http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/All I need to hear is Firefox. This thing would be a lot of fun.]]>Nov 1st 2007 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/
My only concern right now is that the Atheros wifi-card in the thing doesn't have wide-spread Linux support yet. The Xandros that ships on the thing can use what looks like madwifi, but that's not going to work in ubuntu. ]]>Nov 1st 2007 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 7:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/
That would seem to be worth the price right there. Does it still count as a mobile, or do you have to invest in the patented super-long extension cord for that?]]>Nov 2nd 2007 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 2nd 2007 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/
I've lost faith.]]>Nov 1st 2007 4:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 2nd 2007 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/
I've lost faith.]]>Nov 1st 2007 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/
I've lost faith.]]>Nov 1st 2007 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/
1. Type comment.
2. Click "Add Your Comments"
3. DONE. If you get an error, ignore it. Your comment will show up.]]>Nov 1st 2007 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/
Yeah, it's my fault the server has an error. Don't fix the problem, blame the user.

People have only been asking for a comment editor here for an eternity.]]>Nov 1st 2007 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/]]>Nov 1st 2007 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 7:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.channelflip.com/]]>Nov 1st 2007 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/
http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=981

So I'm guessing that screwed up their inventory a bit. Mine still comes tomorrow. Wahoo!]]>Nov 1st 2007 6:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/
I'd also like to see how well it could use my ATT Tilt as a modem if I turn on Internet Sharing in WM6. If I could get it to just be online all the time, it'd be my perfect traveling companion.]]>Nov 1st 2007 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 5:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/ "...you not gonna go and stash all your dirty movies on there are you? ;)"

With less than 12GB of storage, obviously not all of them...]]>Nov 1st 2007 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=862

FYI]]>Nov 1st 2007 10:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 6:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/ttp://forum.eeeuser.com/
]]>Nov 1st 2007 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?type=expert&aid=469]]>Nov 1st 2007 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/|| but rather soldered on the motherboard...
|| Which means its not upgradable

I would buy an ASUS Eee PC with eSATA port ...]]>Nov 1st 2007 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 6:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/Nov 1st 2007 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.honeypothack.com/eee/internet.htm

-Josh]]>Nov 1st 2007 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/
So besides it's light weight, why get an Eee PC? It has a smaller screen than any laptop, less RAM, no hard drive, and probably a slower processor. It's $50 more expensive than the Acer laptop, and probably more expensive than a similar Black Friday laptop.

It just feels like everyone's heads are in the clouds about the Eee PC. I don't get it. ]]>Nov 2nd 2007 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/It has a webcam and microphone unlike most budget laptops.
Its build is supposedly better.]]>Nov 14th 2007 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/
BUT I just called their customer service line to confirm, and "Charlie" oddly told me that their policy is that I can only return a laptop for a refund if it "hasn't been turned on." I explained that that was not written anywhere on the Web site, and he said he didn't know if it was a written policy but it is their policy.

Can anyone confirm? I'd love to buy the Asus but I'm not sure if my fingers are too big for the keyboard, and as yet there's no store around here where I could test it out...]]>Nov 2nd 2007 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/
And JUST in time for NaNoWriMo!! Huzzah!

Naysayers and critics, hold your criticism until you've tried and played. Despite the hike in price (though I was expecting it to be more here in the UK) it's still incredible value for money!]]>Nov 2nd 2007 2:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/We might be a bit spoiled here in the US, but I see adds all the time for laptops with 100 gig drives, lots of memory and even DVD burners for $400-500 US, and that does not include the big sales like Black Friday.
So why even look at a stripped down box like this.
At $200 or less you might have some thing.
KRASH]]>Nov 6th 2007 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/
I've never owned a laptop before - for me, the tradeoff between price and performance taking into account the inconvenience of size, was just not worth it. I've always had a super powerful home-made desktop system which I mod to my hearts content, but I've always wanted a laptop, if just for writing while on the go. This machine is all I've ever needed - all hype aside, it really is amazing value for money.

Also, I've just switched to the "advanced" desktop mode, which makes it run more like a conventional windows-based (lower case w) machine, and less like the baby-toy that it shipped as. Switching to Advanced Desktop was quite easy, just followed the instructions here:

http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=1083

I know there are a lot of annoyed people out there at the hike in price, but the truth is that in my opinion, it'd still be good value at 50% more cost - i'd have been willing to pay as much as £300 for this little tinkerbell.]]>Nov 6th 2007 1:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/eee-pc-review-roundup/http://www.honeypothack.com/eee/

HPHstudios has developed an online interface that almost exactly mimics that of the Eee PC. What you see is an intuitive, easy to use, Online Graphical interface that allows you to explore the Linux Xandros operation system implemented on the Asus Eee PC. While the interface is not 100% complete, the depth of detail and level of "clickability" is incredible. Thanks to many images supplied by eeeuser.com and other Eee PC owners, you can visually explore the Eee PC just as if you had one on your lap. Hop on over to http://www.honeypothack.com/eee/ and test drive the Eee PC for Free!]]>Nov 27th 2007 2:18PM