EEE PC Pre-Order

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The Spirit of X21 · #1 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 7:00 pm

Looks like someone at eeetalk.com found a site taking pre-orders:

http://www.citrusmicro.com/webdocs/Items/Details683.cfm

The prices are a bit higher than I'd like, but I'd still be pretty tempted to buy one. Anyone else?

syedj · #2 Post by **syedj** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:36 pm

Nice find Chris. I am very much tempted as well.

Does anyone remember which parts of the system can be upgraded? What are the maximum upgrades that these machines can support?

The Spirit of X21 · #3 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:45 am

It would be wonderful if the flash drive and RAM could be upgraded. We'll just have to find an early adapter who wouldn't mind opening up his new possession (probably Ars Technica) to find out for sure.

I just noticed that the listed weight is 1.96 lbs. I seem to recall earlier statements about weight being in the 2.2 lbs area. With a four cell battery, this machine looks better all of the time...

BigWarpGuy · #4 Post by **BigWarpGuy** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:40 pm

It is a little more than a OLPC . http://www.laptop.org The OL PC goes on sale on 11-12-2007 where one buys one for oneself and one to be given to a child in a third world country. The prices is $400 (for two). I am tempted by both the EEE PC and the OLPC.

The Spirit of X21 · #5 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 6:49 pm

BigWarpGuy wrote:It is a little more than a OLPC . http://www.laptop.org The OL PC goes on sale on 11-12-2007 where one buys one for oneself and one to be given to a child in a third world country. The prices is $400 (for two). I am tempted by both the EEE PC and the OLPC.

Buying an OLPC would give a warm fuzzy feeling inside, but I would much rather be seen in public with an EEE.

Of course, maybe women would rather see that I'm charitable?

elite-elitist · #6 Post by **elite-elitist** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:22 pm

If you're interested in how it looks inside, in a Russian review they took it apart.

http://www.3dnews.ru/mobile/asus_eee_pc_701/index2.htm

#7 Post by **KristianJ** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:35 pm

elite-elitist wrote:If you're interested in how it looks inside, in a Russian review they took it apart.

http://www.3dnews.ru/mobile/asus_eee_pc_701/index2.htm

I ran it through Google Translator - it's a bit of a rough read, but adds some sort of wording to the pictures:

http://tinyurl.com/2zwrwz

The Spirit of X21 · #8 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:12 pm

elite-elitist wrote:If you're interested in how it looks inside, in a Russian review they took it apart.

http://www.3dnews.ru/mobile/asus_eee_pc_701/index2.htm

Nice find, elite-elitist, and thanks KristianJ for the translation from Google. Now I really can't wait until this comes out!

syedj · #9 Post by **syedj** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:51 pm

The Spirit of X21 wrote: Buying an OLPC would give a warm fuzzy feeling inside, but I would much rather be seen in public with an EEE.

I second that. If it wasn't for the looks of OLPC being too close to the clamshell Apple iBooks from the years past, I would definitely reserve at least one as well.

The Spirit of X21 · #10 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:22 pm

From the pictures on that Russian site, it looks like the RAM and flash drive are soldered onto the motherboard. That's said to hear, but I'm sure that such decisions keep the cost of the machine down.

Does anyone think that it's worth paying $140 more in order to get 512MB RAM and 4GB drive as opposed to 256MB and 2GB?

syedj · #11 Post by **syedj** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:36 pm

The Spirit of X21 wrote:From the pictures on that Russian site, it looks like the RAM and flash drive are soldered onto the motherboard. That's said to hear, but I'm sure that such decisions keep the cost of the machine down.

Does anyone think that it's worth paying $140 more in order to get 512MB RAM and 4GB drive as opposed to 256MB and 2GB?

I remember reading somewhere else in the preview article about soldered RAM and flash memory as well. I guess these pictures and review just confirm the rumor.

Since the RAM and storage components don't seem like easily upgradeable I would perhaps be interested in the higher end model - better pay a little more once than to regret not getting it later after running out of the memory with today's demanding applications and media requirements.

BigWarpGuy · #12 Post by **BigWarpGuy** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:12 pm

The Spirit of X21 wrote:Looks like someone at eeetalk.com found a site taking pre-orders:

http://www.citrusmicro.com/webdocs/Items/Details683.cfm

The prices are a bit higher than I'd like, but I'd still be pretty tempted to buy one. Anyone else?

http://www.citrusmicro.com/index.cfm?Ac ... omoCodes=0
I clicked on the 'add to cart' but it does not show a per unit price. How can one pre-order one without it showing a price?

syedj · #13 Post by **syedj** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:29 am

Looks like buy.com have the 512MB/4GB models in limited stock now:

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?s ... caid=17653

pianowizard · #14 Post by **pianowizard** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:47 am

I am waiting for the 10" model, which has 1280x800.

syedj · #15 Post by **syedj** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 10:51 am

pianowizard wrote:I am waiting for the 10" model, which has 1280x800.

How much was that? I can't recall.

pianowizard · #16 Post by **pianowizard** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 1:20 pm

syedj wrote:How much was that? I can't recall.

Me neither. 10" @ 1280x800 sounds perfect, so I'm willing to pay up to $700 for such a machine. I am attending a conference in San Diego with my HP nc2400, which has 12.1" 1280x800. Small and light (3.16 lbs with internal CDRW/DVD combo drive) enough to be carried for 8 hours in a row per day, but the 10" Eee would be even nicer.

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