Many websites (engadget, gizmodo) have been reporting over the last several days that there will be an upcoming ASUS Eee PC 8G model with a 10″ screen. The rumors seemed to start with a news post found here on a German website. I contacted ASUS to find out if the rumors were valid and this was the response:
 We will have 8G with the same form factor and 7†screen size as the Eee PC 4G now.
There are no plans for 10†at the moment.
Eee PC 8G expected MSRP is $499.99 USD.
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I feel disappointed, any news when it will be out?
thanks
Well I have been saying this from day one of this rumors, do you really think you would get +4GB/disk + 512mb/ram and +3â€/LCD for only +$100 please give me a break.
What about 3G? Which edition will have a built in 3G modem and when will it be released?
Good.
No bigger LCD = no higher price.
yes, please post when the 8GB will be dropping as soon as you know!
Is there a Mini PCIe SSD Flash Storage Disk that is make at all? Anyone know?
4GB, 8GB, 16GB, 32GB?
which goes to show that you can’t believe ever rumour you hear about things….like “The EEE will be a $200 laptop!!!!” and such and all that…
The 3G modem will most likely be an attachment underneath in the mini-pci express slot (assuming you haven’t put a hard drive in that slot instead cuz your SSD died
)
Personally I’m wishing and hoping for a bluetooth module that will fit in that slot
(although cell internet would be awesome too)
Sandisk just released PCI-e SSD which will fit to Eee. 8Gb and 16Gb..
http://jkkmobile.blogspot.com/2007/11/pci-e-ssd-for-asus-eee-pc-and-other.html
I haven’t heard any other pci-e ssd’s.
so when is the black 8g coming out?
and has anybody had any problems with the processor loading pages fast enough?
I just saw a picture of the 10in EEE at computex.. so i guess the rumors are true
http://www.akihabaranews.com/en/news-14057-Asus+at+the+Computex+(Eee+inside).html
This does look suspicious though.
It seems there is alot of conflicting information regarding this 10″ version. First off when somebody says:
“There are no plans for 10†at the moment.”
this to me is someone not being difinitive. If Asus put a 10″ eee on their site with a early 2008 release the 7″ sales would drop significantly. So I say that this may still be true. I4U news website says:
“During the Asus Eee PC announcements in Germany and Austria last week the German Asus press representative Holger Schmidt made a statement to a press agency called pressetext that the Asus 8G would come with a larger 10 inch display.”
I do hate the jumping to conclusions though from Engadget and Gizmo. I personally feel the 7″ screen is a joke. this screen is like 6″ x 3.5″, that is TINY. A 10″ screen has over twice the viewable area and much more realistic. Go to a target and look at a portable dvd player with a 7″ screen and try not to laugh.
1001 aka 10″:
http://skjermskudd.com/images/bfi1195098404w.jpg
jkkmobile – For the Eee PC usage, it needs to be a Mini PCIe SSD… not just a PCIe SSD (is this correct)?
Oh – for those that want to manage an iPod from your Linux desktop, check out how to do it with Songbird.
http://www.howtoforge.com/using-an-ipod-with-songbird-0.3
Can we load this on the existing Eee PC desktop, or do we have to us Ubuntu, or will the Eee PC do this anyway?
Those engadget pictures and skjermskudd picture are from a way back prototype model, before they dropped the EEE 1001. That model never made it further than prototypes…
im not sure if its listed somewhere but is the internal wi-fi adapter G or N?
I got my 701 two days ago (rather to my surprise – I thought they would be harder to get hold of so close to the (UK) launch date) and I must say that the most limiting thing about is the screen. A larger (in terms of pixels, if not of inches) LCD would make it VERY much more usable.
With the current 480-pixel screen height some of the built-in applications (e.g. the patience card game) are virtually unusable.
derstandard.at belongs to an Austrian website, clearly visible when looking at the TLD (-:
I just had word from http://www.vr-zone.com that the latest batch of Eees removed the unused miniPCIe slot. I’m wondering if this is another cost-cutting measure or ASUS doing its anti-modding thang again.
A $200 eee was not a rumor – it was at the IDF announcement. Digitimes blamed part of it on LCD’s not coming in as cheaply as Asus wanted.
what do you mean removed the minipci-e port? That was a huge feature on this thing, being able to expand it that much more…
The 7″ screen I’m not too worried about, I can work with that…and the 10″ would have to be done in such a way that it was still a tiny laptop.
But no minipci-e? can this be confirmed by someone?
@ A chicken passeth by,
Could you provide me with a proper link? I looked on VR-Zone and didn’t see it mentioned, perhaps it has moved off the front page already.
Asus ban mods?? This is news to me, afaik ASUS is just as easy to scrape some pencil lead or solder on some trim pots as every other MB/GPU, and do they ban overclocking?
I am actually looking forward to attempting to stash USB devices in that sweet screen shell, they already are running a USB(?) webcam up there, so a stripped hub and Wifi stick moved up there would be fine (+ Bluetooth anyone? The Wiimote would look sick as the control device for this!), I could even use the original wifi antenna!
That would free the other Mini Express slot.
Modding unfriendly? hardly.
Sadly overpriced. Wake me up when they’re reasonably priced.
It’s not important, but http://derstandard.at is an Austrian website, not a German one
Here’s something from a recent bylined Boston Globe article about the ee, the OLPC, and the Classmate:
http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/11/14/cheap_laptop_as_money_maker/
… The machine is being sold for $399 in the United States, but also will be sold for as little as $199 to school systems here and abroad. “Our idea is to provide computing access to children,” said Donald Leung, Asus product manager, “and to sustain our own company’s need, which is profit.”
…
“They’re selling like hotcakes,” Leung said. “We don’t have enough in stock to fulfill everybody’s demand at the moment.” Leung said that Asus is already making a small profit from sales of the Eee PC, and soon will release a $500 model with a larger screen, as well as two cheaper versions, selling for $349 and $299.
Sounds true to me…
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/14/asus-confirms-the-8gb-10-inch-eee-pc/
I’d really like to believe the 10″ rumor, but is it at all possible? If the aspect ratio remains the same, the screen would be 8.6″ wide — only 0.26″ less than the width of the computer itself…
(Please tell me I’m wrong!
Bjørn
/me can see this getting ugly
2 months into the future:::
“Asus promised us a 10″ 8Gb EEE for $500 and now they want $500 for a 7″ 8gig EEE!! This is the last straw, Asus officially sucks!”
oh and Engadget posting that the German nut that confirmed it is confirmed even though said German nut’s confirmation was officially unconfirmed by Asus doesn’t mean that a 10″ EEE is confirmed, in fact it most likely means that a 10″ EEE is unconfirmed and that aforementioned German Nut was probably a couple sheets the wind at the time of the statement….keep in mind that a 10″ EEE, like a $200 EEE is not a “GIVEN” but a “BONUS” if it happens, awesome, that was nice of them, if not, then suck it up, we all knew it wasn’t gonna happen anyway…
Any idea about the resolution on this 10″ screen?
asus staff currently have very little knowledge of the eeepc. at present the uk support team has received zero training in this product. i think that is also the case with France, Germany and the Netherlands eeepc team. therefore calling and asking at Asus might not be accurate information.
The rumours are actually true. A 10″ screen will become available towards the end of Q1, earlier Q2 2008. The Asus response is because of NDA but there will be an announcement next year..
One thing I noticed in the pics of the 10 inch model is that the case is different. Look at the arrow keys. On the 701, there is a shift key next to the up arrow. on the 1001, there is a blank space. Looks like a larger form factor….I will stick with my 701 for now as the size is perfect for the commute and around the office in meetings.
what is going to own is the Merom Core Solo’s that they are coming out with in the spring…especially if they have a 10″ version for a good price that’s still ultramobile
Please, take Asus PR into account: They simply can’t announce any “better” EEE now.
(I believe there will be any).
it wasn´t a german it was an austrian
go read a map or something
and btw
The rumors seemed to start with a news post found here on a German website.
.at is AUSTRIA not germany
how can i trust your info when you don´t know the difference between .de and .at ?!
I spoke today to a rm rep and they confirmed plans for a 10″ screen to be released in late 2008
I would consider buyin the 10″ model. 7″ (according to some reviews) is to small for good amount of websites to browse and read easily. No 10″ – awrite, will look for some sony vaio then.
Here are the different variations of the eeePC as shown in a Philippine-based distributor’s website (follow link in article below:)
http://podglobe.com/article.php?story=20071118040245947
The interesting one listed are the following. But what it doesn’t say is when the various models will be out.
10″ is coming, that’s clear, but when in ‘08 is the quesiton. And what will be here this year?
This is the first I’m seeing of the 16GB model other than the initial announcement that mentioned 16GB.
7 inch display, Intel Pentium-M
Intel® Pentium® M (1.0Gb) / 08Gb
Intel® Pentium® M (1.0Gb) / 16Gb
10 inch display, Intel Pentium-M
Intel® Pentium® M (1.0Gb) / 08Gb
Intel® Pentium® M (1.0Gb) / 16Gb
anyone want to take a guess on your ultimate specs for the 10 inch EEE?
- dimensions
- weight
- price
- bluetooth
etc.
Thanks.
A nice widescreen on the computer would be very nice.
I have found the 8G now being offered as if it is in stock and ready to ship, in the USA.
Does anyone know if this is factual?
Yes, some places have been selling 8G models for about 1-2 weeks now. Ex: Newegg has them and other retailers should have them before the end of the month.
These are standard Eee PC’s with the 7″ screen.
8G SDD with 1G RAM. $500
PS. I bought an 8G about a week and a half ago.
I am in Taipei at the moment. I went shopping in “Computer Alley” this afternoon to see the Eee PCs first-hand. A few shops had a mock-up (empty shell) of the 10″ screen, 2-lb ASUS, but it had a different nomenclature, something like 7U or U7, and it was also about 50% larger in footprint than the Eee PC. The newest Eee PC with 8 GB of onboard SSD memory and a slot for a SD card was about $450 (US), not all that much cheaper than neweg.com’s price of $500. And, I probably would have had to pay duty on the Taiwan purchase when returning to the US (because I am already carrying my MacBook with me). The newest Eee PC feels sturdy, and I was able to play with it for a while and found it surprisingly fast loading web pages. The Linux interface is quite easy to navigate.
Well thats the device they showcased on Computex last June. You should take some pictures anyway
Oh and i forgot to tell…
Never underestimate the “Osborne Effect”
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