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Eee hard drive, optical drive, and 3G card continue to reduce meaning of Eee brand {Engadget}
Jul 25th 2008 12:09AM Does that mean that when the 2G Surf drops to $200 you'll stop your judgements? Cause right now it's at $300 which is pretty close. You might even be able to get it for less than that. Oh, is the screen is too small, not enough RAM, HD space? Yeah, lots of people complained about that too and so they released more models. Unfortunately those things cost more.
Eee hard drive, optical drive, and 3G card continue to reduce meaning of Eee brand {Engadget}
Jul 24th 2008 4:47PM Yeah, that would make alot of sense cause that is the only line of products they sell. Forgot about their extensive line of motherboards, other notebook models, desktops, video cards, sound cards, to name just a few.
All this irrational Eee hate is really getting to me, and is just downright annoying. I guess Sony is watering down their Vaio branding because they have like... what, NINE different laptop models under that name. That doesn't include desktop models. I guess if things were up to this Engadget writer, all laptop brands would just offer 1 or 2 models.
ASUS continues to mercilessly flog Eee brand with Eee PC 1000HD {Engadget}
Jul 22nd 2008 11:33PM Tony: Sure thing captain. As you probably know the 700 series was the first to arrive and surprisingly the 7 in 700 meant 7" screen. These all had solid state instead of hard drives so there is no H anywhere. Instead they had things like 2G/4G/8G on the end of them to, weirdly enough, denote how much solid state space they had. The newer models still have these markers. For example, there is a 901 20G and 12G. Then there are the Surf models which are basically just cheaper models that have less RAM and no webcam.
jollyllama(awesome name): Sorry, I thought the plural of suffix was suffices (pronounced su-fis-ees) instead of suffixes.
ASUS continues to mercilessly flog Eee brand with Eee PC 1000HD {Engadget}
Jul 22nd 2008 8:40PM I'll take a whack at it, to stop your crying.
900 series = 9" screen.
1000 series = 10" screen.
(ow, my brain)
H = hard drive
D = Dothan processor
(oh no, letters!)
Now, the only thing that doesn't really have a pattern to it is the end of the model numbers. But it's not that hard, really. 900 was the original 9" model which had a Celeron. 901 was the successor that had the Atom processor. And finally, the 904 was a successor (of sorts) to that which was the 9" screen (notice how 900 still means 9" screen?) in a larger frame.
(brain explodey)
1000HD = 10" screen, HDD, Dothan processor. 904HD = 9" screen (in larger frame), HDD, Dothan.
Personally, I think that makes it easier to purchase an item cause I can pick and choose which suffices I want. I don't want an HD or Dothan processor so I'll be avoiding the H and D suffices. What's also funny is that all these different models seem to be direct responses to potential-customer gripes. Common complaints were: screen and keyboard too small, and no HDD. All of those were remedied in one way or another while offering people the ability to choose exactly which one they want. I'm utterly confused as to how more choice equals bad, confusing, watering down, etc.
Gigabyte's M912 mini convertible tablet gets priced {Engadget}
Jul 21st 2008 3:14AM I do realize that the Eee doesn't use an SSD like the ones available for retail purchase, but they're not exactly the same as flash drive/SD cards. For one, I believe they're rated for at least 20MB/s which is on par with higher end flash and maybe even some conventional (maybe 5400rpm or at least 4800rpm) HDDs. Correct me if I'm wrong.
If I remember correctly the Eee 901 has 4GB soldered onboard (which actually just happens to be the exact amount I need for a Windows XP installation plus a little more) and then a removable drive of differing capacity depending on if you get the Linux or Windows version. I believe it's in the 2.5" form factor as well, so it's easily replaceable. So I think you're a little misinformed there. With this Gigabyte I might just get it anyway and use its HDD to replace my 12" laptop HDD which has a 40GB, and then try out one of the more affordable SSDs that are coming out since they seem to getting nice reviews.
Gigabyte's M912 mini convertible tablet gets priced {Engadget}
Jul 21st 2008 1:28AM Man, I'm so bummed that alot of these netbooks are using HDDs instead of smaller SSDs like the Eee. This one looks like a winner at 1200 grams, which is just a tad bit heavier than the Eee 901 but has way more features. But there's just no way I'm up for having a regular hard drive in a device that I plan on taking just about everywhere.
Kohjinsha SC3 convertible UMPC hits the test bench {Engadget}
Jul 19th 2008 11:14PM Yeah at that weight I wouldn't mind a 9 cell battery. It would still be insanely light. What I'm concerned about is the heat. If a 1.3ghz Atom gets that hot, what is a 1.66ghz Atom like? Is it just because it's in a smaller case that it got so toasty? Maybe less than optimal fan usage or something. I'm hoping the netbooks with the 1.6ghz Atom are cooler.
Eee 1000H now in stock at Newegg {Engadget}
Jul 15th 2008 8:08PM Confusing indeed. There's no logic to it at all. The Eee 700 had a 7" screen, the 900 and 901 have 9" screens, the 1000 and 1000H have 10" screens. And also, what is up with that H? Is that supposed to mean harddrive? Don't even get me started on 4G, 12G, 20G, 40G and all that rubbish. Those couldn't possibly mean GB could they? Gah, I'm confused. Apple, come rescue me with limiting my choices. : D
Teardown party: the MSI Wind and Acer Aspire One get ripped open {Engadget}
Jul 5th 2008 11:32PM "One thing we found interesting is that there is a DDR2 SO-DIMM slot to upgrade the memory, unlike the Eee, which means the Wind has a much more simplified future expansion compared to your average cheap sub-notebook."
I thought the Eee had a slot to upgrade memory as well, except for the old 2G Surf?
ASUS confirms intent to drain Eee brand with Eee Monitor {Engadget}
Jul 1st 2008 9:35PM How is this milking/killing the Eee name? Eee stands for easy to learn/work/play, or in other words a computer that is centered around ease of use. They could offer hundreds of different laptops and desktops under the Eee name and it would just mean more selection centered around a core concept. Generally, when I think of Asus I think of premium and niche products, and now their Eee line is the complete opposite of that. If you ask me, adding Windows XP as an option is watering down the Eee name since that makes it no different from any other PC out there. But again, it is a choice, and in my opinion different options are good.
