Comments on: The EeePC 900 Review

By: knicksdefense

knicksdefense — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:46:14 +0000

yo rey, I saw the 900 today at J&R music world in manhattan. it has a 5800 maH battery. you heard it here first!

By: Rey

Rey — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:02:15 +0000

what up with the 4400MAh battery? Do you think Asus will replace em with higher capacity batts free of charge like they’re doing for hong kong early adapters?

By: mr nice ash

mr nice ash — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:08:33 +0000

wow. you’re too lucky to have a first hand review of this beautiful thing. I want to upgrade…

By: nenyalorien/Lorie

nenyalorien/Lorie — Fri, 09 May 2008 12:57:40 +0000

@Chu: yeah! that would REALLY be amazing! It’s like having a Macbook Air for a fourth of the price!

But I would still want BOTH the eeepc 900 and the MBA…

The eeePC 900 was what made me truly want an eeePC now..

Thank you, Sir Adel!

By: Chu

Chu — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:07:39 +0000

Any news when it will actually be in stores? I was about to buy a 701 but then decided to wait for this but final price and availability in stores would be main considerations.

The folks at OSx86 are getting closer and closer to getting Tiger running on the 701, once they do, this 900 is going to be pure magic. The MacBook Mini that never was.

By: Mac-A-Doodle » Will the new EeePC slow down sales of the Macbook Air?

Mac-A-Doodle » Will the new EeePC slow down sales of the Macbook Air? — Wed, 07 May 2008 04:58:44 +0000

[...] you’re at all curious, I have an unboxing gallery and a quick-and-dirty-review over at my EeePC blog. (Yes, I have a life outside of Macs.) [...]

By: reverseengineer

reverseengineer — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:43:30 +0000

@knicksdefense: oh, I could tell you horror stories about how much I paid for what back in the day. Still happening, actually. Some folk never learn.

By: knicksdefense

knicksdefense — Wed, 07 May 2008 03:15:46 +0000

very solid review. thanks for writing it. i have been bugging J&R about when they are going to start doing preorders, but they’re not budging, I actually was in there today and they’re not giving any timetables or even pricepoints on the eeepc 900. if anyone knows where you can actually put in a preorder (i’ve seen that press release list, none of them are taking orders afaik) please let a brother know because i’m on a dell inspiron 8100 running only ubuntu and the thing weighs 9lbs and it is time to go truly mobile.

i’m still very tempted every time i go in there to get the 701. $400 is just what I thought a laptop should cost, not $550 and up. I think I paid $1700 for the inspiron back in 2001. “tech-mol-ogy,” big up yourself.

By: Floyd Piedad

Floyd Piedad — Tue, 06 May 2008 23:30:05 +0000

As a 701 user, the price difference cannot justify the extra features until the CPU itself changes to the ATOM. I pass this time.
Now about that HP Mini….