[MetalGeek]

Asus has a new one with a 9" screen, 20 or 12 GB hdd, and 1GB of RAM.

Newegg.com - ASUS EeePC 900 12G XP – Pearl White Eee PC Intel processor 8.9" Wide SVGA 1GB Memory 12GB HDD Integrated Graphics - Laptops / Notebooks
Newegg.com - ASUS EeePC 900 20G – Pearl White Eee PC Intel processor 8.9" Wide SVGA 1GB Memory 20GB HDD Integrated Graphics - Laptops / Notebooks

I really don't know much about the HP, but the Eee is really awesome, and I'd imagine the new ones are even better.

 

[marvin]

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Originally Posted by ZepFloyd /img/forum/go_quote.gif so i'm thinking of picking one of these up soon, which should i go with the HP or the Asus? leaning towards HP 2133...it prob wont be for a couple months..is there anything coming out in the next couple of months i should be looking at in terms of these mini cpus?

I'm waiting for the MSI Wind.

 

[SR-71Panorama]

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Originally Posted by ZepFloyd /img/forum/go_quote.gif so i'm thinking of picking one of these up soon, which should i go with the HP or the Asus? leaning towards HP 2133...it prob wont be for a couple months..is there anything coming out in the next couple of months i should be looking at in terms of these mini cpus?

Mostly just spec updates. Atom processors, which should be better than other offerings, such as VIA (though recent reports indicated marginal improvements at best).

All these computers pretty much do the same stuff, so in this case you'd do well to consider cost and aesthetics in your decision, and which is more important to you.

If it were me personally, I'd go MSI Wind for the economic choice (not yet released), ~$400, or custom configured HP 2133 for the aesthetic/specs choice. This will vary depending on what you want. I'd pick XP. I bought a 2133 before the XP option was available, and for ~750 + shipping I got 2GB ram, 7,200 RPM 120GB HD, 1.6Ghz cpu, Bluetooth, and it comes with a full size PCMCIA slot (!).

 

[Pangaea]

I am still a pretty big fan of my old archaic Eee 8GB, at first I regretted buying it a couple weeks ago cause I thought I should have waited for the 9in. But it seems the turnover on these in going to be pretty steady for awhile. By the time it stabilizes it will probably be a better time to upgrade.

 

[SR-71Panorama]

From a spec standpoint that is, and always will be the case.

 

[Pangaea]

With the Eee it just seems to be an exaggeration of the standard... 3 different models of the same brand within a year (potentially with the Atom versions coming in June) seems a bit much even for the tech market. Even apple waits at least a yr before releasing a new iPod.

 

[akwok]

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Originally Posted by SR-71Panorama /img/forum/go_quote.gif Mostly just spec updates. Atom processors, which should be better than other offerings, such as VIA (though recent reports indicated marginal improvements at best). All these computers pretty much do the same stuff, so in this case you'd do well to consider cost and aesthetics in your decision, and which is more important to you. If it were me personally, I'd go MSI Wind for the economic choice (not yet released), ~$400, or custom configured HP 2133 for the aesthetic/specs choice. This will vary depending on what you want. I'd pick XP. I bought a 2133 before the XP option was available, and for ~750 + shipping I got 2GB ram, 7,200 RPM 120GB HD, 1.6Ghz cpu, Bluetooth, and it comes with a full size PCMCIA slot (!).

More pictures please! Those are great!

I'm also on the same boat. I don't know whether to buy the mini-note now, or to wait a few months for the spec revisions!

At the same price as the Asus EEE 900, I don't see why I wouldn't buy the mini-note instead

 

[DJ2xTech]

I bought the eee PC in January. 4GB Black.

I am a college student and it has served me well. I have written many a paper on the commute to school and in class using this little computer.

Very portable, lightweight. Goes online, writes papers, opens power points, etc. Just what I need.

The screen size and keyboard is small, but you get used to it. I can easily type fast on it now and the screen size is not that bad.

 

[SR-71Panorama]

I'll try to take some more pics tomorrow.

One thing I will note is the HP 2133 has a (for its size) very high rez screen; Some want a 7" screen, some a 9", but I can't imagine this rez at 7". It would be too small, I'd imagine. It makes for great pictures though.

Plus a simple control + click wheel on the mouse and I have bigger Mozilla text

The EEE PC has lower rez, which is why the 7" screen is usable. I'm not sure what the 9" rez will be, so I don't know if the 2133 has it beat there as well.

I do need to pickup the 3 cell battery that sits flush with the case; the 6 cell works great on the desktop but is cumbersome when portable.

 

[ZepFloyd]

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Originally Posted by SR-71Panorama /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'll try to take some more pics tomorrow. One thing I will note is the HP 2133 has a (for its size) very high rez screen; Some want a 7" screen, some a 9", but I can't imagine this rez at 7". It would be too small, I'd imagine. It makes for great pictures though. Plus a simple control + click wheel on the mouse and I have bigger Mozilla text The EEE PC has lower rez, which is why the 7" screen is usable. I'm not sure what the 9" rez will be, so I don't know if the 2133 has it beat there as well. I do need to pickup the 3 cell battery that sits flush with the case; the 6 cell works great on the desktop but is cumbersome when portable.

where do i go for a custom HP? it on HP's site with the options and stuff?

 

[SR-71Panorama]

HP 2133 Mini-Note PC Small & Medium Business

Pricing and options have shuffled around a bit, with the addition of the XP option.

I brought mine home from work to take more iphone pics:

They do have a smaller 3 cell battery. I will get one eventually.

 

[monolith]

It's such a shame they didn't wait for the Intel Atom processor with that, or manage to make a smaller battery with long life. That's such a perfect design.

 

[craiglester]

I'm waiting for the first atom processor, ssd design.. should be able to go fanless for silet operations i'd think

 

[Steggy]

im ebaying some of my clutter and the money i make from it (which should be decent) will go towards the 7 inch asus. i know the 9 is better, but i dont want to spend 500+ for a laptop when i could get a REAL laptop for that price. i think that 400 is the peak. im interested to see what kinda hacks i can do on the eee. you should look here Asus Eee News, Mods, and Hacks: Asus Eee PC Xandros Linux and AsusLauncher Review

to see some of the stuff theyve done. neat stuff.

 

[eightbitpotion]

Oh wow, so apparently this thread is still going. I got my EEE not too long ago, and I revamped it. I ran windows xp through nLite and got it down to 160mb....220mb after complete install with sp2 updates. I replaced explorer.exe with blackbox, deleted IE, removed the other random garbage like windows media player, MSN messenger, and minesweep. Bootup is 8.3 seconds from a cold start, and 2 seconds to resume stand-by. I also OCed it to 800mhz.

There's honestly nothing I can't run on this. I've put reason 4.0, reaktor, cubase....you name it. It runs my live music stuff like a dream, so that's generall ableton, reason, and soundforge all running with a Korg Kontrol49 hooked up.


A side-note for everyone, the EEE PC 900 has REALLY crappy speakers. The bigger screen takes away that wonderful midi-playing workhorse. Also, for anyone that loves old-skool games, it plays ZSNES and Nesticle PERFECTLY.