http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/ 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/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 5:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/
The touchpad, I mean.]]>Oct 21st 2008 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/
Certainly no 17" laptop with this footprint or weight.]]>Oct 21st 2008 3:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/I mean I could get a desktop for 700$.. but I don't think that'd help me now would it?]]>Oct 21st 2008 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/
The Atom processor has opened the door to cheaper tiny laptops.]]>Oct 21st 2008 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/
I certainly never would have bought a netbook if it was $700!

A lot of these are selling precisely because they are cheap. We can all live with the limitations because of the price. And because we have other "real" computers to do all the things we probably wouldn't want to do on these things.

I agree, $699 is too much for this thing. I think a $699 or $799 price point is what I would expect for an Apple netbook. And I would expect it to be a lot more interesting than this thing. And I still wouldn't buy it.

And for anybody to deliver a netbook with THAT keyboard in late 2008 is really quite unforgivable. For fucks sake, move the freaking cursor keys down a row and give us a full size fucking right shift key!]]>Oct 21st 2008 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/
or like this: EEE

same with the DELL logo. These logos suck and they are clearly done by the CEO's niece who took a graphic design course over the summer.]]>Oct 21st 2008 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Asus could win here but NOT with this offering.

Here's what they need to do.

Spec out a new eeepc with the new Intel Atom 330 + small grahpics card and allow for 800 lines resolution + HD of 100+GB. Hold the price down to $599

This sort of spec at around 3lbs would challenge both low end laptops and the expensive ultra portable laptops. All IMHO off course. Asus meantime coming out with an Atom 270 based unit for near $700.00 is a complete waste of effort IMHO.]]>Oct 21st 2008 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 22nd 2008 1:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/
Go with a nice ultra portable sony or lenovo not this stripped down piece of junk that has a tiny hard drive, little ram, cheap video card. ]]>Oct 21st 2008 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/]]>Oct 21st 2008 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Ans, S101 have good battery life, good 11n speed, 16G SSD have great
performance. (same as 7200RPM 3.5" HDD)

need a cheap 10 inch, get 1000H or Lenovo S10/Wind U100
need a light netbook (in 1KG), get 901

need a light 10 inch? only S101.
]]>Oct 21st 2008 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/no way for Single-Core Atom
no way for single-touch touchpad (bring back touchpoint!)
no way. just no way.]]>Oct 21st 2008 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/
Why not offer a stylish netbook at a slightly higher price? Nobody forces you to buy it if you don't want.

And I don't get why people still take time to comment that they find netbooks generally useless. Isn't it kinda obvious by the sale figures that the general public thinks otherwise by now? If you don't care, well, how about ignoring posts about them? Not that hard, really.]]>Oct 21st 2008 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/
Sure, I want a netbook. I'll use it when my wife has the "real" laptop, a Dell XPS 1330. Or when I'm on an airplane and want to watch a video. Or to take on a trip.

But I don't really need it. I could live without it. And if was too expensive I would.

The 8.9 and 10" netbooks are settling in at ]]>Oct 21st 2008 9:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/
Sure, I want a netbook. I'll use it when my wife has the "real" laptop, a Dell XPS 1330. Or when I'm on an airplane and want to watch a video. Or to take on a trip.

But I don't really need it. I could live without it. And if was too expensive I would.

The 8.9 and 10" netbooks are settling in at ]]>Oct 21st 2008 9:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Was it designed by people who hate touch typists?]]>Oct 21st 2008 4:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/
keyboard layout doesn't matter. DVORAK, QWERTY, whatever, they can type on anything.]]>Oct 21st 2008 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 4:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/Oct 21st 2008 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/21/asus-eee-pc-s101-hits-us-november-1st-for-a-steep-699/
http://i33.tinypic.com/xodxky.jpg

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