According to an article in PC World, the Eee PC is off to a fast start in Taiwan. According to one store employee:
“There were people waiting for them to go on sale, and 98 of them were gone almost immediately”
It seems as though from the article that if you weren’t lucky enough to get one in Taiwan already, you might be out of luck until the next shipment in November.
After seeing this, it should be interesting to see if there’s a quick sellout as well when the Eee PC 4G hits store shelves on November 1st here in the United States. (this is the word from ASUS as of this morning)
And finally, check out unboxing galleries:
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awesome!!!
299 to 399$ is fun…
I think, it’s better to buy 8G version for 400$(or more for third seller), than pay 300$ and use 2G flash and no camera
Taiwan… I want to buy it in Russia with russian or (that worse) single english keyboard. I want to use ICQ and my Sony Ericsson K310i
Dmitry ti ne odin takoy! Dojdemsya
I’m in Taipei right now. They are indeed sold out and waiting for shipments next week. They’re highlighting the 4G version with flyers and stuff and I found a price for $11650NT (~$350US). One guy I talked to said he expects the 8G model to come out late November. There’s no mention of the other models, which I think few people care for anyways.
Den, greats from Nevinnomysk(Stavropolskiy Region). We will waiting!!!
Privet vsem, kto zhdet ASUS EEE PC v Rossii(Welcome to all, who waits Asus eee pc in Russia)
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Asus has 8 inch screen????
Well not seen any stuff that tells the triple e has 8″ screen, it was rumored that 801 would have one, but it’s said that the resolution stays the same on an 8″. Only on a 8.8″ or smthng like that it gets to 1024x??? (16:9 some fast mathematician can work it out for us
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But what does actually Dojdemsya mean? The other Russian talk was easily understandable (“,)
Two models available to preorder on the Asus UK site now:
http://www.asuslaptop.co.uk/products.php?cat=53
Curiously, one of them has 768MB of RAM.
dmitry Darov darov. Jdu v moskve/ Dymau ne skoro do nas doydet.
I gots my cash in hand. Marking my calendar for November 1st. The smart players are going to go talk to Best Buy salespeople at least a couple days before to ask about availability and quantity. You don’t want to be the 21st guy in line when the store only has a supply of 20. Doh!
Didn’t quite understand the sense of your post Lee.
The two preorder thingys – wicked instead of a 8G for 199 there is a pimped 4G with a 768MB Ram..
The ways of Asus are ununderestandable
When I Bought Eee PC in Taipei, I saw a man bought one Eee PC and one NB-use DDR-II 667 Ram, and it can use. The only restriction when I want to add ram is law.
But, it is not so easy to change SSD. Most of us choose SDHC card or Flash memory.
The second patch Eee PC shall come in the end of October, and 2G/4G Surf version shall come in the end of November. Eee PC 8G must be a good Christmas present–if it will not sell out.
Law? Against changing RAM? *loud laugh*
And it’s quite long known that the RAM can be exchanged.
SSD though isn’t changeable at all at least if you take in consideration that each triple e version is built especially for that ammount of SSD – the memory’s have to have differences (i.e. voltage ‘n’ stuff).
So I don’t reckon there will be any custom solder jobs in the near future.
Asus has updated their website, now the 8G model has 8GB SSD
http://eeepc.asus.com/en/product.htm
Wasn’t it always so?
At first the G8 was presented with 4GB SSD:
http://www.eeeuser.com/2007/10/08/more-official-page-updates-two-more-reviews/#comment-1824
This was corrected 4 days ago:
http://www.eeeuser.com/2007/10/12/oct-16-announcement-end-of-month-in-stores-better-specs/#comment-1972
“Wasn’t it always so?”
The G8 specifications were already corrected 4 days ago.
So, the only 99 units that have actually been shipped, were sold yesterday in Taiwan. The next shipment is expected November 1st. How does Asus expect to ship 200.000 this year at this pace?
Well, the pace can be modified and I reckon Asus has the power to do it.
Wait a sec. The 8GB version won’t be on sell in the USA until next year ? Only the 4GB ?
So is the $299 price for the 512MB RAM, 4GB SSD, NO webcam model set, or might it be cheaper?
I’m hoping they release the colors soon – those blue and green ones are hot.
White one pwnz
Ipod style 
Nope, no way they gonna’ make it cheaper.
8G was told to be in this year but with this “steady” information…
forgive me, but i did not see in wht news source or asus document it says (1) November 1 release, (2) pricing for the differnt models. Pls help me with a link or links to the sources.
in USA here
from this site http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/97512/from/rss09
it says that it will be avalible in US one month before europe….anyone know of a good US online shop that will stock it?
BestBuy, Newegg announced officially.
I think they’ll have the greatest supplies.
damn http://www.allasus.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=347&osCsid=33ro45hqb6s8m2639qihibb163
only excepts US credit cards
Try citrusmicro.com , they told me they would accept my card (non-US)
cheers Juan Camilo just ordered one from them. At least they dont want a deposit of $150 or anything. Will wait till 01.11.07 with anticipation.
Regarding the RAM upgrading,
there is a warranty sticker on the RAM/mini PCIe cover. You will break the sticker (hence the warrenty) if you remove the cover. But with some tricks, it is not difficult to remove the cover without breaking the sticker.
Bestbuy they had to go to those people…. Newegg not bad. But Bestbuy!!!!!
Den:in moscow??? You’ll buy eee earlier than i(Ñ‚Ñ‹ его купишь раньше менÑ)
Dasha: are you russian?
I have one question: what faster- eee or via c7???
EEE is a PC via C7 is a chipset/processor – you cam’t compare ‘em.
Ok, what faster and better???: roverbook 419l or eee??? Rover – 500$
Without doing benchmarks, I’m only guessing, but I would say the Intel processor in the EEE will be much faster than a C7 processor. C7 processors are manufactured by VIA and they are typically NOT used in standard computers because of their inferior processing power. Intel is known to make powerful chips. I know that the Intel chip doesn’t compete with Core 2 Duos but I would assume it’s still more powerful than a C7.
Corvette – +1
according to this site the max. resolution will be 800*600
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mobile01.com%2Ftopicdetail.php%3Ff%3D233%26t%3D423035%26p%3D1&langpair=zh%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8
screenshot: http://attach1.mobile01.com/attach/200710/mobile01-f52cbb5cadfab53f0adbdd18dbda3650.jpg
No pics are working, anyone else see them ?
Xp just happens to be extended by MS.
Eee pc will sell on 27 Oct, 2007 at Hong Kong.
http://hk.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=8646
more new, I will post on my blog
800*600 isn’t 16:9
800×600 is tha maximum resolution that can be output to a monitor from the VGA port. Maximum resolution on the internal LCD is 800×480.
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The output from VGA port is more than 800 * 600. A 15inch LCD can be 1024 * 768, BenQ 32inch moniter can be more than 2000!
I suggest the 8G Eee PC shall use Windows Vista Starter or Home, not XP.
New news releases by Asus, the last one confirmimg the release of an Eee PC with Windows later this year. See links on the Eee PC page:
http://eeepc.asus.com/en/index.htm
“800×600 is tha maximum resolution that can be output to a monitor from the VGA port. Maximum resolution on the internal LCD is 800×480.”
In Xandros or WinXP?
Come on people! Almost every program has its analogue on Linux so no need to install that crap windows with all it’s bug’s and viruses, not to forget inexplainable errors.
I know, but if it depends on kernel, You will need reinstall Linux at least. Low resolution of external VGA is serious issue for most of users who wnt to use EEE at home also.
dasha: I think Vista would be very slow on this machine…
Future accessories for the EEE: http://www.hispazone.com/imagenes/tutoriales/245-98gr.jpg
Vista is the worst crap ever.
Only those who’d install Xp on the triple E I’d understand.
Oh and about the linux – i reckon i’d install Ubuntu rather than leave the stock option. Beryl/Compiz on this baby would be a pretty interesting thing if possible
LayZ: I use Ubuntu myself, but I do feel that it would be too heavy for the EEE… Also, it’s important to keep in mind what the EEE is for, my guess is that for just surfing the net, writing documents and making skype calls, de default Xandros will work fine…Although I know I’m probably going to end up installing another linux distro just because I can’t keep using the same distro for more than 6 months
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