Originally Posted by (Ck)Vegeta yeah but who wants a 4 gb hard drive
I do, 4 gig is hard to fill up with word doc, excel files, power point presentations and pdfs. All the things i really need for Uni/work. So 4 gig is more than enough for personal business use. Its only when you start generating thousands of them a day or use huge data bases that HDD space becomes an issue. And ~£200 for a secondary/back up portable PC is awesome. Now to convince someone to buy me one.
Originally Posted by (Ck)Vegeta yeah but who wants a 4 gb hard drive
Who cares about the 4GB HDD? The OS only takes up about 1.3 IIRC, so you're left with 3.7GB. That's more than enough for the text files you'll be using the thing for.
It's cheap, it's ultra-portable. It is a real laptop too. It just focusses on what laptops are mostly used for when you're out and about and doesn't bother with all the other crap. I'm really hoping to see one IRL and if I get a lappy in the next 24 months I'll definitely consider one of these.
It's the perfect little tool to help sort out network problems and other peoples PC's, I'm definitely getting one, but I may wait for the 8Gig version.
Ive already ordered one. I don't think i could get a better laptop for the price and what it will be used for (school work and browsing the web). Quick question though: my sis ordered it through the RM website site as shes studying in the UK and thought that would be the easiest way of ordering it, so should I be able to get a VAT exempt form for when she brings it over? Ive looked around the site and cant see anything about the VAT
Originally Posted by liquid_gen Ive already ordered one. I don't think i could get a better laptop for the price and what it will be used for (school work and browsing the web). Quick question though: my sis ordered it through the RM website site as shes studying in the UK and thought that would be the easiest way of ordering it, so should I be able to get a VAT exempt form for when she brings it over? Ive looked around the site and cant see anything about the VAT
I really really doubt that, us students are no less vat exempt that the usualy mug taking it up the backside from the tax man.
However, let us know how it goes mate. I really really want one after my Sony U3 got nicked at xmas :(.
The rest seriously suckes though, 800*480. My u3 had full XGA (1024x768) and I still found that a bit of a pain to view sites on.
Originally Posted by Mnet_Gaming However, let us know how it goes mate. I really really want one after my Sony U3 got nicked at xmas :(.
Sorry to hear about your laptop mate but you can be sure I'll post back when I get it. All i can say for now is that I've seen it during a video conference with my sis and it looks really nice.
Bindi - is there any word on when the full selection of these is going to be out? All I can find is 2GB and 4GB variaties, in white only. I'm really keen on picking one of these things up, but I'd want to see how much the 8GB version cost, and I'd almost certainly want it to be black.
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Originally Posted by DAE_JA_VOO You must have failed maths HORRIBLY in school...
Originally Posted by DXR_13KE hmm.... ubuntu linux on that..... + external 160GB hard usb drive + painted black = win!!!!!
i wonder what is the cpu and gpu on those things....
GPU is nonexistant, or as good as. It's a chip that'll do 2D and most video formats relatively well. Not a thing more.
Cpu is a 900Mhz Pentium M. Sounds puny but for what it's in it's actually a supurb chip. I won't say that a 1.2Ghz version wouldn't be peachy, but these things boot in about 20 seconds and are, from the reviews I've been reading, fairly damn snappy when used.
Its finally here!
First impressions: its a lot smaller than i could really tell from pics but thats a good thing imo. Keyboards fine really, i seem to have gotten use to it already and this post is one of the first things i did on it. As for the screen: the size itself doesnt bother me but text can sometimes be annoying to read as i have to look quite a lot harder than i usually do.
If you have any questions bout it id be happy to answer.
Ideal to dump in your bag and use on the train or somewhere you don't have access to a computer, or even just browsing the net from your sofa. All you need is a 2.5" hardrive for all your crap and your sorted :p.
I don't care about the argument that you can get a full size laptop for £100 more, the simple fact is it's a full size laptop to lug about and not everyone wants that.
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I do, 4 gig is hard to fill up with word doc, excel files, power point presentations and pdfs. All the things i really need for Uni/work. So 4 gig is more than enough for personal business use. Its only when you start generating thousands of them a day or use huge data bases that HDD space becomes an issue. And ~£200 for a secondary/back up portable PC is awesome. Now to convince someone to buy me one.
Who cares about the 4GB HDD? The OS only takes up about 1.3 IIRC, so you're left with 3.7GB. That's more than enough for the text files you'll be using the thing for.
It's cheap, it's ultra-portable. It is a real laptop too. It just focusses on what laptops are mostly used for when you're out and about and doesn't bother with all the other crap. I'm really hoping to see one IRL and if I get a lappy in the next 24 months I'll definitely consider one of these.
Don't know mate, we only talk with Asus HQ Taiwan and UK Branch.
You must have failed maths HORRIBLY in school...
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I really really doubt that, us students are no less vat exempt that the usualy mug taking it up the backside from the tax man.
However, let us know how it goes mate. I really really want one after my Sony U3 got nicked at xmas :(.
The rest seriously suckes though, 800*480. My u3 had full XGA (1024x768) and I still found that a bit of a pain to view sites on.
Sorry to hear about your laptop mate but you can be sure I'll post back when I get it. All i can say for now is that I've seen it during a video conference with my sis and it looks really nice.
Never took it xD
i wonder what is the cpu and gpu on those things....
GPU is nonexistant, or as good as. It's a chip that'll do 2D and most video formats relatively well. Not a thing more.
Cpu is a 900Mhz Pentium M. Sounds puny but for what it's in it's actually a supurb chip. I won't say that a 1.2Ghz version wouldn't be peachy, but these things boot in about 20 seconds and are, from the reviews I've been reading, fairly damn snappy when used.
On a holiday or a long trip with a digital camera that will be amazing, snap away and offload onto the usb drive. I want one.
First impressions: its a lot smaller than i could really tell from pics but thats a good thing imo. Keyboards fine really, i seem to have gotten use to it already and this post is one of the first things i did on it. As for the screen: the size itself doesnt bother me but text can sometimes be annoying to read as i have to look quite a lot harder than i usually do.
If you have any questions bout it id be happy to answer.
Ideal to dump in your bag and use on the train or somewhere you don't have access to a computer, or even just browsing the net from your sofa. All you need is a 2.5" hardrive for all your crap and your sorted :p.
I don't care about the argument that you can get a full size laptop for £100 more, the simple fact is it's a full size laptop to lug about and not everyone wants that.
www.channelflip.com/2007/11/01/asus-eee-pc
i thought the ones out at the moment were capable of running xp?