Asus Eee PC 1000 vs Atom-based 901 vs original 701... fight!
By Thomas Ricker 
posted June 3rd 2008 12:44AM
posted June 3rd 2008 12:44AM
There you have it, the hotly anticipated 10-inch Eee PC 1000 sized up next to the 8.9-inch Eee PC 901 (center) and original 7-inch Eee PC 701. Feeling. Misty.
Here's the scoop from Engadget Chinese who just got out of the press briefing at Computex in Taipei:
Update: Detailed pricing and specs now in.
Here's the scoop from Engadget Chinese who just got out of the press briefing at Computex in Taipei:
- New 6-cell battery offers up to 7.5-hours of battery for Eee PC 1000, 7.8-hours for 901, 7 hours for Eee PC 1000H
- The "H" in the Eee PC 1000(H) model means hard drive, yes, hard drive up to 80GB. A first for an Eee.
- The Eee PC 1000 will max-out with a 40GB SSD
- Fully equipped with 802.11n and Bluetooth -- hoozah!
- Intel's Atom across the board
Update: Detailed pricing and specs now in.
Thank you for information!
I have a 2GB 700. I got it 3 days after release. Its been sweet for use at school but not fast enough for home use. All the new things are too close in price point to 13.3" laptops.
Im just going to get myself a samsung R20 or XPS M1330.
in the picture comparing all three the on in the middle isn't a 901 it's a 900
The EeePC logo reminds me of a cheesy porno or something, definitely needs a revamp!
new eee pc has No ASUS logo!! the new eee pc logo is UGLY!!!
definately considering a 901 once they finally reach australia. all of the other sub-notes that have a spinning platter hdd are no good for me, the SSD is a 100% MUST.
IF the 20gb SSD linux 901 manages to come in @ $550~600 street price (AUD ofcourse) I think i just might have to get one.
I don't remember where I read the friggin' thing, but when Asus showcased the EEE 901 on June 3rd they said it would cost $549 (US) and a price cut on the 700 series and the 900 would take place. In other words the 901 will take the price point of the 900 while the latter would benefit from a price reduction!. For us jolly ol' folks in the UK, the 900 set us back about $650 ($100 more than folks across the pond and for what?!! smaller battery?! woot?!).
If you ask me, the 900 would still be a good deal and yes the chip in their is a V8-tree-killing brute but it's better than the diamondville in the new ones. Why built in bluetooth when we could buy a dongle and make use of those USB!. Pain in the Asus I tell yea!.
The 1000 is bigger than the 901, yet, the keyboard layout is totally the same. The problem is, there is no "Home" and "End" keys, which are keys I use alot to move around in Word since the arrow keys on the 701 and 900 are very close to all the punctuation and "Enter" keys (what happens very often is that I would type some text and my fingers would stumble on the upper arrow key and set the cursor on the wrong line). It's wouldnt make sense to move the arrow keys around, but they could have added a "Home" and "End" keys on the 1000 to make use of the size increase.
Get yourself a USB folding keyboard as well & then you'll have a full-size keyboard to use.
The 701 has a 7.4v 4400mah battery and the 1000 has a 7.4v 6600mah
Can I buy just the battery for the 1000 and put it in my 701. Thus giving my 701 a 7hr battery life instead of 3hours?
Also, where can you buy the 1000?
I looked around online and couldn't find anything
The weight and size of the 901 and 1000 is still very good, if you get a 15" laptop for under $1000, its going to be +2kg, not the 1.3kg(1000) or 1.1kg(901). So the eee pc's are still a very cheap ultra protable laptop. Even if they are $500-$700. And with linux they are a very useful machine. I am hanging out for either the 901 or 1000 linux version(ssd is the only way to go, if only the 1000's of people who bought the ipods with hdd's in them and then went jogging with them relised why solid state disks are important), then im going to see if gentoo will work on it!
Hi I bought a asus 701 linux version 3 months a go but decided to load
Window xp/sp2 on it. also loaded office 2003 on it and have blue tooth software as well.all i can say it's the best laptop i've ever bought.