Upgrade your Asus Eee with a 64GB SSD from Super Talent

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Super Talent announces mini PCI-Express SSDs designed especially for Asus Eee PC netbooks.
The upgrade SSD are offered in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities.
The Asus Eee PC 901 with Linux comes with a 20GB SSD. If that is not enough four you you can replace the 20GB SSD with a 64GB SSD for $149. Read more

Posted on Wed, 8 Oct 2008 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus shipped 700,000 Asus Eee Netbooks last Month

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Despite the huge competition of new netbooks Asus is has shipped 700,000 Eee netbooks in September according to the Commerical Times newspaper.
The Chinese newspaper continues saying that Asus has shipped 1.7m Eee netbooks in the 3rd quarter and that level is expected to be met in the strong Holiday Sales Quarter. Read more

Posted on Mon, 6 Oct 2008 01:24:25 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ASUS EeeBox Mini Desktop PC Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the ASUS EeeBox Mini Desktop PC.
Quote from the review: "ASUS thought it was time to expand the Eee name and bring out something for your desktop; thus, the EeeBox was born. The overall purpose of this product is very similar to the EeePC; it’s got to be cheap and perform well in the tasks it’s suited for. Read more

Posted on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee Box is I4U Top 100 Gift Tip #25

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The Asus Eee Box is the desktop variant of the popular Eee PC netbooks. The tiny box also runs Windows XP on an Intel Atom CPU.
The small Windows XP desktop computer features a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Processor, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, and 802.11n Wi-fi.

The Eee Box is a great gift to replace an aging and loud PC for someone who does not want to deal with the complexities of a new media empowered desktop system. If no monitor is available, you have to gift that too though. Read more

Posted on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ASUS Eee Box PC ships from Amazon

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The tiny Asus Eee Box PC started shipping from Amazon.com for $349.99. The Intel Atom based Asus Eee Box PC is available in black or white.
The small Windows XP desktop computer features a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom Processor, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, and 802.11n Wi-fi. Read more

Posted on Fri, 8 Aug 2008 01:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee Stick gets official

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Asus showed the Nintendo Wii like motion controllers at the Computex 2008, but released now an official press-release for the Eee Sticks.
The Asus Eee Stick is a plug and play wireless controller for the PC platform that translates your physical hand motions into corresponding movements onscreen.

The Eee Stick consists of an Activation stick, a Navigation stick and a 2.4GHz RF dongle. Both sticks detect 8-way 3D motions.
Even though vibration-capable, both ergonomic sticks consume very little power, providing up to a lengthy three days (72 hours) of continuous play on two AA batteries per stick. Read more

Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee Box Review

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Hothardware got their hands on the new Asus Eee PC Box B202, the company announced officially in June. The 1l in volume Intel Atom based Eee Box can mount VESA LCD displays for the ultimate space-saving solution.

Quote from the review: "Asus certainly made a splash this year with their line of ultra-light, ultra-affordable Eee PC notebooks and they've been fleshing out the product line ever since with a wealth of new offerings, as the company continues to milk the product's successful brand name recognition for all it's worth. Read more

Posted on Mon, 4 Aug 2008 10:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Weekly Top 10: New Asus Eee PCs, new MacBooks and new iPod nanos Rumors, LG BD30

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Surprise! Asus has many more Eee PCs coming this year to completely take over the netbook market and also reach into the notebook segment.
NVIDIA announced a couple new GPUs this week.
Apple is rumored to update their MacBooks and iPod nano soon.

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Posted on Sun, 3 Aug 2008 08:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Ultimate Asus Eee PC and Pro Fashion Asus Eee PC Netbooks confirmed

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Yesterday we reported about a leaked Asus Eee PC Roadmap that contained tons of new Asus Eee PC models split in three categories Smart Casual, Pro Fashion, and Ultimate. The currently available Asus Eee PC netbooks are in the Smart Casual Category.
Digitimes has now received word directly from Asus President Jerry Shen that Asus is going higher end with the Asus Eee PC with new Eee PCs in the Pro Fashion and Ultimate category. Read more

Posted on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:44:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee PC S101, S91, 1000HV, 1002SA and 1002HA coming

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Over the weekend we reported that the various Asus Eee PCs were taking over the top 10 list of the bestselling notebooks on Amazon.com. Apparently Asus plans many more Asus Eee PC versions to swamp the market.

A leaked slide shows the roadmap of the Asus Eee PC split in three categories: Smart Casual, Pro Fashion, and Ultimate. Read more

Posted on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:15:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee PC 901 is bestselling Notebook on Amazon

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The new generation of Asus Eee PC netbooks invades the Computer and PC Hardware Bestseller list on Amazon.com. The new Atom powered Asus Eee PC 901 with 12GB SSD and Windows XP is currently the bestselling notebook beating the Apple MacBook.

Under the top 10 bestselling notebooks are 6 Eee PC netbooks. Besides the 901, the Asus Eee 900, the Asus Eee PC 1000H are dominating the top 10. Read more

Posted on Sun, 27 Jul 2008 13:24:49 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee Box ExpressGate tested

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Asus made the Eee Box tiny PC official at the end of June. Asus promises with Express Gate technology to be in 7s in the Internet from boot up in Microsoft Windows XP Home. LaptopMag had a chance to play with the Eee Box and put Express Gate to the test.

Quote: "When you first press the power button on the Eee PC it takes 11 seconds (4 more seconds than the Voodoo Envy) to launch the main page ExpressGate Splashtop page. This start page has four buttons across the page, including browser, photo viewer, Pidgin chat and Skype shortcuts. You have to click on one of those buttons to enter the real ExpressGate environment. Read more

Posted on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee Box B202 goes on Sale in Hong Kong

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Asus announced the Asus Eee Box desktop PC on June 21st. The Atom based Mini Desktop is supposedly going on sale today in Hong Kong according to Digitimes.

The Asus Eee Box B202 is the first available model and would sell for HK$2,500 (~$320).
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Posted on Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:42:35 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee PC 1000 available on Amazon

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The new top of the line Asus Eee PC 1000 netbooks are available for pre-order on Amazon.com.

The Asus Eee PC 1000 features a 10 inch screen, 40GB SSD, 1GB RAM, 6 Cell Battery and Linux. The Asus Eee PC 1000 sells for $699.99 and is available in black and white on Amazon.com.
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Posted on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:05:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ASUS Eee PC 900 Netbook Review

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InsideHW published a review of the ASUS Eee PC 900 netbook.

Quote from the review: "Asus with its Eee PC mini notebook concept made a great move, starting avalanche that still spreads. Almost there is no big manufacturer of notebooks on market that didn't launch or announced similar product. Besides huge popularity that Asus Eee PC 701 got, there were some objections which dissuaded a lot of potential buyers from shopping. Most criticism was targeted to its screen size. Read more

Posted on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 20:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Belkin Announces Gear for the ASUS Eee

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Belkin is busy today with new product announcements. The latest of its new products are some things just for the popular and tiny ASUS Eee netbook. The new stuff includes a corded mouse with a retractable cord that is available now for $14.99.

Belkin also has a wireless travel mouse that has three programmable buttons and can be turned on and off. It retails for $19.99 and only works with Windows or Mac OS so if your Eee is Linux you are probably out of luck. A line of cases for the Eee and other small netbooks was announced as well. Read more

Posted on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Asus Eee PC Netbook Overview

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Asus in the UK published a table that compares the main features of the currently and soon to be available Asus Eee PC netbooks. Asus created quite some confusion with new Asus Eee announcements and rumors that this table is actually pretty soothing.

The current Asus line-up according to this table consists of six major models: Eee PC 2G Surf, Eee PC 4G, Eee PC 900, Eee PC 904, Eee PC 901 and Eee PC 10000. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee PC 900 now on Sale with $100 Rebate

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As reported earlier the new Intel Atom based Asus Eee PC 901 is on sale in the United States. The Asus Eee 901 sells for $599.99. In order to still be able to make the Asus Eee PC 900 attractive, Asus is offering an $100 rebate bringing the price down to $449.99.

The Asus Eee PC 900 features 8.9 inch Display, 900 MHz Intel Mobile CPU, 1 GB RAM, and camera.
The Linux version has a 20GB SSD and the Windows XP model has a 12GB SSD storage. Read more

Posted on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:16:47 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee PC 904 will have right low Netbook Pricing again

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End of June photos and first information leaked about new . Not all of them might actually materialize but the Eee PC 904 got more real in the last days.

We already reported about the Eee 904 HD, but it looks like there will be just one Asus Eee 904 with less than exciting specifications but low price. Read more

Posted on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:29:05 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Asus Eee PC 901 finally ships

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The Intel Atom based Asus Eee PC 901 finally started to ship in the United States. NewEgg offers the Asus Eee PC 901 for $599.99 with Windows XP.

The Asus Eee PC 901 is available in Galaxy Black and Pearl White. The Windows XP model features 1GB of RAM and a 12GB SSD. Read more

Posted on Tue, 8 Jul 2008 00:53:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

I4U weekly Top 10: iPhone 3G, new Asus Eee Netbooks, PS3 2.40

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New Asus Eee PC netbooks have been leaked this week pointing towards more affordable Asus Eee PCs. Additionally an Asus Eee branded all-in-one PC leaked this week as well.
AT&T released the details of the iPhone 3G launch that is going to take place next Friday.
Sony released and withdrew the new Sony PS3 2.40 update. No new release date has been published yet.


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Posted on Sun, 6 Jul 2008 10:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr