Comments on: Acer plans competition for tiny Asus EEE PC

By: PXRaVeR

PXRaVeR — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:53:00 +0000

psh alot of these people just pretend to know about computers. business people dont want a huge core 2 duo 320 gb computer. they want something tiny that is portable. why else would these eee pc macbook air and the new acer computer sell so well. you cant argue with numbers. Portability sells. unless your just a stubborn idiot in denial.

By: nonamo

nonamo — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:32:31 +0000

guys… stop putting the eee specs down. its not completely useless.
it can run games, including HL2, Max Payne, GTAVC, far cry, halo, UT2004, WoW.

youtube it, u’ll see…

not bad for £219

By: zak

zak — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:47:32 +0000

RACE TO THE BOTTOM??? The real idiots are people that lay down real money for a laptop that is useless as a power machine compared to a much cheaper desktop, and obsolete within a year compared to a cheap desktop.

Given that for the vast majority of people, the only sensible use of a portable is the 99% application percentile (browsing, media playing, and text based operations), all of which work well with a cheap low-power CPU and solid state memory, the display size/rez is the only issue. However, the small display allows true casual wireless linked use thru the home (connected to the big-tin power-house desktop PC of course).

Sub 200 dollar portable PC’s will rule the PC marketplace within 5 years. Wanna make a fortune? Devise and create compelling new apps for these devices. In reality, what we are seeing is the final victory of the PDA (long expected, and long assumed to stand no chance). Previous PDA’s have failed for all kinds of reasons, usual issues of fatal feature compromises. These new portable compromise in no area that matters, a fact that some of you are clearly not seeing.

IT’S SMALL, CHEAP, AND DOES WELL WHAT 99% OF THE POPULATION NEED TO DO 99% OF THE TIME. This is an equation that always equal success, regardless of product, and regardless of market.

By: Mr D

Mr D — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:16:15 +0000

I have to say i got a eee pc and i have pretty much never regreted its(since i put xp on it)nothing much matchs it for portable it is a true laptop(not like rest which are pretty much mobile desktops,that run the rest of being mugged over as they are so huge,the eee just fits in my coat pocket)

By: Cromwell

Cromwell — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:56:38 +0000

If I could use one of these like a Wacom tablet, I’d buy it. Espeically at that price.

By: i356

i356 — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:20:11 +0000

i dont understand the point i guess.
with the amount of acers that end up in the repair shop…
why go to a tiny version, not to say the least, the 1st generation.
the EEE PC is SO moderately priced that ultra-mobile linux
mobility is available for anyone who can save some cash.

pehh… acer needs to quit getting their hands where they don’t belong. their LCDs suck for buddha’s sake. -sigh-

By: xuy

xuy — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 00:16:08 +0000

eto blin TAKAIA xuynia, mogno obocatco…

By: Granade

Granade — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:09:32 +0000

Asus >>> Acer

By: ben h

ben h — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 23:08:25 +0000

my 4g eee was bought as a uni notetaker and hacktop. Dual boot backtrack3 and winxp. The built in wireless supports raw packet injection so it can crack wep and wpa networks, so its the perfect wardriving computer.

I have a desktop for games, and this is great for watching tv shows from usb in bed, on the plane, go lectures :p i’m very happy with it.

And i asked my acer rep if they have plans for a competitor when i bought mine and they didn’t.

By: bojangles

bojangles — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:40:25 +0000

@12

While I do think it is a little pricey for what it is, a basic laptop, in your comparing it to a typical laptop and a PDA you are really overlooking the advantages of a device like this. It is much smaller and lighter than your typical laptop, which allows it to be taken and used in situations where your only other option might be a PDA. And a PDA simply cannot replace a desktop-type Operating System like XP for some functions. There are many things that this can do that a PDA is no replacement for, and its size makes it much more portable than even most laptops, so although it’s not as convenient to work on, a full sized laptop is not always a convenient or feasible solution.

I do think that ~$400 for one of these devices when one considers the fact that it’s basically just a small, very basic laptop. If they can sell a 15″ LCD, Dual Core processor, 160GB HD, 1-2GB RAM, DVD Burner laptop for around $500, then they can certainly sell a device like this for around $270-300 with 4-8GB flash storage, 9″ screen, no optical or HD, half the RAM, and a processor that costs probably 1/3 or less than a Dual Core processor. These should cost significantly less to produce than your typical laptop.

By: bojangles

bojangles — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:23:36 +0000

I do agree that folding the screen 180 degrees would be a natural and logical feature to have, especially in a compact device like this. It wouldn’t have to be a touch screen either, you could put a few commonly-used buttons on the front edge or another edge of the computer such as volume, play/pause, power/standby/ ff & rewind, etc. Just have the screen pivot at the center and fold flat over the keyboard and have a few of your basic function keys somewhere along an edge to still provide basic functions. Add in the ability to underclock the CPU, adjust the display brigtness, etc. in the computer’s settings to increase battery life when used in this position and you’d have a convenient, compact media player in addition to a full-fledged laptop. They do need to absolutely maximize the display size for a given computer size though as mentioned above, even 1 additional inch to 10″ is noticeable if they can do it without increasing the computer size (or just a couple mm’s). Asus never should have sold this computer with a 7″ screen.

By: dj

dj — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:16:52 +0000

id have to agree #10, i guess eeepc has found a niche with people who cant afford a computer and with people who have money to burn. i would never buy anything like that, it literally does nothing id need it to (anything my pda wouldnt do anyway). i mean why spend $400 on this when you can catch a bb or cc sale and get something you could actually use, with an optical drive and built in wireless for $100 more? i feel bad for poor folk who buy this and think they cant do any better. is the battery life atleast like 8hrs, if not my opinion just drop 2 more levels on it cause now i really dont see the point.

By: MASSTER

MASSTER — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:59:35 +0000

@10
why d hell do u need core 2 or 320G (to play games…ha ha than u r a child)…eeePCs specs r just good enough for apps,internet,and movies(music)….only the screen should be around 10″….

By: IT

IT — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:37:43 +0000

Childs play. Enjoy the Eee PC, children. It can help you learn the alphabet. HA ha ha

I’ll be sportin around my 8inch, core 2, 320gb. Just as soon as they make one.

By: MASSTER

MASSTER — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:29:56 +0000

i got my baby eee running WIN XP …and its a blast …cause this is a real PORTABLE computer… and other companies just want to get a piece of d cake…the 1 and only eeePC…YEA