Newegg, Directron Both Have Eee PC 4G For Sale
October 31st, 2007 by antFinally ready to hold an Eee PC 4G? The final price comes in at $399 for the 512MB RAM/4G Hard Drive/Webcam model. Directron customers have already reported receiving the Eee PC, according to this post on the forums. Newegg also has it for sale, as of today. For more retailers in North America, check out the ASUS where to buy list.
October 31st, 2007 at 9:39 am
$400 = BAD!
October 31st, 2007 at 10:46 am
i just called bestbuy… had the guy search around a bit for it.. conclusion: “its not in our system yet”
October 31st, 2007 at 10:58 am
I can buy a powerfull 15″ laptop for 499$. The EeePC at 400$, it is really bad!!!!!!! What about the 250$?
October 31st, 2007 at 10:59 am
Looks like Newegg and Directon are on the ball. It would be nice to see Allasus do the same with their pre-orders.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:59 am
$400! Sometime in the not so distant past I heard that the Eee was supposed to retail for around $200. What gives Asus?
Hopefully the prices on these will come down soon. I really like the idea of the Eee to use as a secondary laptop.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:08 am
grrrr… Obviously cost of parts went up, and this is not their cheapest model… will the price of the cheapest model hit $200? will it ever come out? I was holding out for a cheap laptop; at $400 I’ll just get something else.
October 31st, 2007 at 11:20 am
The availability at Newegg is a real shocker to me, especially a day or so earlier than expected. However I am still predicting Best Buy won’t have it for quite a few days to come. Now the only decision is, take the plunge and order one from Newegg right now, or wait till its in stores?
October 31st, 2007 at 11:34 am
For those of you holding out for a $200 model in North America, a quote from the Asus Website (under Availability): “Eee PC is scheduled to be available in North America within a few weeks. The Eee PC comes in three different models starting from $299 to $399.” I might have tipped at $250, but $300…
October 31st, 2007 at 12:33 pm
What about UK, dammit!
October 31st, 2007 at 12:42 pm
to DSP: $199 was only ever for the extreme basic EEE….the $400 (while still kinda expensive) has better specs/features and therfore *will* cost more :)….so now we are left to decide whether or not the webcam and extra hour or so of battery life are worth [whatever the price difference they come up with]….on the other hand…just think what the 8gig version is gonna cost :-/ like $450 or so
15″ for $500 is only half the point btw, the ultramobility of this thing is the other half
October 31st, 2007 at 1:11 pm
$400 and it’s not even the top of the line model. Not happy and not ordering.
October 31st, 2007 at 1:15 pm
it going super fast. 1 min ago they had 24, now 21
October 31st, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Yeah thanks …. I was buying an EEE from Directron, and thanks to this ad, they have none now =(
October 31st, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Somebody should tell Newegg…
I got the following yesterday, re the eee
“Dear Customer,
Thank you for contacting Newegg.
Unfortunately, we are not carrying this product at this time. Our marketing and purchasing departments collectively determine all decisions regarding our inventory selection. If you are unable to locate a particular item on our website, and would like to submit a product suggestion to us directly, please click on the link where it says “Or, Click here to make a product suggestion.†(http://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/FeedBack/ShallWeCarry.asp) Our standards of excellence allow Newegg the ability to provide cutting-edge products at bargain prices. We are experts on delivering the best the world has to offer so we always welcome your ideas.
Thank you for your patience and understanding. If you have any further questions or concerns, please feel free to let us know.
Sincerely,
Sabrina Su “
October 31st, 2007 at 2:19 pm
Its really unfortunate that Asus got our attention with a $200 laptop before they had any idea how much it was going to cost.
The only reason I was interested is that $200 is almost a no brainer for a laptop, but $400 is a different story. The cheapest model isnt so great either because with a short battery life, you can’t really take it very far.
I’m with #10. Not happy and not ordering. :,(
October 31st, 2007 at 2:33 pm
I am disgusted at all the bitching about the price.
Do a little research and have a look at the size and portability of the Eeepc, the only thing I have seen this small is the $2000 Libretto u100, and that has the same specs!
It has been mentioned dozens (if not hundreds) of times that the $260 model will follow some time later, and the $200 model will not be available until next year.
This is the high-middle model, it shouldn’t cost any less (Add up the price of the webcam, extended life battery, and extra RAM/SSD and tell me that it isn’t worth the extra $140)
Also, the $200 model (Eeepc 700, not 701) looked to be NON-UPGRADEABLE, meaning onboard RAM, not a so-dimm slot.
I don’t mind that at all, and since you only have to pay ~$60 more to get the 701 I am fine. I am a little disappointed that the webcam model is the first out the door, I could care less about the webcam.
October 31st, 2007 at 2:43 pm
Sorry, I just have to say again:
THIS IS A 7″ LAPTOP, NOT A 15″ LAPTOP (or 12″, 13″ 14″ 14.1″ etc.)
YOU NORMALLY PAY AN EXTRA $1500 FOR THIS SIZE.
QUIT BITCHING, OR SHOW ME WHERE TO BUY A TOSHIBA LIBRETTO U100 for $400
$300 for the base model is a little more than I thought it would be, but still not terrible considering.
Doesn’t this thing have a mini-pciE slot? I know I am going to try hooking up a Geforce to it :), I already have my 6200 modified to a x1 card (Yay Dremel), and before you ask, yes it works fine.
October 31st, 2007 at 2:44 pm
abc123: you mean #11
So far it’s still the best 12″/sub 12″ laptop out there that’s selling for a decent price…I spent a month looking at different 12″ laptops (on and off) and the “cheap” ones were made crappy too…
As far as specs to price, this thing is really nice so far…definitely hoping for a price drop though…
October 31st, 2007 at 6:05 pm
I am pleased with the price and I’m very pleased I just caught it on new egg. It was listed as sold out, but then I refreshed and saw that add to cart was there and jumped at the chance. They must have gotten another shipment or something.
October 31st, 2007 at 6:16 pm
For the UK try http://www.clove.co.uk or http://www.rm.com
October 31st, 2007 at 6:59 pm
I thuoght that it was going to be cheaper- that the 2g was going to be sold elsewhere for 200, the 4g surf for 250 and the 4g for 300. I would have still jumped on it if it was 350, but 400 is a stretch
October 31st, 2007 at 7:00 pm
And its not because it’s a bad deal, it’s just that it’s not worth it for me. Hopefully the price will go down soon.
October 31st, 2007 at 7:05 pm
Well its official. I just placed my order with Newegg.com. The total came out to $446.02 including tax and shipping. Damn! This better be worth it!
I could not wait any more ESPECIALLY after my fact-finding trips to two Best Buys today.
I have CONFIRMED that the EeePC will NOT be for sale at Best Buy (in the store) anytime soon. This is what I found out. I went to the first best buy & no one knew anything even the store manager. I went to the second best buy and the manager had heard of it but said that anything that goes into stock must get an RSS number two weeks to a month before it sells.
So if what the manager and the Ace Salesperson who searched the RSS system and gave me this info is correct, the EeePC won’t be for sale in Best Buy for another two to three weeks AT LEAST!
The very helpful sales-dude said that it is possible the Asus may be available as an “online only” buy. So all you people out there, if you haven’t bought from Newegg you better hope it goes on sale on Best Buys website. Good luck y’all!!!!
October 31st, 2007 at 7:18 pm
I ordered mine from Newegg at 6:30 am. It was more than I really wanted to pay, but I think it is worth it.
October 31st, 2007 at 7:25 pm
I’m sick of hearing people whine about the price too.
Generally speaking, the more you miniaturize something, the MORE it costs; laptops cost more than a desktop PC of similar spec; ultraportable PCs (generally) cost more than full size laptops.
Go look at the prices for PDAs - you can easily spend more than $400 for a PDA with a slower processor, less RAM (even leaving the SSD aside) and a tiny screen.
Sure, I’d have loved to get one at $200 too - but $400 is not unreasonable for what this offers.
As an aside - if anyone has access to what Microsoft calls “Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs” - basically a version of XP designed for lower-spec machines - I’d love to know if it installs on an Eee. It seems to me it would be a great choice, given that it is less ram and drive-hungry and runs better on lower-power processors.
The only problem, of course, is that MS doesn’t sell it at retail; perhaps Asus could convince them to let them sell it OEM?
October 31st, 2007 at 7:29 pm
Ordered from newegg this morning immediately after seeing this story. Count me in with the people saying “show me where else to get a honest-to-god subnotebook with wifi for $400″
October 31st, 2007 at 8:21 pm
I’m not hugely happy about the price. I would have rather seen $300-$350 retail. But it’s the cheapest thing out there that is: small, portable, SSD/flash, wireless, decent battery life and Linux. The only other option I see is to go for the OLPC, which has better battery life but is a far less powerful machine. (takes forever to boot!)
October 31st, 2007 at 8:22 pm
@ GeorgeM
I tried XP for Legacy PC’s, and it sucked.
Full XP or NTlite is sure to be better.
Personally I think Windows 2000 with SP4 is the best choice, I have it on my 450mhz PC and laptop and it does a stellar job, you can hardly tell it from XP, it is the same core after all.
October 31st, 2007 at 8:53 pm
nobody is saying that the eee pc is not worth its $400 price tag. It is arguably the best buy for someone looking for an ultraportable laptop. however, some people, including myself, were following the story because we wanted a $200 companion laptop. I really don’t care about the camera, the extended battery, or if it’s 4g, 8g, or even 2g (especially with 8g SDs selling for $70 on eBay). I am going to hold out for the low-end model, hoping to get it for under $300.
October 31st, 2007 at 10:36 pm
With regards to those “whining” about the price we shouldn’t be so hard on them. Some simply haven’t priced PDA’s and under 10″ laptops. The Fujitsu 1510D pumps out for $1,700!!!
The rest of them who are complaining about the price, well lets just put it this way. They have the right to be mad. Asus should not have set an unbelievably low price point if they couldn’t live up to it. It is better to set a more believable price of $300 than to fall short of promises you made to your potential customers.
That is the real bottom line. I knew going into this whole thing that $199 was an AWESOME DEAL. And I also expected the price to go up, and it did. I too was disappointed, but I am trying to be realistic.
The moral to the story is, don’t make promises you can’t keep. Asus, ya hear me?
November 1st, 2007 at 12:35 am
Hmmm… it’s us$400 in central computer which is the silicon valley computer store. The price in Taiwan should be us$299 without tax according to the currency. It’s more expensive in U.S.A if it’s really 399.
November 1st, 2007 at 12:44 am
I was expecting a price around $349 tops and was going to buy two for my wife and I, but with a total of $446.02 including tax and shipping multiplied by two… Sorry Asus, but I’ll just carry a little more weight, use a fully loaded laptop with a nice 12″~14″ screen instead. At least I can read these postings without hurting my eyes. Big Disappointment!!
November 1st, 2007 at 2:24 am
Sure, $199 would have been incredible, but was it ever *really* serious? I always took it with a pinch of salt. Have sold my VAIO TR3-A a couple weeks ago in anticipation of an Eee, and will probably break even once it’s purchased, but that’s just fine; it’s smaller, lighter, and will make a perfect travel companion for my six-month backpacking holiday planned for next year.
November 1st, 2007 at 3:50 am
I plan on using this ASAP, from Office Depot, when they get them in. I’m using it for business purposes, so, I’m using my reseller ID when I buy it and pay only 6% CA “use tax” in late Jan ‘08
ED
blingwiz.;)
November 1st, 2007 at 5:30 am
A LinuxWorld article said that it would be available in brick-and-mortar stores in major cities, including San Francisco. Does anyone know if this is true, and which stores they are?
November 1st, 2007 at 6:18 am
At $200, it was an attractive value. For $400+, it’s not. For the same amount of money I can get the Nokia N810 which has the same resolution screen and is smaller and more portable plus bluetooth.
November 1st, 2007 at 6:30 am
This site has it out on the 12th in the UK, or now if you order from RM.
http://www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk/20071016107/asus-announces-eee-pc-ultra-portable-specification.html
November 1st, 2007 at 6:33 am
Oops, wrong link.
http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/11035/12059/Asus-Eee-announced-for-UK.phtml
November 1st, 2007 at 6:34 am
Oops, wrong link:
http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/11035/12059/Asus-Eee-announced-for-UK.phtml
November 1st, 2007 at 7:57 am
I ordered it from New Egg. Caveat: they have a NO RETURN policy for laptops. I bought it for a friend who came in from overseas and I will be helping to set it up. I’ll get a great idea of its pluses and minus and might get one myself after this. About the price: YES I feel screwed by what appeared to be a $200 to $400 price jump - double. Because the Summer announcement by the CEO said $199. Not other higher priced models. It’s BS. But I also agree with others who posted that if it IS a quality product then its a great deal in the UMPC category — the other tiny laptops cost more than double. More features and power, sure. But still in the $1000 range. Not fancy - not enough power to run Windows (no matter what they say), no touch screen and short on muscle BUT it still does create a new class of PC — super small and light, and really is a PC, not a toy, not a phone. And a real keyboard, not a thumb sriven micro keyboard that’s only good for text messaging.
I’ve said all i have to say. I say MORE when I’ve unboxed and analyzed it.
November 1st, 2007 at 8:29 am
As I’ve posted a few days ago, if you go re-read the ASUS announcement it only mentions the basic specs of 2GB SSD & WiFi in the “around $199″ announcement. Thus, it was never a hard set spec or price. People who expected the world for $199 just couldn’t read. They only have themselves to blame, and that’s why they’re so sore about it. It must “feel better” to blame ASUS than themselves for believing in the hype they never bothered to investigate.
November 1st, 2007 at 8:30 am
danny g:
Not enough power to run windows? Right.
I had and old P2 400 with 64 MB of ram and the only problem I had with XP was some loading for applications. You’re greatly underestimating the power of this little thing.
The price is another issue that I can;t figure out why people are complaining about. I still think that at $400, the price is fair. $200 was just a steal and there was no real profit for them at that price. People seem to forget just what this thing is; an ultra portable laptop for a very low price compared to what other companies were trying to shove in our faces. This has already driven out some of this competition. Isn’t that enough proof?
November 1st, 2007 at 10:05 am
I have to agree with JDP on this one…and disagree with the “give the whiner’s a break” person…
You can’t look at the initial $200 price tag and compare it to this computer…at all..ever…it’s a different computer…when they said $200 it was for a low end thing, asus told you that, eeeuser told you that.
So for you to look at $399 and say that Asus lied to you is about as stupid as it gets. The $200 version was just the start of a good thing. Asus could easily have dumped this thing out for $500-600 and never told anyone about it before hand and none of you would have been the wiser that it was “supposed” to cost $199
Basically if the $400 doesn’t work for your needs, STFU and wait for the other versions to come up…
November 1st, 2007 at 10:51 am
Microcenter has it for $399.99 as well: http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0275847
November 1st, 2007 at 12:20 pm
@Miles: I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree on WinFLP - it definitely needs less drive space, and seems both lighter on RAM needs and a bit faster than full XP. (I did a comparison in identical VMware machines on the same host box.)
W2k-SP4 would be an interesting choice - I just wonder if the supplied “XP” drivers will work.
November 1st, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Oh man! I have a MicroCenter around the corner from my house. I ordered from newegg so I could have saved $16 on shipping. I was in MicroCenter yesterday. I took a brief look around but did not search their website. I can’t believe MicroCenter is going to stock them. All this time I have been asking and asking Best Buy and these computers turn up right under my nose. Perhaps availability will not be as bad we thought? They are available at far more retailers than I thought, and so far almost everyone I know has been able to order one, so we shall see.
November 1st, 2007 at 1:02 pm
Ah, you might be right about XP vs legacy xp, I just tried it once and was not at all impressed, perhaps I used the wrong PC to test.
I do realize I was “shouting” and calling people whiners, I have a knee-jerk reaction to people who could have read 4+ months ago that a ~$350-400 model would be first out the gate. And then they cry boo-hoo, I give up, bla bla bla, why is it so expensive, why isn’t it $200, etc.
The $200 (Or $259) model isn’t coming for some time, there has been a general release strategy and price known for some time.
Honestly, how do you go through life believing everything at face value (no matter how outrageous the claim IE, $200 laptop), without calmly researching the pertinent facts.
Namely, that the $200 model has, is, and likely will be only for large bulk orders, and mostly for developing countries.
I don’t want it anyway for my main portable, it will come with Soldered-in RAM that is not upgradeable, for $60-100 more I can get one that is upgradeable.
I too lament the late/possibly never arrival of a $200 model, but I will live because this is the real world. As someone who has built and searched for small PC’s, it is still a steal.
And as someone who has owned 2 Toshiba Librettos (110CT and 50CT), and drooled over the 1Ghz U100 for $2000, let me tell you that this is an excellent price point for the NEXT TO MOST EXPENSIVE MODEL, if it stays around $300 for the cheapest retail 701 unit (NOT the bulk 700 model), then I will for sure be getting one.
For anyone who has used an x86 based laptop this small (or slightly smaller), you understand what is being offered here, and a ‘used 12-15″‘ laptop should never be mentioned, it is not the same thing. The EEEpc is slightly larger than 2 DVD boxes, and that is much smaller than a regular laptop.
November 1st, 2007 at 1:03 pm
Does anyone know when the colored version will start showing up? The black version looked kinda cool.
November 1st, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Whew! I feel a little better. I just checked and my local MicroCenter never had any in stock so I am still ok with my newegg order.
With regards to the colored versions I am assuming they aren’t going to be available for a while. No word yet but at least a month if not more. Maybe the pink and green ones will come out by Xmas so I can pick one up for my daughter and son.
With regards to other operating systems, I am looking forward to putting Windows 2000 on this unit. I can set the unit to boot from the SSD and have Win2K on a 4GB drive so it never messes with my Linux if I want to boot from that. Can’t wait y’all!
November 1st, 2007 at 1:53 pm
I hate when people call other people whiners when they’re just stating their opinion.
I think i mentioned in another thread that Dell has a budget line of laptops called the Vostro. Their cheapest model far surpasses the EEE in everything but size (which could be a good thing) and is only $500.
So if you’re not going to get a laptop at the no-brainer price of $200, why bother paying $400 when $500 will get you a much better equipped system?
Is the fact that its the width of a nestle crunch bar worth $400? becuse you’re not getting much hardware for it…
In all, i’m still a believer. I’ll wait for a price drop though, and probably get the cheapest.
November 1st, 2007 at 2:12 pm
That’s kinda what I was saying…that whole “this isn’t a one size fits all and they have other sizes that you can try on”
btw: it’s gonna be awesome to run Ubuntu 7.10 on this thing
(and yeah, that whole as small as Nestle Cruch bar thing is hugely important…like a big deal…
)
November 1st, 2007 at 4:01 pm
It funny watching people compare the EEE to other similarly sized notebooks. Those notebooks have 4-8x the speed, more memory, far more drive space, larger screens, better resolution, better cases, better manufacture. (and yes, usually crappier keyboards)
What i’m not happy about is the more recent announcement that the range for the EEE was up to $400. Not that the second from the top was $400. Even if they priced it at $350 they’d be making a decent profit.
At least Asus will get the opportunity to take advantage of the first-movers. I hope they announce a $100 price drop like Apple did in a month or so. =)
November 1st, 2007 at 4:26 pm
yeah I’m stuck in that too…buy now or wait and pray for a price drop
If it was $350, I’d throw caution to the wind and grab the little guy now.
November 1st, 2007 at 5:41 pm
We seem to be going back and forth on this price. Yes, it is a big issue and I vehemently disagree with Asus’ approach but this computer fills a SERIOUS need in the marketplace which is why its so popular. I run five desktop computers right now for my business but I have never in all my years owned a laptop. This will be my very first. I have the most sophisticated smartphone money can buy but I never got into laptops because they were so big and bulky.
Most of us don’t go to Starbucks to play Quake or World of Warcraft. Most people do that at home. Laptops are primarily used for business and personal portability aspects. So this unit is ideal for that purpose.
For a long time I was tempted to buy a used ultraportable on ebay. Probably the Fujitsu Lifebook P1120 which is the same size as the Eee. You can even get it for about $350 on ebay if you are lucky but no guarantees on battery life or if something breaks. The Eee is brand new and cutting edge.
Now about the price. Even after all this talk of $199 I expected to pay upwards of $350. The $446.02 I did pay was a bit of a shock to me, but I really wanted it. I know the price will go down but so be it… In a few months we will have MANY choices in this category. I predict that the Asus unit will open a floodgate of manufacturers putting out units exactly like this one. Apple will probably come out with the mini-Imac, all the other PC dealers will have theirs and in short order this form factor will be the new gold standard for portability. While their pricing tactics sucked, Asus is the innovator…. Maybe one day in the future the Eee will be on display in the Smithsonian as the first mass produced SSD based computer. By then 1 Terabyte MicroSD drives will be $49 at Best Buy.
November 1st, 2007 at 6:46 pm
$400 ASUS you are joking right. I just got a used DELL D620 14″ widescreen Intel Core Duo for $500 w/2yr left on warranty.
November 1st, 2007 at 6:51 pm
Just new egg this morning…paused..tonight, they were gone. Thanks for the microcenter link, just picked one up. 419 with shipping. Cool
November 1st, 2007 at 8:38 pm
I’m sitting at the Microcenter checkout screen in another window, once again trying to decided whether to buy it.
If it were in a physical store, I could make the go/no-go decision immediately. Since I plan to use the machine mostly for writing, the quality of the keyboard is very important, and the reports in the reviews seem iffy. I might risk about $200 and gamble on a keyboard, but I think I’m not going to gamble the $460 that it would cost from Microcenter with shipping and California tax for a machine that I can’t use effectively.
I’m eager to see it in the flesh, as it were. Reports were that it would be in the stores today, but, as we now know without a doubt, any information about this machine and how it will be available must be assumed to be, at best, illusory, until verified by someone outside of Asus and its media dupes.
November 1st, 2007 at 9:16 pm
“It funny watching people compare the EEE to other similarly sized notebooks.”
Has anyone mantioned a “simalarly sized” notebook yet?? (Besides my Libretto comments)
“Those notebooks have 4-8x the speed, more memory, far more drive space, larger screens, better resolution, better cases, better manufacture.”
Are you serious?? Are there 7″ notebooks that weigh this little (with NO moving parts) and come with 4Ghz (or dual 2ghz)
I am sorry, I am just stating my opinion: that most of the people on here with negative comments about the price/rollout scheme aren’t being realistic, and/or don’t have real life experience with laptops this small. These ARE significantly smaller than a 12″ notebook, not even the same class. “Smart phones”, internet tablets, etc, need not apply, this is a real x86 PC running Intel chipset, it is compatible with a very wide range of OS’es, I might even be able to get DOS running on it (Why? I can, that’s why.).
If you honestly need more horsepower than a 900mhz CPU and 256-512MB of RAM to surf the web and/or watch movies, then please shop for something else.
November 1st, 2007 at 10:44 pm
Miles, dude I have been mentioning similarly sized notebooks from day one.
Same size laptops:
1) Fujitsu 1510D - $1,700
2) Fujitsu P1120 - $350 3 years old and used on ebay.
3) Averatec 1050 - $1,000
4) FlyBook Dialogue Tablet
5) JVC MP-XV841US
6) Fujitsu Lifebook P1032
10″ Laptops:
1) Compaq Armada M300
2) Fujitsu Stylistic 3400
3) Sony Vaio PCG-SRX77P
4) Sony Vaio VGN-T150P
5) COMPAQ/HP TC1000
6) SONY VAIO PCG-SRX77
Just to name a few…..
Most of these units cost three or four times as much brand new but of course had three or four times the capability. Why did I buy a Eee? Even at the inflated $446.02 price it is still a better deal than plunking down $2,000 and having to treat the thing like its a gilded lily. I don’t want to live in fear of breaking something I just spent a house payment on.
I was seriously considering getting a Fujitsu P1120 on ebay for $350 until June this year when I found out about the Eee. The allure of getting something new and cutting edge outweighed my desire to get a used questionable laptop on ebay.
November 2nd, 2007 at 12:05 am
By the way, they are selling 8 mint condition Fujitsu P1120’s on ebay right now. For all you people who want a full fledged laptop the same size for just a little more, here is the link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Fujitsu-P-Series-p1120-Laptop-Computer-touchscreen-wifi_W0QQitemZ330183540313QQihZ014QQcategoryZ39980QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Go ahead and order, its just more Eee PC’s for the rest of us! LOL
November 2nd, 2007 at 5:54 am
I ordered my last night! It will be in my hands in a few days!
November 2nd, 2007 at 8:33 am
This Asus based on processor specs probably operates at an equivalent to 30% of an Intel Core Duo 1.1 Ghz machine if that. I haven’t seen any official benchmarks yet, in fact every review writes off that part saying “its not a speed demon”, and then moving on in the review.
Running a tuned linux helps alot to making it appear to run as fast as a similar setup running XP, but the processor speed just isn’t there. First its a celeron, second, its rumored to be a reduced capacity Celeron. There are more factors that just Mhz in determining speed. Its like thinking a 1Ghz Via C3 processor doesn’t really run at an effective 300Mhz as compared to a proper Intel chip.
November 2nd, 2007 at 3:31 pm
One thing folks forget is that flash memory is very quick. I put a Transcend 2Gig IDE drive into an old IBM 570 laptop running a PII at 300MHz, with 320RAM. I then loaded Win98SE and Office2000 onto it. Dang this sucker loads Word for Windows faster than my other laptop running at 2GHz.
The Transcend 2Gig cost me around $65, 4Gig $111.11(untaxed), and an 8Gig $207.00 (untaxed).
That’s why I decided to go and purchase the ASUSPC EEE PC 4G, plus I get all the new technology, and the size is what I wanted for traveling.
I have a Nokia N800, its 4†screen was hard for me to read PDFs and webpages, but I have found that I can watch movies on it without any difficulty. This was a vast improvement over the PDAs I’ve been use to.
This ASUS EEE PC was exactly what I was looking for and if folks say you can buy a used laptop cheaper on eBay, who cares! You’d still have to go out and purchase the IDE Flash drive and you’re stuck with old technology.
November 2nd, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Talked to a Best Buy rep and we did some investigating. My local bestbuy will have the EEE by November 11th. Not sure if this will be the date for best buys across the nation though
November 2nd, 2007 at 4:54 pm
John Paul: where are you located…that would be awesome if we could go to a store and touch it and feel it first…
Depending on price compared to internet stores, it might even mean instant gratification…but i’m doubting that…
November 2nd, 2007 at 5:48 pm
people who are complaining about the price were not interested for the portability. You have to understand that portablitity is really the only thing the eeepc has going for it right now and people who dont need it are now angry at ASUS. If that report about the price hike being due to lcd prices is correct, then the price may drop latter. If it does, i think many more people will get it. I think this is quite unfortunate for ASUS, they really misseda big chance to get into the mainstream market.
November 2nd, 2007 at 6:36 pm
Ah crap, now the lowest model is $299 - i give up.
November 2nd, 2007 at 7:18 pm
Lee, I totally agree with you, but according to the posts on here a $300 model will be rolling out later this month, so all the people having an uproar about $400 can wait a little and get a cheaper one.
That Fujitsu is cute, but I need much more floating point performance than a Transmeta Crusoe will give me.
I realize that this is a 900Mhz processor, but it appears to be a P3 derived mobile CPU, and that has up to double the performance per clock.
I know everyone will get upset, but I do plan to game on this (retro-gaming, emulators and Doom/Quake), and watch some fairly compressed Divx, and I need the P3 tech, a VIA or Crusoe will not cut it, I have had a Cyrix Samuel II and a couple Via C3’s, and the floating point power on non-mainstream (AKA Intel/AMD) is just not enough for me.
Viva la $300 model, I do hope that the $200 model will come along for embedded applications/modding.
I envision modifying it into a large handheld game console by flipping the LCD into a tablet configuration and then grafting a USB gamepad onto each side. (Yes I am crazy, but go see Benheck.com for my kind of scene), for that sort of shenanigans a $200 PC is best.
But for personal use, I can really see paying $100 more for the proper upgradeable model.
November 3rd, 2007 at 4:04 pm
M: seems like it’s more or less hitting the mainstream market…seems to keep selling out like crazy
miles: you are half right about the Pentium 3 basis…as far as I know, this is actually a Celeron based on the Pentium M Ultra Low Voltage processor which is in turn the newer, more powerful version of the Pentium 3
In the end you are getting the same CPU as the lower end pre-Core Duo laptops…back when Pentium M’s were huge
November 4th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Hey the store i went to was in Thousand Oaks, CA. Its in southern california btw. And the guy showed me the direct sales screen info whatever, so I think thats a pretty good guess on when we’ll get em in stores
November 4th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
The store i went to was in Thousand Oaks, Southern CA. Hopefully this will apply to all best buys though
November 4th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
crap double post, sorry
November 4th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
California….means it’s iffy if the rest of the country will see it…California gets everything
November 5th, 2007 at 4:11 am
Its true we do get everything first. Us and New York. These Eee’s were in stock at MicroCenter a few blocks from my house. For everyone else, get your newegg order in.
It seems as if the good news is availability is pretty good. Newegg is still in stock as of Monday morning. MicroCenter still has them and Directron has them. Maybe everybody else is waiting for the 2G version? I would be really interested to know how many total units sofar have sold in the US.
November 5th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
yeah that would be great information…
Engadget made the bitter comment that “who knows if that first sell out on Newegg was just one computer in stock”
Their posts got more and more negative after the price info was released though
November 5th, 2007 at 6:52 pm
Engadget is more Apple oriented and knocked the UMPC when they first were announced. But the iPhone they just kept harping on, and on, and on: I stopped visiting Engadget’s website. So I really don’t care what a site that has issues, like Engadget, says.
November 6th, 2007 at 9:42 am
that makes a lot of sense actually
Yeah, I just happened to read a few EEE articles and was like WTF?
on the same note, someone in the newegg comments said the EEE was worthless and he/she would be better off with an ipod touch/iphone for “basic internet browsing”….all I have to say is good luck with that…
November 7th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Hey all… I’m in line at CitrusMicro.com for my Eee PC 4G - and did some info
digging - I got some info by Asus.
They will be taking care of CM and get all of our orders filled and any more
pre-orders coming in to Citrus Micro - amounts shipped so far from Asus for
everyone has been very small amounts - that is about to change at least for CM I have confirmed.
Also after I confirmed they (Citrus Micro) are getting the $299.99 model (end
of the month) I contacted Citrus Micro and they now are taking payments for them
now to secure your place in line.
Also yet, the 4G ($399) and 4G surf ($349) are coming in mid month in new
colors! The 2G Surf come in bunch of colors too - after contacting Citrus Micro
I see them up now on their front page http://www.CitrusMicro.com
Last and the coolest info! - the Eee PC 8G is posted now also at Citrus Micro
for $499 and Asus said they are still working on the details however end of
this month they are launching them.
Now that we have all the models coming or out for now - which model are you all the most excited about??? I’m still liking the 4G ($399) since really what does
the extra memory really buy you when you can add your own ext. storage anyways
and the added memory will do little to make it faster if at all by its own
design - or am I missing something here???
November 8th, 2007 at 11:15 am
the 8G seems way too expensive, especially since the 4G is like $50 to $30 over what we’d like it to be.
I think I want a black 4G
November 8th, 2007 at 2:22 pm
I noticed buy.com now has the 4GB eee PC available in white and black.
http://www.buy.com/retail/searchresults.asp?querytype=home&qu=eee+pc&qxt=home&display=col&dclksa=1
I’m still holding out (hope for) the 8GB model, as bad as I want to get it now while they’re in stock.
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January 10th, 2008 at 11:41 am
I just can’t believe there are idiots putting Windows on the thing.
Kinda defeats the purpose.