Archive for February, 2008
« Previous EntriesUncertain future for the Eee PC in Nordic countries
Friday, February 29th, 2008It’s not exactly hot news that ASUS can’t keep up with the huge demand for Eee PCs all over the world. But for the Nordic market it can have bigger consequences than in other countries. Lately April has been the month that the potential Nordic Eee PC buyers has been waiting for. That’s the month [...]
Eee PC in South Korea, Israel, and Belgium
Friday, February 29th, 2008We have new information for Eee PC users in Korea, Israel, and Belgium:
The Eee PC was recently released in South Korea. It is the Windows XP only model, and sells for 499,000 Won.
Bezeq, an Israeli telecommunications provider, will begin selling Windows XP based Eee PCs in Israel. After April, other retailers will be added.
Finally, if [...]
Pentium M 1.2Ghz Hack
Friday, February 29th, 2008Somebody has apparently hacked a Pentium M 1.2Ghz into their Eee PC:
You can read more and see several photos at jkkmobile and blog.tom.com.
Eee PC Lower Shipments Because of Power Supplies?
Friday, February 29th, 2008I came across this line in an article about ASUS revinues for this year:
But, shipment of the brand’s hottest-selling Eee PC, a budget-price laptop, is estimated at only between 650,000 and 700,000 units for the quarter due mainly to a shortage of power supplies.
This is the first time I’ve heard anything about shortages of power [...]
How Much Torture Can an Eee PC Take?
Friday, February 29th, 2008Curious as to how much torture your Eee PC can take? Want to see what happens if you continually drop the poor little device? Check out this video, which shows how durable the Eee PC really is. Thanks to one brave soul out there, you don’t have to test it on your prized Eee PC. [...]
Black Eee PC 8G Almost Here
Friday, February 29th, 2008If you’ve been waiting for the Eee PC 8G to become available, It looks like it’s just about here. Over at Amazon, they have a new page up for what appears to be a Black ASUS Eee PC 8G. It’s listed as a 4G, but the description says that it has 8GB of storage and [...]
KDE 4 Running on the Eee PC
Friday, February 29th, 2008A user on our forums, infinite_reality, got KDE4 running on their Eee PC:
Looks good! You can see how they got it installed if you follow the link.
SDHC vs Hard Drive vs SSD
Friday, February 29th, 2008Notebook Review has a solid article that covers and compares SDHC cards, Hard Drives, and SSD storage. They benchmark each type of storage device, and you’re able to see the results. This is good if you’re interested in using SDHC cards as a primary or secondary hard drive in your Eee PC, or if you’re [...]
ASUS Taps Phison For Flash Storage Controllers
Friday, February 29th, 2008According to Digitimes, ASUS has begun to order flash storage controllers from Phison Electronics for the Eee PC. Previously, Silicon Motion was the sole supplier of the controllers. You can read more here.
Article About Eeedora
Friday, February 29th, 2008If you haven’t heard of EeeDora yet, It’s a version of Fedora modified specifically for the Eee PC- created and maintained by Martin Andrews. Red Hat Magazine has a short article about it with a great overview of the distribution.
Eeedora is a great solution especially if you’re used to working with Red Hat, Cent OS, [...]