Remember the Eee PC flash slideshow on the official Asus Eee PC website that’s been the same since way back in June? It finally changed- and a full new website is up! Check it out here. It still looks like a work in progress, but maybe it’s proof that we really are approaching a release date. There are three languages that you can view the site in- English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese- maybe a sign of the first locations the Eee PC will be released to.
Also, from other website updates, looks like there may be an Eee PC 801 model (thanks Yesh!)- possibly with an 8″ higher resolution screen!
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Robert: Thanks for the info. The time frame seems to fit in with what i wrote previously (post #42) – End of 2007 or beginning of 2008.
I think talking about ISO standards won’t last till January
Another disappointment around the corner? It seems in contradiction with things they say on Citrusmicro and ncix…
At this pace it may last till spring next year for the Eee PC to be available in Europe and North America. By that time we may have a choice between similar little machines from different manufacturers. According o rumors, Steve Jobs has a ultra-mobile MacBook up his sleeve.
Was that correct English? I meant to say it wil last till spring next year for the Eee PC to *become* available in Europe and North America.
I got a call from Citrus yesterday asking me to confirm my desire to purchase a system. I questioned them on their pricing, as they were linking to the article in the Inquirer but still priced about $100 higher. They stated that they linked to the article strictly for the review, but never mentioned that anywhere on the site. I told him unfortunately I couldn’t commit at their new prices. He went into a five minute pitch about why I should buyit and I finally just hung up. I can’t believe that it is going to be that impossible to get one from another asus reseller without all the BS.
All I know is if they aren’t shipping Eee PC’s by November 6th at the absolute latest, I will stop caring and just buy a real PC with Vista and a 60 Gig hard drive.
Guys, have you ever bought something off the internet and you had to wait so long to get it that by the time it arrived you didn’t want it anymore? Thats how I am beginning to feel. Thanks for the buzzkill Asus!
Well I personally love it! just read the review at blogeee.net and it is fantastic! I could wait until Easter to get! I want it!
“Guys, have you ever bought something off the internet and you had to wait so long to get it that by the time it arrived you didn’t want it anymore? Thats how I am beginning to feel. Thanks for the buzzkill Asus!”
So I take it that you’re not buying it cause its a cheap ultralight are you.
I am still looking forward to it because I fly alot, and lugging around my dell is a pain in the rear, but I’m too cheap to get a full price umpc
Right on, Ziggit. We all COULD get a full-spec laptop for $400, but best of luck to anyone who can find a brand new one for that much with a 6″x9″ footprint.
In the meantime, bsmith, I sure hope you can find what you’re after at the right price. Keep moving forward, ’cause you can’t go back on that bridge you just burned. =O
I guess my frustration stems from the fact that our dreams of the 6×9 footprint laptop are being attacked on two fronts. On one side the release date keeps being pushed back, and on the other side the price keeps going up. By the time this comes out the minimum price will be $300-$400, pushed into the range of low end laptops. And while we will all probably still get one, in actuality the extended release dates may have just been a ploy to allow time to raise the price to more profitable levels for Asus. Classic bait and switch…. Bait them with $199, six months goes by, sell it to them for $400. You’ll see. Just call me stupid, because I will still probably be the first on line to buy (smile).
Has anyone here actually gone ahead and trusted any company with a “$150 NON-refundable deposit”? What’s up with that BS, first of all. Second, doesn’t the USPS or FTC disallow that? And isn’t there a law about funds being held for more than 30 days without giving the buyer the option of cancelling for full refund? I don’t know which seems more desperate: potential Eee buyers or the alleged companies that will allegedly sell them.
I emailed a few of my vendors about the eee. One replied back and said, “I wanted to get in touch with you as your question about the Asus EEE was sent over to me. I checked on this and Yes, we will be carrying the Asus EEE PC. This is to be available for sale through us at the end of the month, but we are currently waiting on the sku to setup in our system.” I’ll let this site know as soon as I see them available.
Since finding out about the eee i fell in love, i’ve been following the olpc and the $100 pc for years and this was the closest thing and i was happy, then the delays started, the changes in spec. No fixed price.
I started like others to think this was vaporware, I started to feel a bit low, thinking on my budget i’d have to resort to going to PCworld to get my new lappy (my screen is virtually destroyed on this one, lord knows how i’m managing).
This is now confirmed as ASUSLAPTOPS.co.uk and NEXUS13.co.uk have boosted the price again, £260 + approx.
I really want one of these EEE’s, but theres a limit.
Just out of sheer curiosity, how do those of you that don’t pronounce it uh-soos pronounce it. I am also curious about the proper pronunciation of ikea, aka: the non eye-key-ah.
Oh, and yes, I pre-ordered 2: a 700 with webcam and a 701 (one for me, and one for my mom), and they don’t charge you until it ships, so when it ships they take $150 from you if you canceled your order or charge you the full price for what you ordered.
but my view is if you already pre-ordered it and you’re gonna be out 150 anyways, why not just bite the bullet and get the bottom model?
ziggit: regarding pronounciation of ikea.
I don’t know how to explaing how to say it, but look at the [letters] here:
n[ee]dle-[k]-f[e]ar-m[a]ture
This is how you pronounce it in Sweden, where ikea is from.
And I pronounce Asus like ace-sus.
@Ziggit:
Ah-suss
and
EEE kay-ah
Does anyone know if the Eee PC is currently being sold in china. Cause ill just get my cousin to ship it to me. This waiting is getting tiresome.
Awesome, I’ll have to remember the proper pronunciations.
I am waiting for an EEE pc too, but please do not take it too serious. I used to play it somehow, however it is more like a toy. Feel quite funny that some one is waiting it and do not buy a real pc. I think that is wrong.
Umm. . . what?
http://www.ferra.ru/online/mobilis/73845/
one more review in russian lang
Some new info about eee on oficial website ..
http://eeepc.asus.com/en/product.htm
Great find. It’s what we’ve been waiting for- that actial ability to CHOOSE! Unfortunately, the google-found version of the page still hasn’t been updated. I think you have to take out the /index/ part to get to yours.
Google finds:
http://event.asus.com/eeepc/en/index.htm
The newer pages are at:
http://eeepc.asus.com/en/index.htm
Big news! 4 models of eeepc comming out- Eee PC 2G Pure, Eee PC 2G Surf, Eee PC 2G, Eee PC 4G. Comparison of features at the bottom of the product page.
http://eeepc.asus.com/en/product.htm
Weird thing is that the only difference between the 2g regular and the 2g surf is that the regular does not have stereo speakers (or its just a typo), though it may have a camera that the surf does not.
My guess:
Eee PC 4G = 701
(replaceable memory)
Eee PC 2G = 701 (replaceable memory)
Eee PC 2G Surf = 700 (non-replaceable memory, 4 cells)
Eee PC 2G Pure = 700 (non-replaceable memory, 2 cells, $199 model)
That’s my guess “M”, but your news got scooped by “Marek.”
I would cry with JOY if the unit that they finally come out with has the same LCD screen (dual mode, regular and battery saving, with sunlight viewable ability) as the OLPC laptop. Days of use on one battery, viewable outdoors, with the specs the same (external VGA port, USB power to external USB devices, like USB powered hard drive, USB powered external CD/DVD ROM or burner, etc…) all that… would be wonderful. Of course user and service tech replaceable ECC and Wear Leveling Flash Storage, and upgradeable RAM would be a nice touch as well. Hmmm, given that I would imagine that Quanta is doing a consumer version of the OLPC (announced, if I am correct)… then if that system has the power saving LCD features that the OLPC uses, then if ASUS does not have this feature at the same time that Quanta has it, well I wonder in a side by side comparison, which one that consumers will buy. I would be happy to wait for ASUS to include features that would compete with Quanta and OLPC on power saving and LCD sunlight use features.
Actually citrusmicro already changed their info on the product. Look at different versions/prices at (there’s a colored table at the bottom):
http://www.citrusmicro.com/webdocs/Items/Details689.cfm
and again…
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20071226PB203.html
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