From the “because we can” files, a Youtube user has uploaded a video showing Mac OS X running on an Asus Eee PC 701. The 701 was the first generation of Eee PC netbooks from Asus. The computers feature 7 inch, 800 x 480 pixel displays, 900MHz Intel Celeron processors, as little as 512MB of […]
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How to turn an Eee PC 701 into a digital picture frame
I’ve never really seen the point of digital picture frames. If you want to regularly change the pictures in your frame, just take down the frame and swap out the picture. You’ll save some money on your electric bill. But if you’ve got your heart set on a digital photo frame for the living room, […]
Eee PC 701 with a multitouch display – Video
We’re starting to see netbook makers including Asus and Gigabyte produce mini-laptops with touchscreen displays. But one thing we haven’t really seen yet is netbooks with multitouch displays. But Johannes from Eee PC.de did spot something unusual at CeBIT: an Asus Eee PC 701 with a multitouch screen. There are at least two reasons this is […]
Asus: Say goodbye to 7 inch netbooks
Asus CEO Jonney Shih says the company plans to phase out its 7 inch netbooks, but is not ready to eliminate its 8.9 inch models just yet despite recent reports suggesting that the company would be focusing almost exclusively on models with 10 inch screens. Speaking at CeBIT in Germany, Shih said that customers seem […]
Another way to turn an Eee PC 701 into a tablet
The Asus Eee PC 701 may be the mini-laptop that helped spark the netbook revolution, but with its 7 inch display, smally keyboard, and tiny amount of storage space, the netbook might not be as attractive as newer clamshell devies with 9 and 10 inch screens. But you know what the Eee PC 701 still […]
How to build Google Android for the Asus Eee PC 701
The Google Android operating system may be built for cellphones, but as we’ve already seen it can be installed on laptops and netbooks and it provides many of the features you would want in a light weight OS for portable computing. But first you need to know how to build the operating system so that […]
Spare battery charger for Eee PC 701, 900
In order to charge most netbook batteries you have to make sure they’re inserted firmly in your computer and that the laptop is plugged into a wall socket. So if you have a spare battery, there’s no way to charge it up while you’re out and about using your netbook — unless you buy a […]
Turn your Eee PC into a tablet with the Aeeeris kit
Like the idea of carrying around a tiny laptop with a 7 inch display but wish that it had a touchscreen and came in a tablet format instead of a more traditional clamshell laptop design? After many months in development, a hardware hacker has put together a kit for converting an Asus Eee PC 701 […]
Reports of the 7 inch Eee PC’s demise were somewhat exagerrated
Last week DigiTimes ran an article detailing two bits of news from a recent Asus earnings call: Asus would be phasing out its 7 and 8.9 inch netbooks Asus would soon introduce a $200 netbook If you found it strange that Asus would announce those two things at the same time, you weren’t the only […]
$200 Eee PC coming in 2009
While the so-called $100 laptop has yet to actually sell for $100, it looks like Asus is hoping to shipits first $200 Eee PC next year. When Asus first announced plans to create a low cost ultraportable computer back in the beginning of 2007, the company promised to do it for around $200. But the […]