Asus X205TA Laptop

I believe the Asus X205 laptop will be generally available on 3 Nov 2014. Today is 1 Nov and the only place where I see it listed is Amazon. There are supposed to be four colors, but Amazon only lists dark blue at this time. I am hoping all colors will be available on 3 Nov, because I would like to order one in gold. The dark blue may not be too bad, but I have seen it photographed in different lighting situations, and sometimes it seems quite blue and in others it seems quite black. I think the black looks pretty nice, but it's hard to say how it will actually look until you see it in person.

I think this laptop will be a fun device to play around with. I would like to see how Linux Mint works on it.

Is anyone else planning on buying this laptop? Do you know of anywhere else besides Amazon that is showing it for sale or anticipates having it for sale soon?

 

Hi I have also been looking for the gold model for weeks now the only one I cab find is white and blue there's a few in the UK with the white and blue ones but I really want the good one how do you no the good one will be released on the 3rd I've contacted Asus PC world curry's ebuyer and none of them no when there getting it in :/

 

Rich, Amazon had the blue unit listed as available on 3 Nov, so that is where I got that date. But as of a couple of days ago, Amazon changed the listing to show that it "Usually ships in two to four weeks" instead of the 3 Nov date. Anyway, Amazon only shows the blue unit so I have no idea what the plans are for the other colors. I wish I had more concrete info, but unfortunately I do not. I hope you find a gold one available on your side of the pond. Most likely units in all colors will be abundantly available soon.

Are you aware that the Windows 8.1 operating system for this model is 32 bit? I plan on looking into changing that to 64 bit once I have the laptop in hand. I already know that the processor is capable of 64 bit.

 

OK Amazon has shipes in 1 to 2 month's here in the UK but there are about 6 sites selling the blue and white but all are showing low stock I really want a gold one have been checking everyday on google I'm gonna wait for another 4 weeks and if its not out by then which it should be I was gonna buy the new HP stream 11 at the same price .plus I plan on putting 64bit on it as well I have a dell e6400 with the old Intel core 2 duo which runs OK on windows 10 I just want a modern laptop tbh

 

I would think that with the holiday season coming up, Asus will want to make the X205 available soon so as not to miss out on sales. I am sure they are doing every thing they can in that regard. As far as the HP Stream 11, aren't you afraid of people laughing at you because of the goofy colors it comes in? It looks like a kid's toy!

 

Umm I like the colours tbh but much prefer the gold asus one I just don't wanna wait another 2 months for the gold model :/

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Amazon is listing the blue one in stock now with normal delivery. Still no sign of the other colors.

 

I tweeted ebuyer.com in the UK don't no if you have it in the US but they told me they will order me 1 but it won't be available to in gold until the end of the month

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I'm glad you have a plan in place Rich. I think I will just wait here until I see the gold unit available on Amazon or Newegg and then pull the trigger. It's not like I need this thing right away. I'd prefer to hold out and get the color that I want.

 

wow this thing looks nice. I was looking for a cheap netbook/chromebook but this may be even better. I can also put ubuntu on this. This is great.

 

Dark blue still seems to be the only color available at this time. If you are satisfied with dark blue, then the best source seems to be the Microsoft Store. They list it for $179 with free shipping. They also claim it comes with no bloatware.
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I found a website in Germany selling all 4 coulors but I can't get it to let me ship to the UK I saw somewhere on the website that the release generally is the 27 or November the website is http://www.notebookinfo.de/produkte...fd019bs-gold/90nl0733-m02910/00021803/#Bilder

 

What is the difference between the x205 and the f205?

 

Anywhere to buy this off-the-shelf? Best Buy doesn't have this, wondering if any other brick-and-mortars do.

 

I just got one by sitting on Best Buy's website for several days on and off, refreshing the page until I got an open box in excellent condition for $89.99. It should be here by Wednesday.

 

When I search the Best Buy site for the X205 or x205ta I just get a message saying "We couldn't find anything matching your search for asus x205ta." Staples was selling it for 150 a few days ago, but now it's back up to 250. I guess it'll just take a little time for supply to catch up with demand. I hope this thing can run linux, I'm looking for a cheap laptop to run linux on

 

It should be available at full price ($179.99) pretty soon. That listing is off Best Buy's website because it was a limited sale that is over. I'm sure they'll relist it once get the full shipments. I'm really glad I heard about it in time to get one at $89.99, because I don't think I would spend $180 to see how far the netbook has come in all these years.

 

Anyone seen the gold one in stock anywhere yet ?

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Nope, but the Microsoft store has the white one now.

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