eee PC

[Sparhawk]

I am browsing myadsl with my demo Asus eeePC

This product is awesome to play with but I sukkel a bit with the tiny keys and my big fingers.

Who wants one of these?

http://eeepc.asus.com/global/

 

[The_Unbeliever]

I do - but want it for free

 

[Pe-Killer]

It's pretty cool the only prob is the price 4k

 

[MrWireless]

4K....

Na got a newsletter for one which was less:
http://www.ngrcomputers.co.za/asus-700w-notebook-p-4716.html

Which model do you have? and what price - I may want it

 

[nic777]

ooo, I want one and so does my colleague in the office.

Seriously thinking about getting it as a travel and carry-around-the-house-for-general-surfing laptop

 

[nic777]

Oh, and where did you get yours?

 

[xrapidx]

Yeah...been looking for one locally, and one know?

 

[xrapidx]

4k one:
http://www.ngrcomputers.co.za/asus-notebook-p-4718.html

Thanks for th MrWireless, anyone know anyone else who does them locally?

 

[EtienneK]

These are awesome I really want one. If I wasn't touring Europe later this year, I would have bought one, today.

The price of the lowest model is very good! R3000! That's cheaper than Windows and Office! And then you get an ENTIRE PC!

 

[xrapidx]

http://www.kalahari.net/gifting/product.asp?toolbar=none&sku=32429593&format=detail

Cheaper at Kalahari (for the 4G-WC ) model, they're more expensibe on the cheaper model.

 

[xrapidx]

These are awesome I really want one. If I wasn't touring Europe later this year, I would have bought one, today.

The price of the lowest model is very good! R3000! That's cheaper than Windows and Office! And then you get an ENTIRE PC!

Cheaper than an ipod 160gb

 

[Mike_De_Lange]

Downside to the awesomeness of the EEEPC is the size of the solid state drive. Yes is silent and so much better than moving parts but I mean 4GB? Good lawd. If I wanted to install windows xp it would take up about 1,5GB plus a page file and you left with almost nothing. What if you need to download a 7GB image or copy across lots of files? You would need an external adapter and having extra peripherals defeats the point of a laptop since it no longer becomes portable and mobile. Fail! Its as bad and pathetic as the disgrace of the apple mac air pro, 1 usb port, no ethernet, no firewire, wtf ??? Its all cool if it looks shick and is small but if it can't do **** then its just an ornament!

If there is a hack to remove the solid state 4GB and replace it with a normal 2.5" drive i'm very keen for this beauty!

 

[xrapidx]

You get an 8G one...

How often are you going to need more storage? You'll only need it at your desk or somewhere, in that case, keep a portable external laptop drive.

I want one for on the go... like when I fly to Cape Town on weekends or something.

My gripe is this, I want one with built in HSDPA... I recall reading about a planned one.

 

[EtienneK]

Yes, you get an 8GB one. Plus, it has an SD card reader, so you can slot in another 8GB in there.

Not bad.

 

[Sparhawk]

its a demo unit i got from Asus

 

[Mike_De_Lange]

I guess another SD card would do but do you get something in the 20GB range that wont cost an arm and a leg?

 

[Sparhawk]

I have the 701 4G model

 

[BiteMe]

I have the 701 4G model

hey cool! thats the same model as the one i bought.
for my 9 yr old son
4 weeks ago.

nice one.

 

[PostmanPot]

I've been eyeing it for a while, I'd love the 8GB/1GB RAM one. About 280 Pounds...

 

[PostmanPot]

If I wanted to install windows xp it would take up about 1,5GB plus a page file and you left with almost nothing.

Now why would you want to do that?