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EEEBUNTU 3.0 REVIEW (Base and Standard Editions)
Learn why we consider the EEEbuntu as the best Linux distro for netbooks. EEEbuntu works out of box and everything works!
ASUS EEE 1008HA BIOS update – BIOS 1001
ASUS has released a new BIOS for the ASUS EEE 1008HA seashell netbook. It updates ‘EC firmware’ and ‘improves’ boot booster function. Download it from here
Read our EEE 1008HA thorough review!
10500 mAh battery review for ASUS EEE 1000HE
aer1288 of eeeuser got himself a mammoth size 10500 mAh battery for his ASUS EEE 1000HE. The EEE 1000HE comes with 8700mAh battery which is able to give easily 6h+ battery life. In the pictures, however, he has shown the 10500 mAh battery sitting with the 6600mAh battery since he had an EEE 1000HAB which is basically an EEE 1000HE with lower capacity 6-cell battery.
The protrusion is worth it the extra weight added since you will easily be able to run continuously for a loooong time.
Click here to read our ASUS EEE 1000HE REVIEW
ASUS Eee Keyboard to finally coming to Europe in October – Retail price 499 Euros = Too Expensive for an Atom-powered device!
After delaying it so many times, ASUS Eee Keyboard will finally ship to Europe at the end of October for 499 Euros. The unique ASUS Eee Keyboard is essentially a netbook wrapped and packed into a keyboard chassis and with a small WVGA touchscreen display. It comes with an Atom N270 Processor, VGA and HDMI out. For storage, you get a tiny 16GB SSD.
It also has3 USB 2.0 ports, WiFi and Bluetooth and it runs Windows XP Home. Its dimension are 145 x 425 x 24.4 mm and weighs 1.1 kg. ASUS claims that it would be able to give you nearly 4 hours of battery life which is commendable considering how tiny this thing is! The keyboard has backlight and you will have no problems working on it in the dark.
The only thing not to like about the EEE keyboard is the fact that it costs way too much for an Atom-powered device. If the ASUS can bring the price down to something like 399 Euros, it will make it very tempting for the normal consumer.
ASUS churns out ION Powered Eee Box EB1012 – NetTop capable of doing 1080p videos!
ASUS has launched their first ION powered nettop, the ASUS Eee Box EB1012, which makes it the most powerful nettop by ASUS till date. This Vista running little thing packs in a dual core Atom processor together with the powerful ION chipset.
Let’s take a glance at its specifications first, shall we?
- dual core Atom N330 processor
- 2GB RAM
- 250GB HDD
- WiFi (b/g/n) and LAN
- Windows Vista Home Premium
- Bluetooth (optional)
- 6 USB ports
- HDMI and VGA ports (!)
- eSATA port
This ION nettop, which is seemingly looking nice has some distinguishing features that make it better than the Acer Aspire Revo as it has an Wi-Fi antenna for better signal reception and dual core Atom N330 processor.
The RAM can also be upgraded to 4GB, which is great if you plan to install Windows 7 in future on this little nettop. It is available in two colors, Black and White.
Oh and in case, if you have forgotten, this is an ION-powered nettop and it will be able to do 1080p video easily!
LG Korea selling X130 with a 9-cell battery!
Looks like the war for netbook with longest battery life is heating up! LG Korea is going to start shipping X130 netbook in Korea with a 9-cell battery! Other specs are basic: 10.1-inch LED BACKLGHT, 1024×600 pixel resolution, 160GB HDD, Intel Atom CPU.
With the 9-cell battery, this netbook can give some serious competition to the ASUS EEE 1005HA, which sports 8-9 hours of battery life.
ASUS EEE 1008HA – couple of benchmarks, start up and shut down time
Some people are highly into benchmarks and their sometimes, even their buying decisions are solely based on the benchmarks. We have compared its HDD and CPU performance with most of the modern netbooks around.
Click on read more to see the video and lot of screenshots about its benchmarks!
ASUS EEE 1008HA’s keys makes a lot of NOISE while typing! – Not recommended for people who type a lot
Yesterday, we posted unboxing pictures of the ASUS EEE 1008HA. We were very pleased with the overall design. But, we did not talk about the keyboard in that post.
The ASUS has come up with a totally new keyboard, which has not been used in any of the previous generations. The keyboard is not chiclet-type, like the one found in the EEE 1000HE (reviewed here). That said, the keyboard won our hearts design-wise! It has full size right shift key and the keys look pretty much full-laptop sized.
But, the moment you start typing on it, you will also start hearing (irritating) noise produced by the keys. This is not an indication for good build quality for sure. Note that we were not hammering the keys. We have used all sorts of netbooks so far. Till now, the best keyboard we’ve used is the one found on the ACER ASPIRE D250 (which is same as D150 (review), but with N280 CPU).
NOTE: This post was made on the EEE 1008HA whose keys made a lot of noise while typing
Trackball Mod for an EEE PC
A modder over Plasti-bots has been able to integrate a trackball into the body of his ASUS EEE 901 netbook. He used the trackball from the Apple’s mighty mouse and soldered it onto the motherboard of the EEE 901.
The Apple Mighty Mouse uses a built-in driver from Win XP. From the trackball standpoint, the driver provides the ability to scroll vertically (95% of what I was looking for). However, it does not provide horizontal scrolling
Click on read more to see a video of it in action!
ASUS EEE 1101HA product page now online
ASUS has finally made the product page of its first 11.6-inch EEE online. ASUS EEE 1101HA comes equipped with the pathetic Atom Z520 processor. Other specs are pretty much standard: 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, Windows XP and 3 USB ports.
