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Yes, I can't wait for Apple to release them and say how they 'did it first', months after the likes of the Eee.

Save up your money now. They will start at $1500.

I don't think the review was overly negative. It fairly pointed out what consumers would need to know before buying. This unit isn't to compete with full-sized, full-featured laptops. There were positive points as well as negatives due mostly to the size and lower-end feature set.

There's one from a company called Everex, as reported on OSNews.com: http://osnews.com/story.php/19031/New-UMPC...ok-from-Everex/ . It would be interesting, I agree, to see what else comes about. I think a Blackberry, with a slightly larger screen and an HDD would be killer.

I'm getting an EEE today and I'll post a review on Neowin in the coming week. I'm honestly going to reformat the system and put XP on it. IMO, I don't want to sit in front of a power gobbler desktop to do my workflow and I find it too distracting. My EEE is Windows + Office only.

It does suck that some apps are really getting larger and when something like the EEE comes along, I think it might put pressure on firms like Microsoft to come out with a lower-cost and smaller version of Windows and Office (OEM editions) for UMPCs. Time will tell, but with a couple million EEE's already sold in North America and Asia (from what reports I've read), it might be the "future" of portable computing for the masses.

I bought mine from clove.co.uk and I'm in Denmark so they do ship to Europe (can't remember if they ship worldwide).

I completely agree, I've had mine for little more than two weeks now and in that time I've cut down my desktop use by something like 90%, now I only use it for gaming and heavy surfing or something else where I need a large screen and keyboard.

I think this article was too negative:

1. The keyboard is not too small, granted your not gonna be writing your p.hd on this thing but it's more than enough for all the everyday stuff.

2. The battery life is okay, I've been using it since 12:30 (now it's 13:47) and the indicator in win xp says that the battery is at 70%. I would have loved for it to have 12 hours like that lifebook I had my eyes on, but this unit only cost me 220£ so I I can live with it (or maybe I'll buy a spare battery later on).

3. The screen could have been larger, but that would have meant that the unit would be larger and possibly heavier and I don't think that's the purpose of the eee pc 701 (I'm definately gonna consider of an upgrade though if the 1001 comes out).

4. He's probabaly right about the webcam but I think that the microphone is okay most of the time. But I don't really use the webcam or themicrophone that much so I don't really care.

5. The current eee is underpowered but it's still great for basic websurfing and document reading/writing. Also, an upgraded eee is due to arrive around march 2008 which will use a newer platform and a smaller cpu that will give more power and also do away with the (slightly annoying) fan, so no need to doom the eee just yet.

6. All my devices worked well with my eee's Xandros, but if you don't like it, simply throw windows in there and your device compatability problems are gone (you'll get other problems like malware but some people can live with that threat).

So to conclude, the eee is great for all the everyday stuff.


edit:
I forgot to say that I wrote all this from my eee while eating breakfast .

They're copying Dell with the solid state drive.

For $1500, no thanks.

And remember, ASUS is Apple's OEM - so the build quality is just as good. Also the OS installed has covered all bases.

Radish™

Last edited by Radish™ on 15 Dec 2007 - 20:25