Eee PC with all the hacks, but can it ever learn to love?

There are plenty of hacks out there for the Asus Eee PC, but now someone has brought it all together in a glorious amalgam of hackery. This here exposed, but proud, Eee holds within it add-ons for GPS, Bluetooth, 802.11n, FM transmitting and SDHC card reading, plus a modem, USB hub and 2GB of RAM just for good measure. Total cost of the upgrades is $454.38, so this is clearly a labor of love -- too bad all the radios in the world could never teach this little 7-inch beauty the joys of human emotion.

[Via Digg]

[asphixiated @ Jan 20th 2008 4:46AM]

i wish there was a mod to throw a bigger LCD in there..

[evensong @ Jan 20th 2008 4:56AM]

If you were to remove the speakers and web cam, probably relocate some of the circuitry, you most certainly can install a larger screen in there.

[superfresh @ Jan 20th 2008 9:55AM]

Better yet, take all that stuff back out, slap an apple on it and charge me more than two grand.

[[e-mail] @ Jan 20th 2008 4:46AM]

Mac OSX can love..

[freakmarket @ Jan 20th 2008 5:41AM]

only took 3 posts be4 sum1 mentioned mac

[Technex @ Jan 20th 2008 5:49AM]

Epic fail.

[Kizorblade @ Jan 20th 2008 6:03AM]

No. It can't love you, as much as you'd like it to.

[Indeed @ Jan 20th 2008 6:18AM]

Are you on a crusade or something? Your blind apple fanboyism is really annoying.
Stop spamming on every damn article already

[Mobius_1 @ Jan 20th 2008 7:14AM]

Sorry to wake you from that dream of yours but go and get a life

[tits @ Jan 20th 2008 7:16AM]

yes, plenty of gay love with that little rainbow ball showing up all the time wasting mine...

[derX @ Jan 20th 2008 9:23AM]

This is quite possibly one of the most disturbing replies I've made on Engadget, but, here we go:

I am completely confused, what the hell are you talking about, Tits?

[Ryan @ Jan 21st 2008 3:12PM]

Unfortunately, it doesn't love you as much as you Mac users love themselves.

[White_Pheonix @ Jan 20th 2008 12:21PM]

In the same way that a prostitute can love: she'll be with you as long as you have money, and leave as soon as you run out.

[Reader @ Jan 20th 2008 4:51AM]

That's hot. This should be in the encyclopedia for gadget pr0n.

I almost want to go out and get an EeePC and give it this much love.

[Hung @ Jan 20th 2008 9:41AM]

Actually, my friend threw an Emotion Engine and an ATI card in there. The last time I saw him, he said something about "teaching Ruby" and hasn't left his house for a week. Strange.

[Caden @ Jan 20th 2008 5:41AM]

I don't get it..

[Liam @ Jan 20th 2008 6:58AM]

One more robot learns to be
Something more than a machine
When it tries the way it does
Makes it seem like it can love
Cause it's hard to say what's real
When you know the way you feel
Is it wrong to think it's love
When it tries the way it does...

[Simon @ Jan 20th 2008 5:44AM]

Where is the touchscreen? Without the touchscreen this hardly qualifies as gadget porn ;)

[Paul Barwick @ Jan 20th 2008 11:54AM]

It does have a touchscreen.

[Kizorblade @ Jan 20th 2008 6:01AM]

Who cares if it can love? Feel sorry for the poor guy who carries this around!

[Blackster @ Jan 20th 2008 7:23AM]

why?
you know that you actually won't see a difference when it's put together again? ;)

[shoeshine @ Jan 20th 2008 6:06AM]

I'm actually getting an Eee within the next two weeks or so for college stuff. I went to a store that had a demo set up of it today, but some woman wouldn't stop playing Solitaire on it. Will probably eventually do the bluetooth and gps mods, but the others aren't exactly essential. Or even useful. Aside from the RAM boost of course.

[Darryl @ Jan 20th 2008 12:07PM]

Could you tell me which store had the Eee demo? I want to see it IRL.

[nonamo @ Jan 20th 2008 1:20PM]

Toys'R'Us

[shoeshine @ Jan 20th 2008 4:18PM]

It was Central Computers, but that won't do you any good unless you live near Sunnyvale, California.

[rento @ Jan 20th 2008 6:10AM]

Absolutely fantastic. Well done!!

[Brian @ Jan 20th 2008 6:13AM]

Cool project, but man this guy needs to learn how to shop. He could have literally saved $200 or more by spending 2 minutes at Froogle or PriceGrabber on those parts.

[apw76006 @ Jan 20th 2008 6:49AM]

Eee phone home.

[tits @ Jan 20th 2008 7:11AM]

im gonna get one too! its just so small...

[shoeshine @ Jan 20th 2008 8:23AM]

I know, it combines my three favorite geek toy qualities: cheap, functional, and small.

[rav97 @ Jan 20th 2008 8:39AM]

Maybe it's just me, but I like the Eee with a keyboard.

[shoeshine @ Jan 20th 2008 8:42AM]

They're just showing you the guts so you can see the mods. Just looking at the fully assembled computer won't show you anything.

[pallavnarang @ Jan 20th 2008 8:54AM]

ahem, isnt this better than the air thingy?? first post!!

[Daniel @ Jan 20th 2008 8:59AM]

Good timing on your first post! You're fast.

[pallavnarang @ Jan 20th 2008 12:32PM]

ha ha ha, Dang! i forgot to approve my comment, now i look like an idiot!! :P

[SteveMB @ Jan 20th 2008 3:11PM]

That's because you are one, son.

[Brad @ Jan 20th 2008 7:43PM]

You still would have looked like an idiot even if you had approved your post quickly. Grow up.

[Backlin @ Jan 20th 2008 9:02AM]

Pimp My Eee PC.

[[e-mail] @ Jan 20th 2008 11:42PM]

lol.. dont encourage them!

[Matthew @ Jan 20th 2008 9:07AM]

The Eee already has SDHC support. No modding necessary.

[m @ Jan 20th 2008 5:48PM]

i don't really see the need for an internal USB hub, either: it comes with 3 USB 2.0 ports-- unlike some other, more expensive machines.

[ilh @ Jan 20th 2008 6:09PM]

It's all internal to act as an extra "hard drive" and leave the original 1 for removable storage.

[Cybergypsy @ Jan 20th 2008 9:14AM]

Still take the Air hands down!

[Zach @ Jan 20th 2008 9:48AM]

you disgust me

you do realize that 400 < 1799?
hey you know what a user replaceable battery is? no?
shut up already god damn the eee and air are NOT in the same class at all, in fact the air shouldn't even exist in its current state with the lack of features.

[Cybergypsy @ Jan 20th 2008 9:50AM]

The EEE is cute not much more!!

[mac @ Jan 20th 2008 10:57AM]

And the Air is expensive and not much more. Your point?

[Ian @ Jan 20th 2008 9:25AM]

I have one, a terrific device. I am gooing on a one month overseas trip so it will get tested.
There are some teething issues that Asus need to PATCH ASAP though..
1) Touchpad can freeze cursor
2) WiFi connectivity via ebcryption such as WEP is qwerky anmd one needs to know how to fix it.
BOTH need immeidate patches or many of the units being sold WILL bet returned.

[Haxxy @ Jan 20th 2008 10:31AM]

My companion cube loves me.

[Brian @ Jan 20th 2008 12:06PM]

But you killed it... how could it still love you? :)

[dvdivx @ Jan 20th 2008 11:12AM]

I'm still waiting for a screen with better resolution before I get my eeepc. Only things added in this mod I would even want is the 2 gb ram and bluetooth.