Computex 2008: ASUS introduces Eee PC 1000 and 1000(H) *UPDATED*

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ASUS at Computex Taipei 2008 is introducing two new models to the Eee PC lineup, the 1000 and 1000h. They feature 10.2-inch screens and Intel Atom processors, along with a flash or hard disk drive.

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An ASUS model showcases the Eee PC 1000 in action

The ASUS Eee PC 1000 has the following specifications:

• 10.2-inch screen, 1024x600 resolution
• Intel Atom processor
• 2GB RAM (up to)
• 40GB SSD
• 802.11n wireless
• Built-in Bluetooth wireless
• 1.3 megapixel camera
• High-definition audio, stereo speakers
• 6-cell battery for 4.2 - 7.8 hours of life
• Weight: 1.33kg (2.93 lbs)

The Eee PC 1000(H) has a hard drive instead of a flash-based SSD, hence the "h" designation. It has the same specifications as the 1000 save for an 80GB hard disk drive and a bit of extra weight, and it will come standard with Windows XP Home Edition. With the same 6-cell battery, it can achieve between 3.2 and 7 hours of life according to ASUS.

ASUS is also including 20GB of online storage with the Eee PC, which will let users share files with family and friends.

UPDATE

ASUS is also showcasing the new Eee PC 901, which has the same specifications as the 1000 listed above with the following exceptions:

• 8.9-inch screen
• 1GB RAM (standard)
• 12GB SSD (XP)/20GB (Linux)
• Weight: 1.12kb (2.5 lbs)

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Whooops....

 

Ninja post!

 

Just lol.........

 

Lol

 

That's pretty awesome.

If Asus doesn't keep the 10.2 models at a decent price, I would think an old thinkpad X3X-X4X series would be a much better buy.

 

Ninja pictures now!

 

Hope they aren't expecting these new Eee PCs to fly of the shelves at the prices they want for it.

 

Wow they're just making these Eee PC's bigger and bigger. Sooner or later they'll feature 22 inch screens

 

I really think Asus forgot the point they made the Eee PC in the first place, can we get a $199 price tag please like they promised back at the beginning of all this?

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=128256

Was anybody asking for bigger?

 

Precisely.

I'm not quite sure why they are making it bigger. They should be making it cheaper.

I might go out and pick an older EEE901. The 8.9" is a good upgrade over my ex-701 4G and I really don't need more than the 600/900mhz celery can muster.

The "Atom'ized" 901 and 1000 still dont fix my only gripe over the EEE, which is the right shiftkey.

Going to wait for Asus' price adjustments for the Celery 901 before buying anohter one..or wait for Dell's offering....we shall see.

 

Anyone besides noticing the laptop see the modeling girls have Eee PC tattooed on their chests and arms? great advertising

 

Agree,my x40 is way better

 

Say what you will, I believe the specs of the 1000 model are incredible.

On the other hand I'm in full agreement with price gripes, and wonder if 10" is pushing outside the 'ultra portable' range.

 

The Eee 1000h has exactly the same specs as the MSI Wind. Only differance is that the Wind has a 3cell battery and is about 100g lighter. There might be a 6cell available for the Wind too.

Engadget is reporting these prices for the new Eees:
# Eee PC 901: NT$16,988 or about $559 (on sale now in Taiwan)
# Eee PC 1000(H): NT$18,988 or about $625
# Eee PC 1000: NT$19,988 or about $658

link: http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/03/eee-pc-901-and-1000-series-specs-and-pricing/

 

Are the Ladies included with the laptops?

 

It seems that the Asus Eee 1000 only comes with linux and the Asus Eee 1000h comes with either Linux or Windows XP. The Linux and XP version of the 1000h cost the same.
Also the 1000h is 1.45kg
So both the 1000 and 1000h come with 2gb out of the box? I wonder if there will be more versions. Maybe something with lesser specs and cheaper...



from: http://chinese.engadget.com/2008/06/02/eee-pc-901-1000-01-7-8/

 

it is free to dream...

 

Introducing the new EEE PC HAWT Edition, limited to Taiwan only. By far Taiwan has had the best looking booth attractions. It really puts anything I have seen to date to shame.

Oh and I am about to pass out. 5pm here in Taiwan and if I close my eyes I will probably drop like a sack of potatoes. Wooooo time zones

 

lollerskates...she is giving you the eye....they cute but probably dum lol

 

Computex is famous for the booth babes and they are evidently getting Kevin's attention. It's an excellent marketing strategy to divert peoples' attention away from the actual products and such minor details as they don't actually work.

John

 

I think its their plan to call all their notebooks eee pc.
What a terrible way to dilute a brand name.

 

LOL...wonder what the thinkpad babes look like...i wonder if any of the babes diggs kevin....YIKES!
But im thinking lenovo wont be too big on babes since their thinkpads work

 

EEEpc is supposed to be small low cost laptop. But it is getting bigger and pricier than most others.

 

i think the EEE PC 1000 looks damn ugly the specs are attractive though but the battery time is kinda weird i mean 3 to 7 hours thats kind of a big gap 4 hours...

Wonder what the price is of the eeepc 1000 but it doesnt look cheap with a 40GB SSD and 2GB ram guess they kinda forgot where they started with... where do you need 2GB of ram for anyway in a notebook with no vidcard and a atom processor...

 

They wanted to keep the 1000/1000H roughly the same price, so they put Linux on one with the 40gb SSD, and XP on the other with a 80GB HD. The HD is also heavier then the SSD, so that makes sense.

 

I was hoping for some pics of booth babes and regular laptops but seems like all the press attention, whether gizmodo, cnet, etc is all on the EEE PC and its "clones".

 

I would agree. I recently bought an off lease 14.1" ThinkPad T42 in practically mint condition for $429, and that included a fresh install of WinXP Pro SP2, 1.8GHz Pentium M, 1GB RAM, and 80GB 5400RPM HD. I'd prefer the new Eee PC 1000, but I also have an eye toward frugality! After all, either are for using on business trips, going through airports, and keeping up with the work while on the road.

 

I love the battery life on these eeepc's!

But the prices are too high - the Wind is confirmed now at $399 and $499. Only 5.5 hour battery but better deal all around IMO.

 

The only difference between the Wind and the Eee 1000 is that the Wind has a harddisk and not SSD. Does a hard disk really take 2 hours from the battery? The Eee 1000h is also listed as up to 7 hours. I dont think that is possible. Both the Asus and Wind have a 6cell battery.
Also the Wind has an LED screen right? What is the screen on these new Eees?

 

If I recall, all of these new 'subnotebooks', or 'netbooks' or 'netpad' all have LED screens, since they often use 1-2 manufacturers and they are LED screen manufacturers.

 

Some nice pics available here:
http://www.heise.de/computex/bilderstrecke/351/0/nt51a95d

Both of the new Eees and the girls holding them.

 

Dude...c'mon! What's with these unnecessarily large screens? Go back to the original blueprint of the $200 machine.

 

WANT the EEE 901 or Dell mini notebook. At first I did not like the looks of the EEE 901, but it has grown on me. I love the added N wireless, but have no need for the bluetooth.

 

In my opinion, I feel that the EEE PC is still worth considering. If you are not interested in SSD and want more space, get the model with the HD, and exchange for a larger size. I think it's money well spent for people that are constantly on travel, and don't have the ability to carry a regular laptop with them along the way.

Many might say that older laptops are a great buy since the EEE PC is getting a little overpriced, however they really don't fall under the same category. You might not be paying for the performance, but for the design, and the ability of ASUS to make it fit in such a compact package. If you compare a T42 vs. EEE, you can tell the size difference. The EEE is a market of its own, and comparing it to other ultraportables, it's not extremely expensive.

I believe that if you just need a regular laptop to access the web and do word processing, then you're better off with an older laptop, although the EEE PC would be able to handle such tasks. However, if you are on the move, and need to be able to finish your work, the EEE is a much better choice, since it is much lighter.

I also feel that ASUS is diverging off the reason for why it was originally made. Personally, after seeing the constant changes with the EEE PC, I wouldn't buy it for my children to use. They are starting to target a different population, which in my case is still fine. Apparently after the sales, all companies seem to be targeting the same population.

I'm not yet ready to buy an EEE PC. I'm just waiting for the MSI Wind. I hope they both don't have heating problems, and that the Atom CPU performs well. If both criterions are met, I'm sure to pick up one.

 

Now to figure out which one of the three is easy to play

 

7 1/2 hours battery life.....
Why didn't the article also include a reference to the flying pigs included in the package?

The original EEE was great because it was small and relatively cheap, being basically a 21st Century typewriter. But Asus has messed up there EEE brand and made them sub-par.

Firstly, look at the design . I hate the cheap looking additions that Asus have added to there EEE, those hinges, the plastic ascents and the metal bar make the thing a joke. And what about a disk drive. I understand that the original EEE and the 900 could not possibly fit anything more into that tiny chassis; but the ten-inch 1000 could shurly have been fitted somewhere with a CD drive. Also, the ten inch EEE, which could have fitted a HP-esk keyboard has got a scaled up version of the original, very disappointing.

Secoundly, the price. Before you say, "cheap for a ultra portable", the new 1000 EEE is expensive by any margin. This thing is a 'Sub notebook", looking at the Acer, MSI, Dell and Medion competitors, they have all kept to the original EEE philosophy of cheap, good looking 'fit in your bag' notebook; whilst EEE has seemed to have forgotten this ethos !

I wan't the £100 ($200-$170) EEE promised by Asus at the begging of the project; I relay could not care less about the new gimmicks.

Rant over.

 

Man, say what you will but I think a computer with a 40GB SSD for $658 is a damn good deal. Sure it won't be able to do a lot of the things that your regular C2D will do, but for something that can keep going for ~6 hours (I think 7.8 is bull) it's very respectable.

 

Too expensive. I'm glad there's competition now... I'll be looking for a mini-notebook from Dell, HP, and maybe Sony.

 

What about the X2x line? My two X21s are still rocking hard and getting 5+ hours on one charge. I tried the eee701 and I'll try one of the new ones, but I'm unconvinced...

 

I'm more interested in the price tag of the 1000 ....

 

http://www.heise.de/computex/bilderstrecke/351/6/nt51a95d
Girl on left looks 14 years old

The 1000 seems to be a mistake. Too big, too expensive.
The 901, I like it. It costs $200 more than the 7" version, and has some significant upgrades.
I think $500 is a decent price. Anything above that and they are venturiing into expensive territory.

Anyone know the physical dimensions of the 1000, 901, and the 7" version ?

 

They both look young. Here is another picture of them (and the Eee is there too if anybody cares).

 

nice looking chicks

 

It's a Trap!

But yeah, like som many before me, I also find that Asus is going in the wrong direction with the EEE.

 

Asus appears to be losing the plot. The Eee was supposed to be cheap and small. The 701 was £200-240 here which is cheap. The 900 is £300-340 which is getting into proper laptop territory. The new Atom 901 will be more and the 1000 even more than that! Samsung or Acer will sell you a dual core laptop with 2GB ram, 120GB hard disk and a DVD-RW for £400 or even less. Why would anyone buy an Eee for £400 unless they're really concerned about portability.

I think the idea has lost its simplicity.

As for me I am looking forward to the Coral Pink Acer Aspire One with a hard disk and XP. I'm hoping Acer's keen pricing will extend to the Aspire one.

 

Sorry, forgot about the X2X line. But merely an example

A X31 weighs less than a pound more, and you get quite a fair bit more screen and keyboard space when compared to the EEE. A T42 is not in the same class, as it was designed as a workstation, rather than an ultraportable.

I believe the EEE has some utility, but that's shrinking as its price rises.

 

901 on top of 1001

http://www.hkepc.com/

 

Hmm, never thought it was that much of a difference
Makes the EEE stop looking like a toy...