http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/ Engadget Comments for Asus makes optical-endowed Eee PC 1004DN official 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/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 9:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/
Put an optical drive in an 12 inch netbook and what you'll have is an
underpowered laptop at a ridiculous price.

Besides that non-bluray optical media is dead. With online movie rentals and any software and games available online, there are few uses for an optical drive in a computer that will see its battery drained quickly from spinning a DVD movie. ]]>Mar 30th 2009 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/
I think consumers will adopt whatever the next technology is and just hold on to their DVD collection until then.]]>Mar 30th 2009 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 8:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Apr 2nd 2009 8:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/
The original labels wouldn't fit. ]]>Mar 30th 2009 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/
Before netbooks, your options were:

1. big, cheap, standard laptop
2. small, expensive, ultra-portable laptop.

Netbooks provided a third option:

3. small, cheap laptops.

Sure, they were less powerful, but they were powerful enough for 99% of users.

As for sticking a DVD in a netbook, why not? I personally can live without optical drives, but for others, it may be of use. Since when is more choice bad?]]>Mar 30th 2009 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 10:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/
I hope other netbook manufacturers don't feel obligated to follow. Please don't kill the netbook.]]>Mar 30th 2009 9:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 9:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/
Its like taking an iPod shuffle, making it bigger than a touch, giving it 32gb of memory, making it more expensive than a 32gb touch, and calling it a revolution. The iPod shuffle isn't supposed to be big, and memory heavy. Its supposed to be a 'plug it in and go' player. Does it make it a bad product? No. But it begets the mantra of the Shuffle in the first place.]]>Mar 30th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/
on topic: How did Asus think that consumers want opticals? How about 720p displays first...
Oh and OSX drivers for their hardware, just like MSI released for their wifi cards.]]>Mar 30th 2009 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Personally I've been looking for something like this for a long while, slap a usb DVB-T tuner on it and you've got the perfect entertainment device when your on the move, or camping out. Once bluetooth'ed to mobile phone you'll be able to check email, browse web, watch TV, go to any corner shop and buy a movie to watch, and even record TV as well with Vista home premium.

The low power processor means you'll get better battery life or be able to run in all night off the Cigarette lighter and still be able to start the car in the morning.

When can I buy one????]]>Mar 30th 2009 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 31st 2009 5:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/
And you could drop in the drive when you need to install something.

Best of both worlds!]]>Mar 30th 2009 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/
'An Express Card expansion slot provides compatibility with USB2.0...'

Oh dear.]]>Mar 30th 2009 11:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 11:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/2. More options(choices) for the consumer is a bad thing?
3. Where can I find clear specification criterias you must meet for a small laptop to be classified as a netbook? Is it written that it shall not bear an optic drive or big screens, or else I will be very angry?
]]>Mar 30th 2009 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/There is a small collection of things that makes a netbook
Atom/Nano CPU
Flash memory
small screen (10" and smaller)

What is with the pigeon hole ? Netbooks describes a collection of small laptops on sale, it is not the law of netbooks where any small cheap laptop must conform to the netbook law or become illegal.
Calm down people.]]>Mar 30th 2009 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/
I would have one with an SSD... but i need more than 16-20gb, so i got a 120gb MSI Wind.]]>Mar 30th 2009 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/
http://www.ud-pc.com/up_files/image/2007-4-18/x22_0.jpg

I bought it for 100 bucks on craigslist. How are these netbooks better in any way?]]>Mar 30th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Apr 14th 2009 11:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/
Here's the problem, Asus. You truly introduced the netbook concept as we see it now into the market. You astounded us with small, cheap laptops that, even though they weren't very fast, made up for it in price.

Now you've fucked it up.

You have just created a just-barely-not-an-ultraportable "netbook" (mind the quotes) that completely shatters the original concept.

Don't get me wrong, I love new, fast technology. It's just that through creating this behemoth, you've further diluted your brand.
Let's take a look.

This Eee has:

A DVD burner,
A 1.66GHz Atom N280 processor,
120GB of storage,
and a fingerprint scanner.

Why, I ask you? Why?

This machine will pray for death when that DVD drive spins up.

I'm fine with including the 120GB of storage, and the 1.66Ghz Atom, but with a 9 inch screen.

Did you hear me? A 10 inch screen is TOO BIG.
Once you get past 9 it's uncomfortable to carry.

Stop what you are doing to this brand. Go back to the Eee 900 and start from there. Redesign it to fit to the original ideals of the product.

By the way, as to the cost; How much is this turd going to run us? A $500 netbook is TOO EXPENSIVE in this economic climate.]]>Mar 30th 2009 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/Mar 30th 2009 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/
or is it an eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?]]>Mar 30th 2009 6:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/
1) Higher resolution (even use OLED screen)

2) Standard HDSP card slot for internet on the go without worry about snaping those dam usb keys when ever you move your netbook.

3) Nvidia grafix instead of intel crap.

Then worry about a optical drive. By the way LG makes a great USB powerred DVD super multi...... drive any way.]]>Apr 12th 2009 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/asus-succumbs-makes-eee-pc-1004dn-official/i agree about the resolution, at least 768/800 on the height it would be reccomended, and the hdsp card too. i hate plugging usb sticks in a lappy. as for nvidia vs intel, well, since nvidia is a graphics producer by tradition then maybe you are right here too. but for serious gaming i have a rig at home, as for solitaire i think it runs just fine on this one.

cheers :)]]>Apr 14th 2009 11:19PM