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Old 16-02-2008, 01:26 PM   #1 (permalink)
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How much is the Eee PC selling outside right now?
Is $500 a good price to buy?


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Old 16-02-2008, 02:58 PM   #2 (permalink)
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nono! nv buy eee pc unless u adding extending. get a proper laptop!


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Old 16-02-2008, 03:18 PM   #3 (permalink)
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What is your usage???
The price is $598 for the 4G model.

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Old 17-02-2008, 04:34 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Actually I saw an article about modifying the Eee PC and I wish to try that as very interesting...

It is possible to add GPS, Bluetooth, Card Reader, ThumbDrive and so on to the device.

http://beta.ivancover.com/wiki/index...ernal_Upgrades

$500 is a 2GB model...


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Old 17-02-2008, 07:50 PM   #5 (permalink)
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haha go ahead and try, be sure u have the money to play around with it but i bet Asus eeePC is one of the best portable UMPC around

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Old 17-02-2008, 09:05 PM   #6 (permalink)
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You have to decide what you want to use it for in order to determine if it is useful to you.

It works fantastically for surfing the net while having coffee at starbucks, but it sure makes your work difficult when you try to do some programming...


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Old 18-02-2008, 12:38 AM   #7 (permalink)
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runs on linux.
so u better have some info on linux before u buy or else it will be hard for u to use it.

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Old 18-02-2008, 01:21 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Installing windows XP over it will solve that.


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Old 18-02-2008, 01:22 AM   #9 (permalink)
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i've seen these one of my work wates buoght one... they look pretty cool.
runs linx and iswindows compatitable....

very quick... and the mouse pad can be a bit difficult while using linux...
the screen is really small....even though the case around the screen looks big....

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Old 18-02-2008, 09:45 AM   #10 (permalink)
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From wad i feel, Linux should be relatively easy to use for normal usage, should be ok wif normal users

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Old 25-03-2008, 04:54 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I just bought a eeepc. $598 + $79 (upgrade to 1GB RAM for Challenger members). It has builtin Linux but I changed to XP right away because as "good" as Linux goes, it can't run my windows applications. The first challenge is to install it witout a CD rom so the solution is to create a bootable XP installation disk using a thumbdrive. The 2nd challenge is to remove unnecessary windows components and files to save space. Other than that, I'm happy to have it.

Its not for everybody and it should not be compared to notebooks and desktops. For now, I use it for browsing webpages, view pictures (external harddisk), MSN, translate japanese characters (JLookup) and read comic books (CDisplay). Its light and small enough to hold with 1 hand. I use to have a b&w Besta and I plan to replace it with this (I also have an external usb writing pad which I previously bought for my desktop).
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Old 26-03-2008, 12:27 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Great! Thought no one in SGClub uses this.

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Old 26-03-2008, 12:29 AM   #13 (permalink)
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I saw someone using the eeePC. How much RAM does it have? It's fully RAM based?
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Old 26-03-2008, 12:35 AM   #14 (permalink)
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The 4G model has a 4GB flashed based SSD, 512MB RAM (upgradable) and Xandros as OS.

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Old 26-03-2008, 12:36 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Xandros eh... i've never tried that distribution, come to think of it.

Is it debian, gentoo or RH based?
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Old 26-03-2008, 12:42 AM   #16 (permalink)
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Think is debian based. The version used by the EEE PC is a customised version by ASUS and the source is available at ASUS website.

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Old 26-03-2008, 12:46 AM   #17 (permalink)
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Ahh, thanks, i'll go check out the source~.
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