ASUS' sub-1kg Classmate PC will retail for £199 - the perfect Christmas present?

[dangel]

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I hate when you're right!

AND DON'T SAY 'I'm always right'.

I'm not always right mate - you're just always wrong

[Deadlight]

Argh

[dangel]

[mycarsavw]

Am I right in thinking it's a Celeron processor?

EDIT:

Is anything upgradable, like the RAM etc?

[dangel]

Yup it is - Celeron M.

DIVX - downloaded the test movie from their site and it plays back fine with no additional software.

[Zathras]

Okay, which foo' forgot to put in Bluetooth? Anyone know if you can plug in a Bluetooth USB adapter for on-the-go internet with a mobile?

[jimbouk]

"On the software side, the Eee install of Linux comes with Bluetooth support enabled, but there is no way to configure or use it from the graphical interface. The upshot of this is that any Linux Bluetooth guide will apply to the Eee, but you can skip the parts about patching the kernel, installing a bluetooth stack and so on."

Using a Bluetooth Dongle with the Eee PC [EeeUser Wiki Home]

[TheAnimus]

entertaining read on the matter:

The Jonney Machine - Forbes.com

[dangel]

It's really easy to enable the 'advanced' user interface and get to everything you want. I actually like the 'easy' one and have managed to configure it to suit my daily needs. Ok, you have to go all matrix-like with the command line at points but then that's linux for ya

I actually think ASUS have done a good job of dressing it all up and making it dead easy to use. Hey, if I can cope.. well..


Good link TheAnimus

[UltraMagnus]

any idea how open it is? is all the software and drivers on it open source?

[mycarsavw]

Test Drive The Asus Eee PC

Test drive the EEE PC interface ^

I'm starting to want one now

any idea how open it is? is all the software and drivers on it open source?

It comes preinstalled with Linux - Linux is OpenSource so I'd imagine the software is too.

[dangel]

any idea how open it is? is all the software and drivers on it open source?

You can download (apparently) the whole source code from ASUS itself Was circa 1.6gb or so!
It's Xandros linux (debian branch) underneath - ASUS have just packaged it (well) with a front end (the 'easy' UI).

[mountainmachine]

Test Drive The Asus Eee PC

Test drive the EEE PC interface ^

I'm starting to want one now



It comes preinstalled with Linux - Linux is OpenSource so I'd imagine the software is too.

Cool link that.

[dangel]

Somebody put OSX on it:

Load OSX 10.5 Leopard on the eeePC

Now that's a small macbook!

[dancingmatt]

When I started reading this thread about 5 mins ago I thought "no one has mentioned how tiny it is yet, just that it weighs less than a kilo".

Was funny to see how posts went from "why bother" to "OMG" when people suddenly realised just how small this thing is. It's almost A5 in size (slightly different proportions).

I have a monster PC , 2 older PCs (haven't got rid of them, just moved onto a new build with new generations) - and a laptop that I bought 2nd hand. It's a heavy old Vaio and it's basically only used by my fiancé to surf on the sofa. This would do the same thing if we didn't have the laptop, plus although the screen is tiny I would like it out and about with me when I'm wandering with my SLR. I could download pics when I'm on the train rather than waiting til I get home. And this laptop weighs a bit less than the camera + zoom too!

As always, this is good but I'm more interested in seeing the EEE2 or whatever comes next...

DM

[directhex]

any idea how open it is? is all the software and drivers on it open source?

atheros networking for both wired & wireless. so not 100% open