The year was 2007. Asus had already released the first Eee PC mini-laptop with a 7 inch display and a custom Linux distribution in Taiwan, and now it was available for purchase in the United States. Living in New York City at the time, I was able to run down to the (now defunct) J&R […]
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Asus Eee PC 1225C: 11.6 inch notebook with Ubuntu Linux
Asus has quietly introduced a new Eee PC notebook with an Intel Atom Cedar Trail processor and Ubuntu Linux operating system. The Asus Eee PC 1225C features an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, a choice of an Atom N2600 or N2800 CPU, 2GB of memory, and up to 500GB of hard disk space. […]
Closer look at the Asus Eee PC 2012 lineup
Asus introduced four new Eee PC models today. The Eee PC X101CH is a new $269 mini-laptop with a 10 inch display, an Intel Atom N2600 Cedar Trail processor, and a 3 cell battery. The Eee PC 1025C and 1025CE are a little fancier, thanks to higher capacity batteries, an extra USB port, […]
Asus 2012 netbook design: out with the seashell, in with the flare
For the last few years Asus netbooks have all featured a “seashsell” inspired design, which is basically a fancy way of saying they were wider in the back than the front, but had a little bit of a curvature near the very back of the laptop. Now Notebook Italia reports that Asus is preparing to […]
Asus Eee PC 1015BX with AMD C-60 chip shows up in Germany
Last month AMD rolled out several new processors, including the 1.33 GHz AMD C-60 low power chip with a TDP of 9W and Radeon HD 6290 graphics with a clock speed ranging from 276 MHz to 400 MHz. Now it looks like one of the first C-60 powered computers is up for order in Germany. […]
This is what Windows 8 looks like on (old) netbooks
Update: On February 29th, 2012 Microsoft released Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Everything works out of the box on my aging Asus netbook, including wireless. But I did need to download a driver from Intel in order to adjust the screen resolution so that I could use the Windows Store and Metro style apps. The Windows […]
Asus: The Eee PC X101 is a netbook aimed at the tablet market
The Asus Eee PC X101 is the thinnest and lightest 10 inch netbook to date from Asus, and it’s the first to run MeeGo Linux. But in a Q&A posted on the Asus Tech in Style website, product manager Brian Tang says one of the reasons for the slim design is that Asus doesn’t just […]
DIY Eee PC BIOS Resurrection
Most of the time when someone says they’re trying to update or downgrade the BIOS on their computer, they simply mean they want to change the software running on the BIOS. But sometimes that’s not so easy to do without physically modifying the BIOS chips — and that’s exactly what Eee User forum member naviathan […]
There’s a reason the $200 Eee PC X101 will be so cheap
When Asus unveiled the Eee PC X101 this morning there were three remarkable things about the 10 inch netbook. First, it was thinner and lighter than most laptops with 10 inch displays. Second, the netbook will be available with a choice of Windows 7 or MeeGo Linux. And third, the Eee PC X101 will be […]
Asus Eee PC 1015PX with Atom N570 processor now shipping
Asus has launched its first 10 inch netbook with an Intel Atom N570 dual core 1.66 GHz processor. It’s called the Eee PC 1015PX, and it looks pretty much just like every other recent 10 inch mini-laptop from Asus. It’s just has a processor that’s a tiny bit faster. The Eee PC 1015PX most closely […]