We’ve already seen plenty of extended batteries for the Asus Eee PC and other netbooks. These batteries are designed to provide as much as 2-3 times the battery life you’d get from the standard batteries that ship with these computers. But they also tend to be really large, adding substantial weight to these tiny laptops and in some cases propping…

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Installing Ubuntu, or pretty much any other operating system, on an Asus Eee PC is easy. Getting the audio, WiFi, Bluetooth, and webcam to work is another story. Fortunately Tombuntu has posted a handy tutorial for getting the latest version of Ubuntu Linux to work on an Eee PC 901. The instructions should also work for an Asus Eee PC…

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You know how sometimes people talk about all day computing and then try to stick you with a battery that gives up after 5 hours? I don’t know about you, but I consider a workday to be at least 8 hours (and usually longer). Now it looks like there’s finally a battery for the Eee PC 901/1000 series that lives…

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Apparently I haven’t been the only one installing Ubuntu on an Eee PC recently. If you’re thinking of picking up an Asus Eee PC 1000, but don’t like Xandros and don’t feel feel like installing another operating system yourself? ZaReason is selling the Eee PC 1000 with Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron preloaded for no additional cost. For $599 you can…

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Not satisfied with the 5-6 hour battery life you can get out of an Eee PC 1000H with a 6 cell, 6600mAh battery? French batteyr makers Bluetrade are selling 8 cell, 9800mAh batteries for 100 Euros or about $140 US. The batteries should work with Asus Eee PC 901, 1000, and 1000H models. They’ll also make your laptop a bit heavier…

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The Eee PC 1000 may cost over $100 more than the Eee PC 1000H, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it has better performance. It just means it has more expensive parts. eXoid’s Cameron Butterfield pitted the two mini-laptops against each other in battle, and you can see the results above. The Eee PC 1000H has an 80GB hard drive while…

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Want an 8 hour battery for your tiny computer, but don’t want to build one yourself and risk getting stopped by the TSA next time you pass through the metal detector? If you’ve got an Eee PC 901 or 1000, you can now pick up an 8-cell battery, 8800mAh battery that should be good for about 8 hours of use…

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Asus has let loose with the UK pricing for its latest Eee PC models, and overall the prices don’t look that different from the US versions. The 901 will set you back £299 or about $592 US, while the 904 will run £269 or about $533 US. The Eee PC 1000H (with an 80GB hard drive) will retail for £349…

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Amazon has started to accept preorders for the Asus Eee PC 901, 1000, and 1000H. Asus has said the computers will begin shipping in the US on July 8th. Amazon is charging $699 for the Eee PC 1000 with an 40GB SSD, 10.2 inch display, and Linux. You can pick up an Eee PC 1000H for $649 with an 80GB…

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Sure, you can already pick up an Eee PC 901, 1000 or 1000H in Taiwan. And the company’s been projecting a July 1st launch date for the UK for a while now. But up until this evening I hadn’t heard any word on a US release. But a reader contacted me today and let me know that he had called…

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Asus is releasing some more details about the upcoming Eee PC 901, Eee PC 1000, and Eee PC 1000H. When the company unveiled the machines at Computex last week, we got a look at the Taiwanese prices, which ranged from the equivalent of $559 to $658 USD. But it looks like it will cost a few bucks more to pick…

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Still confused about the differences between the Eee PC 901, Eee PC 1000 and Eee PC 1000H? Asus has posted a handy little comparison chart showing how the three models stack up against one another. If the image above is hard to read you can check out the original at the Asus news site. For the most part, the computers…

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