ASUS Eee PC - at last - Subaru Enthusiasts Car Club of the Sierras

ScottyS · 2008-10-06, 10:18 PM

At last a reasonable solution to a long-deficient niche.

I had previously bought my sister (field nurse in the Sudan) a Sony Vaio 11" for general use. That is an awesome machine, but a bit expensive and fragile for outdoor living.

I just got this ASUS Eee PC 901 10" with the SSD and 7+hr battery running XP! For the money, it really is the best student/general purpose solution. Sure, the keyboard is tiny, and the screen is tiny, but for casual surf and portable data entry it is great. At the same price point as the cheapest non-refurbished laptops, ASUS has a winner here. My sis will be lucky if I stuff it in a box and send it, it's addicting.

cody · 2008-10-07, 07:14 AM

Nice. Yah, having a CD/DVD drive is becoming less and less important. These are pretty cool. I wonder how cheap they'll be in a couple more years. If they get down to a couple hundred bucks and more HDD space, we might see them everywhere.

Tripperfx3 · 2008-10-07, 04:49 PM

Link please?

tysonK · 2008-10-07, 04:53 PM

?

http://www.amazon.com/Display-Intel-...3426820&sr=8-6

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...PC+901&x=0&y=0

and

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/a...ages-leak-out/

2008-10-06, 10:18 PM	#1
ScottyS EJ205 Real Name: It is real! Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: RNO Posts: 2,367 Car: 1998 Impreza Wagon, 1991 Legacy Turbo Sedan, 2003 Nissan Xterra Class: tvFree Yes, I'll fix it for you. Again.	ASUS Eee PC - at last At last a reasonable solution to a long-deficient niche. I had previously bought my sister (field nurse in the Sudan) a Sony Vaio 11" for general use. That is an awesome machine, but a bit expensive and fragile for outdoor living. I just got this ASUS Eee PC 901 10" with the SSD and 7+hr battery running XP! For the money, it really is the best student/general purpose solution. Sure, the keyboard is tiny, and the screen is tiny, but for casual surf and portable data entry it is great. At the same price point as the cheapest non-refurbished laptops, ASUS has a winner here. My sis will be lucky if I stuff it in a box and send it, it's addicting. __________________ "Trend Number One is that people aren't getting any smarter." Dogbert

2008-10-07, 07:14 AM	#2
cody Candy Mountain Real Name: Cody Join Date: May 2005 Location: Californication Posts: 7,751 Car: 03 Pussy Wagon, now with more pink! Class: TESP OMG Internet!	Nice. Yah, having a CD/DVD drive is becoming less and less important. These are pretty cool. I wonder how cheap they'll be in a couple more years. If they get down to a couple hundred bucks and more HDD space, we might see them everywhere. __________________ Slow and low, that is the tempo.

2008-10-07, 04:53 PM	#4
tysonK warehouse SECCS Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: SoCal... Posts: 6,253 Car: 04 Evo 99 Cadillac Class: street de le mod	? http://www.amazon.com/Display-Intel-...3426820&sr=8-6 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...PC+901&x=0&y=0 and http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/03/a...ages-leak-out/ __________________ Anjali? Anjali? Last edited by tysonK; 2008-10-07 at 06:01 PM.

2008-10-07, 04:49 PM	#3
Tripperfx3 EJ18 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Reno (From Kennesaw, GA) Posts: 33 Car: 2003 Apex Silver Lancer Evolution	Link please?