http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/ Engadget Comments for ASUS Eee PC 1015, 1016 and 1018 to finally ship in August (Updated: some shipping now) 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/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 11:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Can't stand that worthless 1024*600 crap.]]>Jul 7th 2010 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Eee+PC+Netbook+/+Intel%26%23174;+Atom%26%23153;+Processor+/+10.1%22+Display+/+1GB+Memory+/+250GB+Hard+Drive+-+Black+Aluminum/9966726.p?id=1218202948227&skuId=9966726&st=asus%201018&cp=1&lp=1

There are some inconsistencies with Best Buy's information though, such as "USB 2.0" and battery life that don't seem to match up to the specs for the 1018. Maybe Best Buy is confused.]]>Jul 6th 2010 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/
You're correct. Best Buy has had these for about 2 weeks already. I was surprised it took the tech blogosphere this long to pick up on it. However, the Best Buy version seems to be the 1018PB which doesn't have an N455 processor but an N450 processor. And also doesn't have the USB 3.0]]>Jul 6th 2010 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 12:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/
Thanks for the update, I was wondering about that. Not bad for the price, but I'll probably wait a little longer for the DDR3 capable units. ]]>Jul 6th 2010 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 10:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Your statement would be true, but $430-$500 is not just for "light tasks". If someone is looking for a netbook that just does outlook, excel, word and the internet, they could just spend $300 bucks on the typical netbook. When you are pushing the $500 bracket, your device better blur the line between netbook and laptop. ]]>Jul 6th 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/
My 1005PE runs 7 Ultimate with Aero just fine.]]>Jul 6th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Or I'm older than you think and do a lot of graphics work with my machines. Yeah it was spendy to put 1GB of ram into my Win 98SE box, but it actually really needed it to do serious graphics work without pulling my hair out waiting to swap in and out of applications. Sorry, haven't had parental support for my tech habit since the Commodore 64.]]>Jul 6th 2010 1:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/
While I hate the 1024x600 resolution, the reason why cell phones resolutions are growing so fast is because you hold the device so close to your face. My laptop is almost never more than 3 feet from my face, but my cell phone can be a foot or less typically. At that range, the pixel density is a lot more important. ]]>Jul 6th 2010 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/
Wow; that's like saying your GPS wristwatch has an even higher-res display. Interesting but not at all relevant. ]]>Jul 6th 2010 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 3:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 10:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 10:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+Eee+PC+Netbook+/+Intel%26%23174%3B+Atom%26%23153%3B+Processor+/+10.1%22+Display+/+1GB+Memory+/+250GB+Hard+Drive+-+Black+Aluminum/9966726.p?id=1218202948227&skuId=9966726&st=1018P&cp=1&lp=1

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it carries a $350 price tag, lacks USB3, fingerprint reader, and 3G connectivity (as far as i'm concerned, there is a SIM card slot, but it appears there is no hardware there to accept it, just a cutout on the chassis) basically, the hardware you get from this is the same as you would expect from any other netbook, it just looks like it got mashed into a macbook wanna be casing.]]>Jul 6th 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 5:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.loopygadgets.com/asus-eee-pc-1215n-multimedia-netbook-with-bluetooth-3-0-and-usb-3-0/ ---
This new netbook also offers a 12 inch monitor & a bigger keyboard & might be a better option for me than a 10 inch iPad or Android tablet. I read where the 1215N may be available in September or October. -
JohnH_in_OKC. ]]>Jul 6th 2010 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Here's a more technical link to the Asus Eee PC 1215N ---
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=443411262183
--- JohnH_in_OKC]]>Jul 6th 2010 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/Jul 6th 2010 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/When will the 1218 be released? Will it have biometric sensors like fingerprint reader or face recognition? ]]>Jul 6th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/06/asus-eee-pc-1015-1016-and-1018-to-finally-ship-in-august/
Currently the 1218 is vaporware. It has not been acknowledged by Asus other than showing up on a design website as having received the Red Dot Design award for 2010. In order to qualify for that award, the 1218 was supposed to have been on the market by July 1st of this year, but obviously that didn't happen. The hardware is similar to the 1215, so I'd say it wouldn't come to the market until AT LEAST the end of the year when the 1215 comes out, but more likely it'll be next year some time (if it ever comes out at all). No word on biometrics or face recognition.]]>Jul 7th 2010 8:30AM