The Next Big Thing in the Laptop Biz

[joeswm8]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC

I so badly want one of these.

Middle October. Soo psyshed!

Check out some reviews on the net.

User can add up to 1GB DDR2 RAM, 4-16GB Flash HDD perfect for Ubuntu or provided, full keyboard, wifi, 3 USB ports, SD card reader, camera, woo!

$250-299!!!!!!!!

 

[twolves90]

those seem really cool, but Im just a little confused about the HDD, is there not one? does it just run off ram?

it still looks awesome tho, how big is the screen?

 

[The_Other_One]

Man, at first I really wanted a micro-laptop, but since I've been playing with this 8.9" Fujitsu, I can't imagine using anything smaller. I have large hands, and there's no way I could type on this Fujitsu on a daily basis! And a 7"?! Geeze...

 

[twolves90]

actually now that ive been reading about it, it actually excites me! when do these come out??

 

[joeswm8]

early to late october.

and there is a HDD, but its called a SSD (solid state drive) which is flash storage thats virtually indestructable

 

[Geoff]

Looks cool, I would be interested in seeing them when they come out.

As of now SSD's are pretty expensive, especially per GB.

 

[andy faith]

unfortunately the come with a celeron processor, I used to have an old vaio subnotebook, was really slow...but it didnt have much ram. Think i sold it after 2 months. Hopefully these are better. by the looks of it it uses flash memory instead of a hard drive...is this wise?

 

[joeswm8]

its uses some form of a SSD, which kills any HDD on the market by 120x in access times, half of power consumption, and they are virtually indestructible, so yes its more than wise. thats the next form of storage in laptops.

http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3829

heres a good review

 

[The_Beast]

hopefully it can run SketchUp, iTunes, and Firefox


that would be tits