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Posted at 7:07 AM on Thursday 12/20/07 by
Ben
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Buy.com has the Asus Eee PC Super Mobile Internet Device for $400 with free shipping. It sports a 7" LCD at 800x480 resolution, 512MB DDR2, 4GB SSD, Preloaded with Linux. It is Windows XP compatible if you choose to install. Check out the Manufacturer Page. New Customers can get $10 off $200. [Review]
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    bill8575 - Posted 7:17 am PST 12/20/07 (518 Posts)  Report Spam

    Its really under-powered ...

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    gassyjoe - Posted 7:20 am PST 12/20/07 (2519 Posts)  Report Spam

    I understood what they were aiming for when they announced this product, a low-cost laptop for people that just want the basics, email, word processing, web browsing, etc. But with a $400 price tag it really misses the mark. If you watch sales you can often buy a "real" laptop for $400-500 or a cheap desktop for $300-$400. Once this thing gets down to around $200 it might make more sense but for now it just doesn't.

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    bigking777 - Posted 7:28 am PST 12/20/07 (1921 Posts)  Report Spam

    Yeah, $400 is way too much.

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    seymour - Posted 7:35 am PST 12/20/07 (1071 Posts)  Report Spam

    Agreed, 400 is way too much for what you get.

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    bigking777 - Posted 7:40 am PST 12/20/07 (1921 Posts)  Report Spam

    Processor: Intel Celeron M ULV 900MHz

    No CD or DVD drive.

    Built in 0.3 Megapixel camera

    Weighs 2 pounds

    * *
    From a reviewer...
    Pros
    * Small and light
    * Easy to use
    * Reasonably well built and durable
    * Low price for an ultraportable
    * Works right out of the box!
    * That's right. It works right out of the box!
    * Did I mention it works right out of the box?

    Cons
    * A little expensive for a notebook with only 4GB of storage
    * No Microsoft Windows pre-installed is a negative for some buyers.
    * Plastics "look" cheap
    * The battery meter isn't very accurate.

    *

    So, it works. That's the big selling point?

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    showell - Posted 8:27 am PST 12/20/07 (364 Posts)  Report Spam

    your are actually paying more for the mobility.

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    Crash And Burn - Posted 8:40 am PST 12/20/07 (3145 Posts)  Report Spam

    Actually it's the miniaturization. The smaller it gets the more expensive and less features you get.

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    showell - Posted 8:48 am PST 12/20/07 (364 Posts)  Report Spam

    Let me ask you a question,
    Do you think dell laptop is way too much as well because it is way too heavy compared to EeePc?

    you guys are asking too much, you are asking the small a4 size with core whatever power and larger space or memory, with that cheap price.

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    torr310 - Posted 8:49 am PST 12/20/07 (491 Posts)  Report Spam

    Even you think it's expensive, it sells quite well.

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    gutterba11 - Posted 8:57 am PST 12/20/07 (233 Posts)  Report Spam

    Just spend an extra 50 - 75 and get a real laptop!

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    geniv2 - Posted 9:06 am PST 12/20/07 (339 Posts)  Report Spam

    it have it's own niche market.

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    DTC - Posted 9:12 am PST 12/20/07 (38 Posts)  Report Spam

    I have a laptop and one of these in black. When I go on the road I take this at 2 lbs. instead of lugging an 8 lb HP. If you want to do email, web surf, and oppen office - it just works well. Wifi and Lan connection, my Palm TX can't do that.

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    John_Foxen - Posted 9:14 am PST 12/20/07 (1088 Posts)  Report Spam

    I just can't see much use for one. An 800x480 screen isn't useful for much anymore except bash terminals and DVDs, and the thing doesn't hold enough to store a significant amount of video. It would make a nice firewall/vpn box or mini home server, with external storage and a USB nic, but for $400 you can buy a real notebook.

    It either needs to be cheaper (Asus claimed the Eee would launch for $200) or have more storage and a bigger display (the bezel is big enough for an 11"). A transflective LCD like the XO-1's wouldn't hurt, so the screen wouldn't be a power drain under decent lighting conditions.

    Right now it just seems like an overgrown, overpriced PDA.

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    c.puncher - Posted 9:15 am PST 12/20/07 (214 Posts)  Report Spam

    sorry, this is way too expensive. someone who has $400 on hand will easily look away.

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    geha13 - Posted 9:17 am PST 12/20/07 (156 Posts)  Report Spam

    its only 2 lbs.. find another comparable laptop in the same weight category... With its SSD it will boot XP faster than most of your laptops. Pop in a 1gb dimm and and a 4 or 8 gb flash and I think this thing is an excellent little machine.

    Only negatives for me is the screen doesn't take up the entire size of the panel.

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    nuisance - Posted 9:23 am PST 12/20/07 (10365 Posts)  Report Spam

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    sombec - Posted 9:30 am PST 12/20/07 (330 Posts)  Report Spam

    I will rather get the Dell X1 or the Vaio TG-150 on Ebay for around 500..... full computer with 12" sceen. And it weights 2.5 pounds.....
    The eee is overpriced!!

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    John_Foxen - Posted 9:36 am PST 12/20/07 (1088 Posts)  Report Spam

    #15 - there are 10" and 11" full notebooks that weigh 2 pounds. They're not cheap, mind, but I'd rather have one notebook that does everything than lug around a tiny notebook plus a bulky one if I actually want to be productive.

    SSDs aren't by definition faster than a hard drive. If you don't believe me (or the reviews), try booting your computer from a CF card some time. And once you add memory and extra storage, you're paying $500 for a notebook that still has a tiny screen that still can't show applications worth a damn, unless you happen to love constant scrolling.

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    undefined - Posted 9:58 am PST 12/20/07 (395 Posts)  Report Spam

    small, powerful, cheap: pick any 2.

    small: the ultra-light laptops start at $1000, are not solid-state at that introductory price, and not as small as the eee.

    powerful: the eee is not powerful by any recent benchmark, but if all you want to do is human-limited (click on web pages, type an email, fill-out a spreadsheet, listen to music), it'll be enough. and the majority of my work day is not spent waiting on the cpu; instead it is waiting on me.

    cheap: yeah, there are cheaper laptops that are more powerful (usually a sempron or core solo), but they are full-size 14" laptops (and their cpu & gpu are not going to play your favorite game well either). and you can usually land a deal (~$500) for a "good" dell laptop (vostro 1000, dual-core amd cpu), but you are paying a little more and it's 14", 6 lbs, and non-SSD.

    is the eee perfect? no. everybody wants a slightly larger screen, larger SSD, and more RAM.

    you need to figure out your requirements, weigh those against your budget, and buy what best fits. and to many, the eee doesn't fit.

    i wouldn't buy the eee either, or a laptop at all, because what portability i need is met with my $100 pda or $150 nokia 770. so for just $250 i met all my portable computing requirements, but i won't call you stupid for having spent more on a laptop to fulfil your different requirements.

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    showell - Posted 10:21 am PST 12/20/07 (364 Posts)  Report Spam

    DO you know why girls like EeePC and iBook?
    Because they don't make them look stupid.

    Girls with Dell laptops? ...stupid, too ugly.
    Girls with iPhone? ...stupid, too big for them.
    Girls with PDA?... definitely stupid...

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