Asus Eee PC

[GeneralMandible]

I am looking at getting one of these for work. Since our hardware guys are not certified to work on these, the quality and warranty come into play quite a bit. I really only need it to do telnet, SSH, email, web browsing, etc. The equipment I work on is spread out all over a university campus, so the size and weight are the attraction. Any thoughts you have on this are most appreciated.

[Tripredacus]

I guess it also depends on which model you have experience with. Myself, for example, have only worked with the 2GB and 4GB EEEPC 701. Not the 8 or any of the other model lines. They are pretty neat little things but there are some drawbacks.

1. The USB Ports on the 701, while the website and documentation say they are USB 2.0, are in fact USB 1.1 instead. I do not know if this has been revised in newer revisions or other models.

2. The drive is solid state, which may have some issues with data transfer over a large period of time. It is best to use these for a purpose where they aren't going to be writing or moving a lot of files around on the drive.

3. There are no internal storage of any sort. So if you want to use a CD to install something (like... oh... Windows) you'll have to hook up an external drive. Same for floppies or anything else.

4. Some of the models (the 701s I tested) support a strange resolution that is just below 800x600. Its like 800x540 or something. The video driver (at least for XP) doesn't allow you to set this resolution, so it displays in 800x600 but you have to pan the screen up or down, which it does automatically when you move the mouse to the top or bottom.

I like these cute little guys and I have been trying to get one for me to use as well. We have 5 here still but we are trying to flip them. I prefer using Windows on it, or at least a modified Windows. I wasn't too impressed with the Linux OS it comes with, as it is severely dumbed down worse than Mac OS. You can get access to the bash but the keys are so small that any large amount of typing is extremely frustrating.

These things also work well with Windows Deployment Services, so it can be easily imaged with that if need be.

I don't know anything about the warranty, as it wasn't a requirement of my involvement with them.

[gamehead200]

I got one a few months back (Black 4G) and they are pretty cool. The supported resolution on it is 800x480, which is manageable for most applications. Something I was disappointed with is the fact that they are advertised as having 900MHz processors, but are actually underclocked at 630MHz. The supposed SDHC card slots are actually SD card slots which only support *some* SDHC cards (there is a list in the back of the manual). A minor design flaw that I found is that the spacebar is slightly mis-shaped on the left side, but I can live with that.

Apart from that, they are fine - no other complaints.

[Zxian]

Something I was disappointed with is the fact that they are advertised as having 900MHz processors, but are actually underclocked at 630MHz.

What have you used to check this? I think that the CPU used in there can slow itself down, but uses Intel's SpeedStep technology for the most part. It could also have to do with the power-settings that you're using (I'm guessing you're running XP on there).

[gamehead200]

Something I was disappointed with is the fact that they are advertised as having 900MHz processors, but are actually underclocked at 630MHz.

What have you used to check this? I think that the CPU used in there can slow itself down, but uses Intel's SpeedStep technology for the most part. It could also have to do with the power-settings that you're using (I'm guessing you're running XP on there).

It's plugged in right now:

Also: http://www.google.ca/search?q=630mhz+eee&a...lient=firefox-a