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 […]
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MSI plans to ship 300,000 Wind laptops in 2008
While Asus CEO Jerry Shen is busy plotting world domination with plans to sell 5 million Eee PC units this year, MSI, makers of the upcoming Wind laptop are settings their goals a bit lower. MSI chairman Joseph Hsu tells DigiTimes that he’s hoping to ship between 300,000 and half a million MSI Wind laptops […]
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Hands on with the VIA Openbook – Video
As I mentioned yesterday, Sascha from Eee PC News.de has been spending some quality time with a prototype VIA Openbook. The Openbook is a reference design VIA has published that will let laptop makers create low-cost, ultraportable laptops using VIA processors. Eventually Openbook-based machines will probably use the upcoming VIA Nano CPU, but the prototype […]
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Acer Aspire One dissected – Video
Italian site PC Professionale.it managed to get their hands on an Acer Aspire One, and decided to take a peek below the hood. While the video is in Italian, it does provide a good look at the underside and insides of the unit. French site Blogeee (yes, it’s international day here at Liliputing) points out […]
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Asus: We’ll ship 5 million Eee PCs this year
Sure, Asus may have shipped just 350,000 Eee PC units last year, but Asus president Jerry Shen says he’s confident the company will ship 5 million Eee PCs this year. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that Asus is slapping the Eee PC name on every product it releases, from desktop computers to television sets. But […]
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SSD isn’t always faster than HDD
Ever since Asus decided to slap 4GB of solid state memory in the original Eee PC, mobile computer makers have been struggling with a choice: hard disk drive (HDD) or solid state disk (SSD)? On the one hand, the good old HDD has been around for ages and allows PC makers to offer large amounts […]
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Asus adds handwriting pad to the Eee lineup for some reason
I’m starting to suspect that Asus will never release another new product that doesn’t bear the Eee PC name. Take the company’s new handwriting pad, designed for use with the Eee PC. It looks like the pad is almost the same size as an Eee PC, which sort of defeats the purpose of carrying an […]
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A closer look at the VIA Openbook
I’m starting to think Sascha from Eee PC News.de has too many mini-laptops on his hands. OK, there’s really no such thing. But Sascha got a chance to stop by VIA headquarters in Taipei and snapped more than a dozen photos of a new VIA Openbook prototype. It’s the one on the far left int […]
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Asus Eee PC 1000H now available in Taiwan
While Asus hasn’t issued a US or European release dates for the 10-inch Eee PC 1000H yet, it looks like you can already pick one up in Taiwan. Fudzilla noticed that PCHome, a Taiwanese shopping portal is selling the computer for NT $18,988, or about $625 USD (€403). The news shouldn’t come as a surprise, […]
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Asus explains UK Eee PC 900 battery upgrade policy
If you live in the UK and bought an Eee PC 900, odds are you got stuck with a 4400mAh battery rather than the 5800mAh battery that the company sent out to early product reviewers. Responding to customer complaints, a few weeks ago Asus promised to offer UK customers a way to upgrade their batteries. […]