had my eye on one of these for a while, finally getting some money soon so will be purchasing one.
its worth noting that £330 is for the hard drive xp version and the ssd pushes the linux version up to around £370 (prices are inflated due to a lack of stock at the moment). worth the premium imo as a netbook with a hd seems pointless to me
the 900 20G isnt
the 900 12G is available...but not in linux
the 900A 8G is available.
the 901 12G is available...but not in linux
the 904 isn't even listed
(Is there a difference between the 901 and the 900A anyway?)
They don't need new features...they need actual products!
I want to know if upgrading the SSD or HDD on the EeePc 1000 series requires or hopefully not the complete dismantling of the laptop ( especially the SSD equiped unit requires total dismantling to replece the primary SSD).
Joe, Acer have just announced a new model out that comes with a 6-cell battery at $400 (no UK price yet), and has dropped the price of all other models by $50. This means we may have an Aspire One with the same battery life, for £100 less still. :D
Originally Posted by Igniseus Joe, Acer have just announced a new model out that comes with a 6-cell battery at $400 (no UK price yet), and has dropped the price of all other models by $50. This means we may have an Aspire One with the same battery life, for £100 less still. :D
do you have a link for that, does the acer have an ssd?
Sadly, nothing Asus has released since the original 701 has even remotely piqued my interest. These new models are either too expensive, or not portable enough...
Originally Posted by Xir ....904? must have missed those.
aaaand: availability.
the 900 20G isnt
the 900 12G is available...but not in linux
the 900A 8G is available.
the 901 12G is available...but not in linux
the 904 isn't even listed
(Is there a difference between the 901 and the 900A anyway?)
They don't need new features...they need actual products!
IIRC, the 904 is a 901 with Celeron CPU (and may not have launched yet).
The 12G machines are XP only equivalents of the 20G Linux machines, due to XP costing actual money to install.
XP 900s have 4G on mobo (like 701) & 8G SSD. Linux have 4G on mobo & 16G SSD.
I think the 900A is a 900 with Atom CPU.
'Crack attack'
that game's name almost sent me into a fit of laughter after reading it. strait away I was thinking of 'crystal meth: nightmare killing spree' or something similar...
oh, and I'd rather have a standard laptop over one of these nettop/netbook things. I have a bad enough time making things out of a 19" 1600x1200 screen under good lighting conditions (and I'd like to be able to do at least some light 3d gaming).
I dont get the facination with this model.... its needlessly expensive.
I'm 6' 4" and I think I'll manage perfectly fine with my 901 thank you very much. crompers. Though I may have different goals in mind... wardriving mainly, and the odd bit of stuff at college.
I just think Asus went schitzo when the EEE got such a big reception - they decided they'd throw every freakin' model type they could think of into the market, thinking somehow people wouldnt buy anyone elses netbooks. I guess in a sick sort of way it worked, because I didnt really consider any other apart from the acer one momentarily.
The point im trying to make is at £340 is too much for a netbook. When I think netbook, I not once assume its ever going to replace my laptop or desktop, it just suits a niche of something light an portable an quite functional. not a freakin' powerhouse - or a gold brick either.
Originally Posted by Liquid K9 I dont get the facination with this model.... its needlessly expensive.
I'm 6' 4" and I think I'll manage perfectly fine with my 901 thank you very much. crompers. Though I may have different goals in mind... wardriving mainly, and the odd bit of stuff at college.
I just think Asus went schitzo when the EEE got such a big reception - they decided they'd throw every freakin' model type they could think of into the market, thinking somehow people wouldnt buy anyone elses netbooks. I guess in a sick sort of way it worked, because I didnt really consider any other apart from the acer one momentarily.
The point im trying to make is at £340 is too much for a netbook. When I think netbook, I not once assume its ever going to replace my laptop or desktop, it just suits a niche of something light an portable an quite functional. not a freakin' powerhouse - or a gold brick either.
imo the features gained over the 901 are well worth the money, 40GB SSD space? i know they're a different thing but have you seen the price of a 32GB SSD drive? usable keyboard and bigger screen space are a welcome addition for me too.
ok so this may not be in the features range nor the price range of what was originally considered a netbook but there is certainly a market for it...... and just to prove there is a market i have just ordered one from ebuyer
I've owned a eee 1000 Linux for about 3 weeks now. I am very happy with it although at $700 from Newegg, it was the most I'd have paid for it.
The article incorrectly states that it has a 40GB HD. It has a 8GB primary and a 32GB secondary drive. They are physically 2 separate drives. But at least unlike with earlier models the 32GB has the same performance (if not a little better according to HD Tach).
I don't try to run Photoshop 3 on it, but the Atom is fine for my purposes, WinXP Media Center, Adobe Reader, CDisplay, light MS Office use, Yahoo Messenger and Skype.
Even with a 2GB Ram upgrade (which is a 5 minute task if you've ever upgraded ram in anything before), you probably don't want to really multitask because it then bogs down. Other than that, it's really responsive.
I haven't had many laptops (such a waste because you can't upgrade) but one thing I find odd is that none of the ports are covered, so you don't want to bring it to a dusty or linty environment. Maybe other laptops are like that too.
One thing that I've never seen covered in any review is the odd VGA port. You can see it in the photo of the right side of the 1000. It doesn't have any screw holes for securing the VGA cable. Apparently they mean to use friction alone. VGA is not Plug and Play and I remember dealing with video cards and monitors with nonfunctional VGA ports that shorted when the cables came loose, so I am always very leery when I plug it into my external monitor.
I specifically bought an eee so I wouldn't try to do much gaming with it, but if you go in with simple expectations it works very well. All my steam old library titles like the full id pack (RtCW, Doom1/2, Quake), half-life, max payne 1/2, Peggle, Geometry Wars play very well. Especially GW. My friends and I hated it on my uber gaming PC because there was too much background f/x to actually see your ship and the enemies. On the eee (even though it says it's dx9) the background crap (like that wave effect) drops out and its a much more enjoyable game.
The weight is really light. The battery life especially if you turn wifi and bluetooth off, with its 6 cell battery really does last you 5 to 6 hours of use. Asus however has it's usual track record of really slow updates. According to the Asus website, there are none. According to the eeeUser forum, just about everything except the chipset has a new updated driver. So if you are familiar with Asus's lack of updates (especially AsusUpdate which has never ever ever given me a bios update for any mobo i've ever had), you are in for more of the same here.
Oh, and the multi-touch trackpad makes scrolling on the 1024x600 screen acceptable because you can do both horizontal and vertical.
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its worth noting that £330 is for the hard drive xp version and the ssd pushes the linux version up to around £370 (prices are inflated due to a lack of stock at the moment). worth the premium imo as a netbook with a hd seems pointless to me
Right on the money there.
aaaand: availability.
the 900 20G isnt
the 900 12G is available...but not in linux
the 900A 8G is available.
the 901 12G is available...but not in linux
the 904 isn't even listed
(Is there a difference between the 901 and the 900A anyway?)
They don't need new features...they need actual products!
Battery - this should have been included and it was 7hr iirc. I'll get Joe to put it in tomorrow.
I *might* take it open, but it's a sample that has to go back to PR. What do you want to see in it exactly?
ok so there is an element of that happening.
at the end of the day tho i am 6' 5 and have massive hands, a 701 or 901 would never have catered for my sausage like members.
"the eee 1000; bringing on the go computing to the dehabilitatingly large"
do you have a link for that, does the acer have an ssd?
IIRC, the 904 is a 901 with Celeron CPU (and may not have launched yet).
The 12G machines are XP only equivalents of the 20G Linux machines, due to XP costing actual money to install.
XP 900s have 4G on mobo (like 701) & 8G SSD. Linux have 4G on mobo & 16G SSD.
I think the 900A is a 900 with Atom CPU.
that game's name almost sent me into a fit of laughter after reading it. strait away I was thinking of 'crystal meth: nightmare killing spree' or something similar...
oh, and I'd rather have a standard laptop over one of these nettop/netbook things. I have a bad enough time making things out of a 19" 1600x1200 screen under good lighting conditions (and I'd like to be able to do at least some light 3d gaming).
http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/08/asus-eee-pc-1000/x.jpg
If you still don't believe it, the price has been updated at most US retailers and many people have got their $50 back (if purchased recently) :)
Also, how much does this particular model weigh?
Thanks
I'm 6' 4" and I think I'll manage perfectly fine with my 901 thank you very much. crompers. Though I may have different goals in mind... wardriving mainly, and the odd bit of stuff at college.
I just think Asus went schitzo when the EEE got such a big reception - they decided they'd throw every freakin' model type they could think of into the market, thinking somehow people wouldnt buy anyone elses netbooks. I guess in a sick sort of way it worked, because I didnt really consider any other apart from the acer one momentarily.
The point im trying to make is at £340 is too much for a netbook. When I think netbook, I not once assume its ever going to replace my laptop or desktop, it just suits a niche of something light an portable an quite functional. not a freakin' powerhouse - or a gold brick either.
imo the features gained over the 901 are well worth the money, 40GB SSD space? i know they're a different thing but have you seen the price of a 32GB SSD drive? usable keyboard and bigger screen space are a welcome addition for me too.
ok so this may not be in the features range nor the price range of what was originally considered a netbook but there is certainly a market for it...... and just to prove there is a market i have just ordered one from ebuyer
The article incorrectly states that it has a 40GB HD. It has a 8GB primary and a 32GB secondary drive. They are physically 2 separate drives. But at least unlike with earlier models the 32GB has the same performance (if not a little better according to HD Tach).
I don't try to run Photoshop 3 on it, but the Atom is fine for my purposes, WinXP Media Center, Adobe Reader, CDisplay, light MS Office use, Yahoo Messenger and Skype.
Even with a 2GB Ram upgrade (which is a 5 minute task if you've ever upgraded ram in anything before), you probably don't want to really multitask because it then bogs down. Other than that, it's really responsive.
I haven't had many laptops (such a waste because you can't upgrade) but one thing I find odd is that none of the ports are covered, so you don't want to bring it to a dusty or linty environment. Maybe other laptops are like that too.
One thing that I've never seen covered in any review is the odd VGA port. You can see it in the photo of the right side of the 1000. It doesn't have any screw holes for securing the VGA cable. Apparently they mean to use friction alone. VGA is not Plug and Play and I remember dealing with video cards and monitors with nonfunctional VGA ports that shorted when the cables came loose, so I am always very leery when I plug it into my external monitor.
I specifically bought an eee so I wouldn't try to do much gaming with it, but if you go in with simple expectations it works very well. All my steam old library titles like the full id pack (RtCW, Doom1/2, Quake), half-life, max payne 1/2, Peggle, Geometry Wars play very well. Especially GW. My friends and I hated it on my uber gaming PC because there was too much background f/x to actually see your ship and the enemies. On the eee (even though it says it's dx9) the background crap (like that wave effect) drops out and its a much more enjoyable game.
The weight is really light. The battery life especially if you turn wifi and bluetooth off, with its 6 cell battery really does last you 5 to 6 hours of use. Asus however has it's usual track record of really slow updates. According to the Asus website, there are none. According to the eeeUser forum, just about everything except the chipset has a new updated driver. So if you are familiar with Asus's lack of updates (especially AsusUpdate which has never ever ever given me a bios update for any mobo i've ever had), you are in for more of the same here.
Oh, and the multi-touch trackpad makes scrolling on the 1024x600 screen acceptable because you can do both horizontal and vertical.