and president of IT products global operations, told reporters.

A confident Acer President Gianfranco Lanci said "Aspire one" is due to hit the market before the end of June, carrying prices of $US399-499, and forecast a shipment of up to seven million units this year.

"We're a bigger brandname vendor than Asustek," Wong said.

Asustek sold at least 350,000 Eee PCs in the two months after it hit the market. The company sold 650,000 units in the three months to March this year and is estimated to sell up to five million this year, predicted Jane Tseng of the Topology Research Institute, a private think-tank in Taipei.

"Aspire one has something that Eee Pc doesn't have," Wong said, alluding to its Linpus Linux Lite operating system, which Acer said has reduced the start-up and shut-down times to a minimum.

Post by **caughtatwork** » 05 June 08 7:34 pm

Gigabyte M912
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Not ... =8.9%27%27

* Genuine Microsoft Windows XP compliance and support LINUX
* Intel Atom 1.6GHz
* 8.9" LCD panel/WXGA 1280x768, w/Touch screen, LED Backlight, as 180 rotation angle
* Intel 945GSE
* 2.5",9.5mm S-ATA HDD 120/160/250GB
* Built-in 1.3M pixel CMOS camera
* Speaker 1.5 watt x 2
* 80 key keyboard/Touch Pad

Coming soon.
We're going to be spoilt for choice soon.

setsujoku · Post by **setsujoku** » 22 June 08 1:01 pm

Surprised no one has noticed that zazz have the EEE 900 on sale today at $498.70 plus $17.90 postage

Damo. · Post by **Damo.** » 22 June 08 11:50 pm

And catch of the day had the 700 as a small fish yesterday for $327 plus postage!
I'm going to wait for 6 months until they are more powerful than my desktop and almost free!

Mr Router · Post by **Mr Router** » 23 June 08 7:06 am

Damo. wrote: I'm going to wait for 6 months until they are more powerful than my desktop and almost free!

Do you think it will take that long

delboy1203 · Post by **delboy1203** » 25 June 08 12:43 am

Mr Router wrote:
Damo. wrote: I'm going to wait for 6 months until they are more powerful than my desktop and almost free!
Do you think it will take that long

Probably not as the new Asus Eee PC 901 is being released this month with better specs!

stevenwill · Post by **stevenwill** » 25 June 08 9:15 pm

Just got one of the Asus eee Pc s but with a difference it comes with a four Gig and an 8 Gig drives (Solid state) still only 900 MHz processor and 1G of ram. But managed to get XP with SP3 and Mapsource / Oziexplorer even managed a cut down version of office - really cut down. But hey she starts fast really fast and she fits into my cubby what more could you ask for!!

A question for you: Is there any freeware out there that will allow me to get live tracks from my GPSMAP75 (Garmin) via USB onto my mapsource maps so you can track via the laptop instead of on the Garmin screen?

Regards and Thanks
Steve

Map Monkey · Post by **Map Monkey** » 25 June 08 9:49 pm

stevenwill wrote:A question for you: Is there any freeware out there that will allow me to get live tracks from my GPSMAP75 (Garmin) via USB onto my mapsource maps so you can track via the laptop instead of on the Garmin screen?

Have a look at the free add-on, nRoute, from Garmin.

mm

stevenwill · Post by **stevenwill** » 25 June 08 10:22 pm

Thanks MM busy with download - net seems to be busy tonight will take over half an hour but will let you know how I fair.

Thank you
Steve

stevenwill · Post by **stevenwill** » 26 June 08 12:57 am

Thanks Map Monkey works like a charm, the voice sounds a bit off but otherwise great.

Thank you
Steve

Postman Pat · Post by **Postman Pat** » 26 June 08 9:28 am

stevenwill wrote:Thanks Map Monkey works like a charm, the voice sounds a bit off but otherwise great.

Thank you
Steve

you can get different voices I've changed mine to English female it will also do different languages

stevenwill · Post by **stevenwill** » 26 June 08 3:00 pm

Thank you postman pat will try that tooo

Is there any way of getting the map full screen?

Steve

Udderchaos · Post by **Udderchaos** » 12 July 08 2:02 pm

was in the city on the weekend and stuck my head in at JB hifi.. the asus eee 1000's are in with a 80gb hdd and windows on them.

They are a fair bit bigger than the original EEE, in fact i prefer the smaller 701,901's