http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/ Engadget Comments for Eee PC 1000 breaks cover before Computex http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/

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I'm asking cause theres no windows/start menu button and I'm yet to see any manufacturer not stamp the windows logo onto their keyboards... :/]]>Jun 2nd 2008 9:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 2nd 2008 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/
DO NOT WANT.

Why not?

The answer, my friend, is blowing in the Wind, the answer is blowing in the Wind..]]>Jun 2nd 2008 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 2nd 2008 10:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 2nd 2008 10:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 2nd 2008 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 2nd 2008 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/
It will be interesting to see how Asus plays their cards with this in response to the MSI Wind. If they can't offer something decent for the premium they demand, it'll make MSI look like an angel when they release to the market.]]>Jun 2nd 2008 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/
It's amazing to see how they've milked this $200 laptop into a global brand of machines that are ever increasing in size, price and specs.

Within a few months they'll be announcing a new 15" machine with a 160Gb HDD and 2Gb of memory.



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couple that with a price increase and all this machine is good for is to encourage competitors to make better computers in this class range. not sure what is up with all these bad two-coloured designs coming from asia. asks asus about their ugly design + price hike, why??]]>Jun 2nd 2008 9:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 2nd 2008 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/
Who knows, maybe as mentioned above, this might come with a HDD option, putting this well into the realm of MSI territory. It's all up to how Asus plays it's cards with this before, and after the Wind release.]]>Jun 2nd 2008 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/
Damn, my thoughts exactly!]]>Jun 2nd 2008 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 2nd 2008 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 2nd 2008 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/
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The Eee became popular for a reason, and Asus isn't delivering that anymore. The small part of Asus that was probably concentrating on the cheapie Eee machines probably makes up a much larger part of the company.

Hopefully the Wind can set them straight.]]>Jun 2nd 2008 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/
My friend has a laptop with the shift button placed very close to the up arrow, and I frequently find myself running two sentences together in a completely noncoherent manner :)]]>Jun 2nd 2008 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 3rd 2008 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/
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they need to make these under 1Kg (eee pc, wind etc wake up!)]]>Jun 2nd 2008 11:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 2nd 2008 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 3rd 2008 12:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 2nd 2008 11:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/
I don't know what has come over me. It could be my lack of water and sleep, but I prefer to think that I'm not the only one who feels this way so, please tell me I'm not the only one. ]]>Jun 2nd 2008 11:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 3rd 2008 12:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/
7.8 hours sounds too good to be true!

http://chinese.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-901-1000-01-7-8/]]>Jun 3rd 2008 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 3rd 2008 12:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 3rd 2008 12:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/
I am gonna stay up all night to see the specs for MSI wind. I am hoping to get either Wind or 901 when it's available...]]>Jun 3rd 2008 12:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Jun 3rd 2008 12:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/
On a TEN-INCH NOTEBOOK there is no reason to have such a poorly placed right shift key. NONE. On a seven-inch notebook there's no real reason, either - just squish the arrow keys, like Apple does, or move them down a row - but on a ten-inch notebook, there's just no excuse. Even if, for whatever reason, you don't want to squish the arrow keys or move them down a row, you can still fit a decent right shift key on a ten-inch notebook - just look at the MSI Wind. Throw in the fact that it will almost certainly be more than $600 and you've lost me.

You've lost me, Asus. You've lost touch with what the Eee was supposed to be about (as evidenced by branding their high-end media PC the "Eee Station"). I'm really not sure why you went through the trouble on re-branding your OEM business and making Asus your consumer brand, because now you're just using Eee as your catch-all consumer brand. It's stupid.

What set the Eee apart was that it was a) small and b) cheap. As such, bigger and more expensive is not the direction you should be taking the Eee.

I'm buying the Wind. It's a bit larger than I would like (I really do believe that it's possible for a smaller notebook to still have a usable keyboard - if Asus would get off of autopilot and make just the tiniest adjustments they'd have one) but it has a) has a usable keyboard and b) is cheap. It's what the Eee 900/901/1000 should have been. They should have taken the Eee, filled that bezel in with a 9" screen, and kept selling it at the same prices - even if that means we'd only just now be seeing it. Coming out with the 900 just weeks before the 901 was kinda stupid, anyway.]]>Jun 3rd 2008 12:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-1000-breaks-cover-before-computex/Wish they would give us a release date already. Boy, my girlfriend and mother are gonna kill me for getting this now.]]>Jun 3rd 2008 6:43PM