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    Asus Eee PC -- We get it tomorrow

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Andrew Baxter, Oct 24, 2007.

  1. Andrew Baxter

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    Asus is sending us an Eee PC :D If there are specific requests as to what you'd like to see tested on it post 'em here.
     
    Andrew Baxter, Oct 24, 2007
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  2. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    Wooo, cool. Besides Battery life... hmm. Don't know. A disassembly, so to see if the second PCIe slot is still there, and to see if the flash memory is still soldered, maybe. Oh, and to see if you can use the sd-card slot to boot/install OS's on and installing applications on the SD-card and compare performance. Can't think of anything else right now.
     
    fabarati, Oct 24, 2007
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  3. Geared2play.com

    Geared2play.com Company Representative

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    399$ retail value is it?
    Arrives in november however i doubt it.
    very low allocation so people should definitely preorder.
     
    Geared2play.com, Oct 24, 2007
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  4. olphus

    olphus Notebook Consultant

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    Test the battery life.
    Add another 512 MB (DDR2) stick to it.
     
    olphus, Oct 25, 2007
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    bmnotpls Notebook Deity

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    Oooh, perfect, I've been waiting a while for someone to ask me that. If you get the webcam version, please take a few pics/videos, I have seen a low res cam take great photos (just lower res) and I've also seen a different one produce some of the worst. So I'd like to see whether or not ASUS cheaped out on that. Also, I know it's a heavily customized environment, I'd like to know how modifiable it is.

    Thanks very much!
     
    bmnotpls, Oct 25, 2007
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  6. dietcokefiend

    dietcokefiend DietGreenTeaFiend

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    Muahahaha, it plays dvix/xvid out of the box perfectly. Screen isnt that bad either, and the viewing angles are surprisingly good.
     
    dietcokefiend, Oct 25, 2007
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  7. fabarati

    fabarati Frorum Obfuscator

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    Evul... You're just Evul.
     
    fabarati, Oct 25, 2007
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  8. CalebSchmerge

    CalebSchmerge Woof NBR Reviewer

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    How is the OS? Does it do what it is supposed to do really well, or is it just ok, or bad?
     
    CalebSchmerge, Oct 25, 2007
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  9. wtiger91

    wtiger91 Notebook Consultant

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    Hows the heating distribution, heard there isnt a fan. So... does it get really warm??

    Oh yea, how do you pre-order this????
     
    wtiger91, Oct 25, 2007
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  10. mckam826

    mckam826 Notebook Consultant

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    What kind of RAM does it use?

    The main thing about this EeePC is that it has very limited HDD Space. What are practical ways to increase space without having things dangling all over?

    I was thinking a 8GB SDHC Card, but are there any other options?
     
    mckam826, Oct 25, 2007
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