Asus Eee PC Series Announced

Asustek announced today the Asus Eee PC, an ultra small and light laptop designed specially for Internet related activities.

The Asus Eee (Easy to learn, work, play - Excellent Internet experience - Excellent mobile computing experience) 701 model weighs approximately 1.96 pounds and features 7-inch screen. It is based on some of the Intel’s processors (most likely the Pentium M) and chipsets with integrated graphics. The Eee 701 PC has 512MB of DDR2-400 memory, while for the data storage there are 4GB, 8GB, or 16GB Flash drive option.

Regarding communications, it has Ethernet LAN, an 802.11b/g wireless, and a 56K modem, while for audio/video chat there are integrated web camera and microphone. The images show that Eee has at least two USB ports, VGA out, and some kind of card reader.

According to press release, the Linux and Windows XP compatible Asus Eee 701 PC offers two modes of user interface design: the easy mode and the full desktop mode in order to accommodate both experienced and inexperienced PC users. We assume these modes are provided by Linux operating system.

Currently, there is no official information on Eee PC’s pricing and availability, but some reports say it arrive in August with a starting price at around $200.

Press Release

I have been trying to locate information on this Asus Eee 701 as I believe it’s exactly what I need for a year-long trip I’m about to do. I know the storage is small but the price is great and it will be so useful for reviewing photos as they’re taken. Please help me locate the manufacturer or purchasing information.
Thank you,
Ann Stephens

Ann,

Currently the manafactura is Asus, the only ‘official’ information I can find is:

http://event.asus.com/eeepc/ and
http://www.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=7317

I have searched the internet and believe that this product should be able to be pre-ordered by August. This is only from what I have found on the internet.

Best Regards,
Luke J. Stephens

Now that Intel and the OLPC has made up. This is probably the end of this project. So don’t keep your hopes up.

Yerneh

[…] Its entry to the commercial market would be a challenge to traditional PC industry companies, Reuter’s report says. However, Asustek has also announced the low-cost notebook for commercial market. Its Asus EEE PC is expected to cost $200 with much better hardware specifications than of current OLPC XO laptop. On the other side, XO’s advantage may be its dust and water resistant chassis, as well as outdoor viewable display. […]

i think being xp compitable is not that vital because it would run very slow on this machine… 900mhz intel and 512 ddr ram clearly not enough. but i liek the over all idea and i might just buy it.

try Acer Extensa 5204wlmi it arround 400euro around europe it cames with Windows Vista Basic and run very good.

[…] The first Asus EEE PC notebook will ship to the United States in late September and will be priced from $269 to $299, according to the source at Asustek North America, whose statement was posted at Eeeuser’s forum. […]

[…] Asustek will begin shipping the Asus Eee PC low-cost laptop simultaneously to clients in the US, Europe, China, and Taiwan in mid-September, DigiTimes’ sources at the company say. […]

[…] The next-generation Eee PCs will feature the Intel’s Core 2 “Merom” processors. It is an improvement over the first Intel Pentium M “Dothan”-based Eee PCs, which are expected to hit the market this month. The 2008 Eee PC models will have reduced power consumption of 7W, which is down from current 11W. The computer maker could also remove the fan to save more power and reduce noise, according to the report. […]

I just bought the ASUS Eee PC series. It is small and just right for me. I have established my wireless connection and it is working great. I just have problems setting up my e-mail. I can’t figure out what I could have omitted or set up wrong.

It tells me: An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded: 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first. Please veryfy that your e-mail address is correct in your mail preferences and try again.

What does that mean???

Anyway, I want to mention also, that Linux is installed. Linux is fabulous. I can’t see why not every computer has Linux. I also have Linux Ubunto 7.10 installed on an older PC. In the old days, Linux was complicated, but not anymore!!! Actually, it’s even easier than Windows, but most important it NEVER crashes. If there ever is a problem with a program, then that one goes down, but the rest of Linux stays stable.

Ok, I don’t think, that anyone is able to answer my e-mail problem, but maybe someone knows to refer me to where I will get an answer to my problem.

Athena