Sure, you can throw a video game emulator on pretty much any computer and relive your youth by playing Pac Man, Frogger, and Galaga to your heart’s content. But it’s so much cooler if your computer looks like a classic arcade game tablet… which is why one hacker decided to dissect an old 9 inch […]
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Asus Eee PC 1201K, 1201X details start to emerge
The pieces of the Eee PC 1201-series notebook puzzle are starting to fall together — but just starting. The company already offers (or has in the works) the following models: Eee PC 1201N with a dual core Atom 330 processor and NVIDIA ION graphics Eee PC 1201PN (not yet released) with Atom N450 and next-gen […]
Asus brings back the 9 inch netbook with the Eee PC 900AX
The first Asus netbook was a model with a 7 inch display. The Eee PC 701 was successful enough as a product to kick-start the netbook revolution, but it had a low resolution screen and a cramped keyboard. So about half a year after its launch, Asus introduced a series of models with 8.9 inch […]
Asus Eee PC R101, R105 coming soon?
The intrepid sleuths at Netbook Italia noticed something interesting on the Asus support web site recently. The company has support pages for two previously unannounced models, called the Eee PC R101 and Eee PC R105. There’s not much information about the new models aside from the fact that they’ll have Intel Atom Pine trail processors, […]
Asus Eee PC 1005PR with HD display, video accelerato available for pre-order
The Asus Eee PC 1005PR looks exactly like the Eee PC 1005PE — until you turn it on. That’s when you’ll find out that the netbook has a high resolution 1366 x 768 pixel HD display and it can handle HD video playback thanks to a built in Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator. Asus first […]
Asus Eee PC T101MT convertible tablet now shipping
It’s been about 14 months since Asus first showed off a 10 inch convertible tablet-style netbook. And now it’s finally on sale in the US. You can pick up the Asus Eee PC T101MT from Amazon for $499 plus free shipping or from Mobile Advance for $509 including shipping. I checked with my contact at […]
Asus to stop shipping recovery discs with netbooks
Like most netbooks, Asus’ Eee PC mini-laptops don’t have disc drives. But that hasn’t stopped the company from shipping a recovery DVD with each and every Eee PC model shipped… until now. The company has posted a note on its support page explaining that Asus will no longer ship support DVDs with Eee PCs. Asus […]
Unboxing the Asus Eee PC 1001P – Video
The Asus Eee PC 1001P is a bit like the kid brother to the recently launched Eee PC 1005PE netbook. While the Eee PC 1005PE comes with 802.11b/g/n WiFi and ships standard with a 6 cell battery (although there are two versions of the battery), the 1001P has 802.11b/g WiFi and comes with either a […]
Asus Eee PC 1005PR product page goes live (HD display)
The Eee PC 1005PR is the first 10 inch netbook from Asus with a high resolution 1366 x 768 pixel display. It was first spotted at CeBIT in Germany last week, but now Asus has posted an official product page for the mini-laptop. Here’s a rundown of the specs: Display: 10.1″ 1366 x 768 pixels […]
Asus introduces Eee PC 1201PN, 1016P, 1018P
Asus introduced three new laptops today. While the model numbers make the Eee PC 1201pN, Eee PC 1018P and Eee PC 1016P sound like modest updates to existing notebooks, these machines actually feature some pretty notable changes in both specs and case design. Asus Eee PC 1201PN This 12.1 inch notebook looks virtually identical to […]