Not sure if this was posted elsewhere but yesterday the ultra portable Asus eee was released.

Virtually everywhere has sold out, of course and systems are selling for silly money on Ebay... I have however managed to get one as I have been looking for a while to get something to replace my aging Acer Aspire 15.4" laptop.

Cheers
Tongy

You finally got it then, so how is it? Is the solid state disk fast?

if anyone wants one... ebuyer has 6 of them (apparently)

^ I dont want one but I cannot find them on ebuyer at all. Knighty you truly are the King of Men.


sneaky recovery post...
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135074

I knew about them going on sale but theyre a bit expensive and the screen size is small for writing. How about a review then?

hmm, the 8gb model not available yet?
4gb is slightly small =(

still want one tho

I fancy a 8gb one for Uni

Even if I got an extra 4gb USB stick that should be more than enough space

Is it actually useful for anything ? 7" screen wow.

Quote from: SamIs it actually useful for anything ? 7" screen wow.

I wrote half a book using a palm then moved onto an 800*600 ten inch laptop to complete it, so yes. Mostly people will write letters, emails, short reports and similar on it so it should be reasonably useful for that.

The big thing about this is its small size, normally that would cost you an arm and a leg so even with the UK price hike its far cheaper than anything similar.

Would prefer a longer working time of about 8 hours but you cant have everything.

I will be playing with this middle of next week (having it shipped over from the UK).

My needs on a laptop are very meagre, and my monsterous Acer Aspire will be retired from active duty.

I configure networks (wireless and wired) and do accounts, send receive emails and do alot of remote admin, so this PC would do what I want provided I sling on XP. I run an accounts package here that doesnt work on linux, so Ive really got no choice about the OS.

I think that the screen should be enough, I just want something to pop in my bag when I go to work, not have to heave this 4kg monster around with me.

Cheers
Tongy

Ill probably pick one up just to browse the net from downstairs via the wireless connection, I cant really justify a full laptop for something as simple as this but for occasional use itll do fine. The better half is picking one up as well to connect to the projectors at school to give powerpoint demonstrations and suchlike; it saves carrying a laptop around.

Looks like ebuyer has sold out for the moment anyway.

Officially priced at £220 while there was a review for it this morning on "Something For The Weekend"

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Liam

They do look quite cool.

Im waiting to see what people do with them. Dont fancy Xandros Linux.

Id want one for on the road sysadmin - so all I care about is having a good terminal and web browser

http://www.asda-electricals.co.uk/shop/product/asus/epc701.html
in stock.