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XP-Powered Eee PC Availabe
For the US market, it seems to be April 9th:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/30/w...400-april-9th/ As in late March, it's available in certain Asia market, such as China (since 3/28/08) & Japan: http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/24/a...s-xp-standard/ |
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Also released in Australia this week with XP.
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Originally Posted by YYZC2
(Post 9453335)
My wife is having trouble with movies on her 2G Surf with 512M RAM. The movie player that comes included with the OS is very choppy. This is on a BitTorrent movie, approx 2 hours, 700MB avi file. My 4G EEE w/ 1 GB RAM plays it just fine...
I play the movies off an SD card... no problems... Media Player -> Options -> Preferences. General options, General tab, Output drivers, Video should be changed from x11 to xv. |
FYI, here is some news on a slimmed-down version of Windows XP for EEE
(this article was widely quoted this week, so here is the link and the quote): IN DEPTH: Official Eee PC with XP So just how good (or how bad) is the little laptop when it comes pre-loaded with XP? [APC] Asus is prepping a special edition Eee PC that will be preloaded with a cut-down version of XP which is expected to be available within the next eight weeks. Emmanuele Silanesu, National Retail Manager for ASUSTeK Australia, told apcmag “we’ve been working with Microsoft on a special condensed version of XP which has just passed the R&D tests this week”. The pared-back image, which includes the Microsoft Works suite and will be based on Windows XP Home with SP3, “will be approximately 1.5-1.8GB in total depending on Windows updates” |
Anyone knows where to get the cheapest 4G Eee PC? I saw a $399 at newegg.com. Is there any site selling cheaper than this one?
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Originally Posted by Tedzee
(Post 9580990)
Anyone knows where to get the cheapest 4G Eee PC? I saw a $399 at newegg.com. Is there any site selling cheaper than this one?
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Who has a current EEE and is looking to upgrade to the EEE 900?
Will the larger screen (& more practical desktop res.) be the main incentive? What about the new wave of wannabEEEs with Intel's Atom CPU? I'm interested in the better screen resolution but am undecided on how long to wait. (The article linked above is a good read. I also had a Psion [series 3]. It is good to get the musings of someone familiar with a really useful subnotebook writing tool!) |
The 900 sounds like it could be full fledged notebook replacement if only you could make the battery last longer. If there's a way to increase battery life without increasing the form factor I'd be sold. It's gotta last at least a transcon's worth of office application use. I can get two full-length movies out of my Fujitsu with average screen brightness.
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Originally Posted by Riverwalk
(Post 9581724)
When I looked a few weeks ago, I found places I've never heard of selling them for less with a Google Products search. I bought mine from BestBuy.com for $399 plus tax and shipping.
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Originally Posted by Tedzee
(Post 9593952)
I just wonder Asus initially priced or said the price for the 2G surf was $199, I wonder why it became $299.
When I read Asus release back in October 2007, all the models were priced around $250 or higher. Now the demands are higher and US dollars are weaker, you can do the math...;) |
Originally Posted by Tedzee
(Post 9593952)
If $399 is the cheapest then I might wait for the 9" with 20GB instead. I just wonder Asus initially priced or said the price for the 2G surf was $199, I wonder why it became $299.
Getting a little pricy, but compared to other subnotebooks, this is still a very sweet deal. I decided to take a pass on the 701 right now, but am still undecided on whether to get the 900 or wait for the Atom-based models that are supposed to be coming later this year. |
Originally Posted by lin821
(Post 9594004)
I don't recall ever seeing $199 price tag.
When I read Asus release back in October 2007, all the models were priced around $250 or higher. Now the demands are higher and US dollars are weaker, you can do the math...;) |
Originally Posted by ScottC
(Post 9605448)
Actually, if you Google "Asus $199" you'll see 100's of sources where it was indeed originally going to be a $199 machine (on the lowest configuration).
However, when the products did hit the market in Taiwan back in October 2007 (and later in the US), none of the models was tagged below $200. At that time, the currency exchange rate was more favorable, around 33:1 (TWD:USD). That's why I referenced the media source with actual price tags. I think the same thing will happen to the 900 models. The "projected" price was maybe $100 more than the 701. But the sale price seems to be heading toward the $550-$600 ballpark. |
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