***The Official Asus Eee PC Thread***
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I was wondering about that. Does anyone know what the US price is? I know the $200 was bounded about, but did that increase in the end or not?
I'm seriously tempted by one of these, if just to be able to lounge about on the sofa surfing OcUK.
Oh, and what is the screen res?
heres a review http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3829
(im sure its safe to post this)
res - 800x480
(im sure its safe to post this)
res - 800x480
3. Screen Rez - "but according to press images the 7 inch model appears to have a resolution of 800 x 480 pixels" - wikipedia entry.
Man of Honour
Hmm I just MSN and firefox in 800x600 and anything smaller would be pretty unusable 
Hmm I just MSN and firefox in 800x600 and anything smaller would be pretty unusable
See your point.
Have you noticed none of the pictures of it show it web browsing.
Soldato
i'd buy one, but what the hell would i use it for?
I have 3 teenage girls.
It has MSN and skype....It would disappear into their bedrooms.
info and screenies here
http://asuseeehacks.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html
scroll right down for other pics
actual size?
i use to have a libretto, it wasnt too bad to be honest
http://asuseeehacks.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html
scroll right down for other pics
actual size?
i use to have a libretto, it wasnt too bad to be honest
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Soldato
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shame its probably going to cost us the same in £££ as it costs in $$$
The custom install in the 4th image looks useable but thats a custom install of xfce on archlinux and not the standard "look" (more on the noneus.de site) but the 3rd image abve of the unit in black looks small.
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Is the Asus EEE PC's 800×480 enough?
A blogger recently posted in his (or is it her?) blogsite, Noneus.de the results of his attempt to simulate the Asus Eee Pc's 800 x 480.
"I just made a new Archlinux installation on a virtual machine. The purpose was to test 800×480. The resolution of the 7″ EEE. I used XFCE since its light weight and you can make everything really small. Another important thing is the Gtk+ theme. I used Aurora-compact. You need the newest (1.2) version of the Aurora engine for this theme. For firefox I used an extension (Tiny Menu) and a theme (miniFOX) to make it small. The rest of the apps you see are unchanged.
As you can see the resolution is really small. Especially for OpenOffice. Probably removing most of the toolbars in OpenOffice would help. All the other apps are fine on 800×480. One thing bugs me though. A lot of websites require at least 1024..."
Screenshots follow.
Is the Asus EEE PC's 800×480 enough?
A blogger recently posted in his (or is it her?) blogsite, Noneus.de the results of his attempt to simulate the Asus Eee Pc's 800 x 480.
"I just made a new Archlinux installation on a virtual machine. The purpose was to test 800×480. The resolution of the 7″ EEE. I used XFCE since its light weight and you can make everything really small. Another important thing is the Gtk+ theme. I used Aurora-compact. You need the newest (1.2) version of the Aurora engine for this theme. For firefox I used an extension (Tiny Menu) and a theme (miniFOX) to make it small. The rest of the apps you see are unchanged.
As you can see the resolution is really small. Especially for OpenOffice. Probably removing most of the toolbars in OpenOffice would help. All the other apps are fine on 800×480. One thing bugs me though. A lot of websites require at least 1024..."
Screenshots follow.
Go down to..
Is the Asus EEE PC's 800×480 enough?
A blogger recently posted in his (or is it her?) blogsite, Noneus.de the results of his attempt to simulate the Asus Eee Pc's 800 x 480.
"I just made a new Archlinux installation on a virtual machine. The purpose was to test 800×480. The resolution of the 7″ EEE. I used XFCE since its light weight and you can make everything really small. Another important thing is the Gtk+ theme. I used Aurora-compact. You need the newest (1.2) version of the Aurora engine for this theme. For firefox I used an extension (Tiny Menu) and a theme (miniFOX) to make it small. The rest of the apps you see are unchanged.
As you can see the resolution is really small. Especially for OpenOffice. Probably removing most of the toolbars in OpenOffice would help. All the other apps are fine on 800×480. One thing bugs me though. A lot of websites require at least 1024..."
Screenshots follow.
So its too small on an installation that is geared towards being even smaller than standard release.
Soldato
I'd probably get one of these for my mum, last thing she'd want is to play games etc. but for prowsing the net its perfect
- Pea0n
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I'll just run that price through my UK price convertor calculator. Taking into account the extra hastle of shipping to a small island of course. Those big boats are a bugger to turn round. 
$199
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£300
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£300
You really didn't pay attention - the prices I listed are UK prices from a UK retailer....
The US price for the 4GB one (the one that's £230 here) works out as £192 so for once we're not being pwned too hard (especially considering the £230 was inc postage and the £192 is ex postage).
The US price for the 4GB one (the one that's £230 here) works out as £192 so for once we're not being pwned too hard (especially considering the £230 was inc postage and the £192 is ex postage).
Soldato
Is "prowsing the net" the new term for looking at web pages at 800 x 480
Fine for what she wants it for
a lot of travelling with it.- Pea0n