Asus Eee PC

[Grim Reaper]

I'm disappointed in the price.

Before it came out they were saying a market price around $250 (read the review). at $399 I am within $100 of catching full size laptops with 80g drives, CD's, WiFi licensed copies of Vista on sale at places like Walmart and hhgreg. $300 I could stomach for that machine but $400 is making it unattractive. It was billed down as a trimmed down travel machine you could plug into a 2.5-3G phone for connection nearly anywhere.

$399 is the current I phone price and the next I-Phone that will be 3G and should be out next month is rumored to have GPS. Really puts a hurt on the marketability of this mini laptop when most of what I want out of it is already built into one product that is only $100 more.

 

[LUISJG]

I'm disappointed in the price.

Before it came out they were saying a market price around $250 (read the review). at $399 I am within $100 of catching full size laptops with 80g drives, CD's, WiFi licensed copies of Vista on sale at places like Walmart and hhgreg. $300 I could stomach for that machine but $400 is making it unattractive. It was billed down as a trimmed down travel machine you could plug into a 2.5-3G phone for connection nearly anywhere.

$399 is the current I phone price and the next I-Phone that will be 3G and should be out next month is rumored to have GPS. Really puts a hurt on the marketability of this mini laptop when most of what I want out of it is already built into one product that is only $100 more.

well thing is that there is anoher model for 299 but does no have a camera etc, and will be out in january.

and then there is the 199 version, but for corporate purchases.

anyways,, I have laptops, one apple ibook g4,one dell and one acer.

but I bought this becasue of its size, I travel a lot and its nice just to have my browsing program and email, plus foto upload. in a simple compact package, just got tired of carrying my big laptop everywhere..

as far as running xp ,yes there are people doing this with no prob.
actualy acording to asus it will be offer with xp instaled also.
will I install xp? no, not for my needs.
I been reading and there are linux based gps programs. so it will be nice to install a gps program but not essential for me.

ok, well tomorrow monday when I get back from work will start playing with it.

 

[Speaker]

I tried Linux years ago, and I believe there is a program to run windows software on a Linux machine? Lindows? Any Linux experts out there that can offer words of wisdom?

Lindows was just a Linux distribution, now it's called Linspire. Wine is the application you're thinking of. Setup is pretty considerable though, never really found Wine to be worth it because there were always comparable open source applications for whatever it was you wanted to run.

As for this Eee PC... The price is kind of setting me off too. The specs on the machine aren't that fantastic, but the size is amazing. That would be the reason I'd buy one.

 

[LUISJG]

first thoughts,,,

im surpriced with this thing !!
browsing internet is fast,,open youtube videos fast,
even has messenger,
ultra small,,very light.
picks up wireless networks that my other laptops dont..great range.
boots up in 15 seconds.

I very impressed with it so far.

I was thinking it was going to be a slow computer, I was very wroung.

 

[Sleeping Dog]

I spotted the preliminary announcement for this over the summer. The the projected price was $200-250 for the 7" screen. Just the right size to fit in a tank bag.

I was very disappointed to find it on Best Buy's website at $400 and that doesn't include a CD/DVD drive.

In the mean time I've been trying to find mapping SW that will run in Linux and I've had no luck. The little I've read about Windows emulation for mapping software makes it appear that it is too troublesome to consider.

On a positive note it appears that the drivers are available for the popular GPS antennas. And there are a couple of projects going on to develop mapping applications using public source topographical maps, but nothing seemed real close.

 

[NorCalBronco]

first thoughts,,,



I was thinking it was going to be a slow computer, I was very wroung.

Welcome to a Linux based world! I run linux on my computers at home and havn't looked back. Also, her is a link to a non profit org that ASUS stole the idea from, since these cheap laptops were set to sell in millions to foreign goverments, they didnt want to lose out!
http://laptopgiving.org/en/explore.php

 

[LUISJG]

my first post with the asus "stealing wireless signal ,im in my jeep outside an office complex" .
Ilove thins thing,
belive it or not its faster thsan my regular laptop.
small keyboard getting use to it.
youtube video no waiting download time ,instant open.

 

[ShearPin]

Odd question - my wife's work requires the use of forms that only work in Corel Word Perfect. Any idea if the word processor included with the Asus will open and edit them?

Thanks for your thoughts so far....

Henry
www.4x4freedom.com

 

[LUISJG]

I realy dont know,
you might want to ask here, http://forum.eeeuser.com/index.php

 

[ShearPin]

Thanks again - given how new they are I wouldn't have guessed there was a forum supporting it already...

Henry
www.4x4freedom.com