The Official Asus Eee PC Thread

Energize · 28 Aug 2007 at 15:37

peetee said:
Ports: 3 or 4 USB 2.0, MMC/SD(HC)/MS(PRO) card reader

^^ that stuff looks adequate for videos.
Dont forget they have mini screens etc, not designed for videos really are they.

Portable video players have even smaller screens, you can't tell me they aren't designed for video.

Unfortunatley sd cards are £40 for 8GB so thats even more money, and a usb hdd requires an external power source and is practically the same size as that laptop, so you can't use it in a portable way. If it had a hdd and a 12hr battery life like the sony laptops it would be perfect for video use.

peetee · 28 Aug 2007 at 15:45

Energize said:
Portable video players have even smaller screens, you can't tell me they aren't designed for video. Unfortunatley sd cards are £40 for 8GB so thats even more money, and a usb hdd requires an external power source and is practically the same size as that laptop, so you can't use it in a portable way. If it had a hdd and a 12hr battery life like the sony laptops it would be perfect for video use.

Yea, wasnt comparing the laptop with portable video player though! I personally think its too small a screen to really watch films etc on, and lower quality videos will easily fit onto the storage, or small USB sticks(2gb = <£10?)
External HDs do require a power source yea, and they are big and heavy i know, i was thinking more along the lines of memory sticks though, and portable hds(the usb ones that are powered solely from the USB connection)

if it had a HDD and a 12hr battery life im fairly certain it would be quite a few hundred more, since conventional HDDs sap a lot more power than hard-drive in this little baby, and 12hour battery life, well, some mp3 players cant even last 12hrs

Oberon · 28 Aug 2007 at 16:13

A God send.

I couldn't decide between a Gaming Laptop or PC for Uni, now I can get a Gaming PC and one of these to do basic word processing and presentations on.

I just hope it sit's around the £200 mark.

krooton · 28 Aug 2007 at 19:37

peetee said:
I do agree about resolution though, not sure if it will be sufficient for me =/

What I don't get, is that they have 640x480 on 3.6" screens at the moment, so surely a 7" should be able to achieve 1280x960? Or at least 1024x768ish

peetee · 28 Aug 2007 at 19:45

its just lower res = cheaper =/
shame really, aload of us geeks wont touch if the res stays same.

Cant imagine these hitting UK shores anytime soon either really.. =/
Demand will be HIGH in the US, they probably will take ages meeting demand there

cells · 29 Aug 2007 at 12:57

if the price doesn’t increase these will sell by the boat load

if released here before Christmas i can see me getting one for myself, one for my brother, one for my father

and probably gift a few

I think the price will be very similar to the USA, if $200 there it will be £100+VAT here. If there is a large price differential I can see people going on holiday there and picking up 50 there to bring back and sell here!

peetee · 29 Aug 2007 at 14:31

and getting slaughtered by customs in whichever UK airport they fly back into

maddness · 12 Sep 2007 at 19:54

thats an amazing price, will deffinatly get one if its around that price!

Metalface Mark · 12 Sep 2007 at 19:59

lowrider007 said:
Come on guys I want serious intrest in this laptop, I want OcUK to get them in, they look like a bargain gadget and we all like gadgets, I know OcUK sell a lot of Asus laptops so I'm hoping they could strike up some kind of deal .

I would buy one for sure.

fini · 16 Oct 2007 at 23:08

Ladies and gentleman today I am the bringer of great news. A date and price have been announced!

These will launched in the UK on November 1st.

Two models are listed:
4GB HDD, 512MB RAM - 233.83 inc vat & delivery
2GB HDD, 256MB RAM - 198.58 inc vat & delivery

They're calling them <insert competitor name> Asus minibooks.

Unfortunately I can't link to the site because it's a competitor. So - who's getting one?

lsg1r · 16 Oct 2007 at 23:42

Who's getting them, not many people unless you're a school institute - they're exclusively for the education market according to the site :rolleyes:

Although I would like one still but in black (which I've seen but not found for sale)

peetee · 16 Oct 2007 at 23:44

if they are for the education market then surely students will be aloud to purchase them??

Zefan · 16 Oct 2007 at 23:56

Definitely getting one of these.

ArmyofHarmony · 17 Oct 2007 at 00:14

Hmmm I now think its a little to expensive

I'll get one for about 120 quid, if the price ever drops to that

lsg1r · 17 Oct 2007 at 00:30

peetee said:
if they are for the education market then surely students will be aloud to purchase them??

ah looks to have changed in the last couple of days - looks like students can get them too.

Zefan · 17 Oct 2007 at 00:32

The site selling them is loading very slowly and timing out at times for me, anyone else having problems or had any luck trying to sign up there?

fini · 17 Oct 2007 at 00:41

site's very fast here...

split · 17 Oct 2007 at 05:54

peetee said:
if they are for the education market then surely students will be aloud to purchase them??

If you have a read around the web, it seems anyone can buy one.

Sites not that fast for me either

ArmyofHarmony · 17 Oct 2007 at 11:07

The thing with these kinda products is that it may seem cool to start with, but theyl'l be a situation where you want to do something on it that is just too much for it to handle, or just not compatable

Zefan · 17 Oct 2007 at 11:13

ArmyofHarmony said:
The thing with these kinda products is that it may seem cool to start with, but theyl'l be a situation where you want to do something on it that is just too much for it to handle, or just not compatable

I don't know about anyone else but I'll only be using this for office, web browsing and some programming/web development.

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