Hardware: EeePC for £219

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2008 edited
     

    While out and about today, shopping for baby toys, I noticed that Toys R Us has the EeePC for only £219 to take away. A quick Google upon my arrival home, made it obvious that the price of these wonder machines has gone down recently - although stock is still an issue I imagine. The upside of giving Toys R Us a visit, is that they have them on display, so you can try it out first. Although they had locked down FireFox to stop people browsing the web, a quick "CTRL+ALT+T" loaded up a terminal, where I launched Konqueror to do some alternative browsing :)

    Instead of plugging in the USB cable for my K800i phone, I decided to test drive the Bluetooth built into Ubuntu. Searching and bonding was a dream, but when trying to connect to browse the device, I was told there was nothing capable of dealing with "obex://". A quick visit to Synaptic, and I installed the "gnome-vfs-obexftp" package, which allowed me to browse my phone and nab the pictures I needed. I also noticed quite a few other utilities for dealing with phones, that I'll have a fiddle with at a later date.

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      CommentAuthorLolly
    • CommentTimeJan 27th 2008
     

    Oo. Naughty Spode.

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeJan 27th 2008
     

    I didn't see anything telling me not to :P

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      CommentAuthorScopse
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2008
     

    that's got to be the worst point of sale I've ever seen. Makes the eeepc look like a kids toy with their comic book font! I couldn't help but giggle a litte bit about your 'hacking'. Surprised you didn't set it up as a remote client or place some adds on the screen for SpodesAbode :P

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeJan 28th 2008
     

    There's a line Scopse :P

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      CommentAuthorKrazyIvan
    • CommentTimeFeb 12th 2008
     

    Been spying the Black version. I may have to have one of these. :P

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeFeb 12th 2008
     

    Mine's black. I think the white version looks worse, and I imagine gets grubbier a lot quicker.

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      CommentAuthorScopse
    • CommentTimeFeb 18th 2008
     

    If you had the white one, you could have some OS X skin and have all the Apple fanboys wetting their panties in excitement at a 'Macbook Mini'.

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      CommentAuthorcoyote
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008
     

    A new sub £100 computer! I guess you may have already seen Elonex's effort. It looks good to me.
    I can only find details HERE I can't seem to preview this post, so I hope it comes out OK.

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008
     

    Interesting. I thought Elonex died? Must have missed something there.

    I'd like to see what it's like in person. I might get in touch with them.

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      CommentAuthorcoyote
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008
     

    I thought Elonex had gone bust as well. Obviously not, perhaps they were bought out by another company? Whatever, they are producing this little beasty that can run Linux. At this price I wouldn't mind having one to play with.

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008
     

    Well, don't go rushing off just yet. There will be a lot of competition in this area. Who knows, I might even have something to do with it ;)

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      CommentAuthorcoyote
    • CommentTimeFeb 19th 2008
     

    My enthusiasm was more pie in the sky really. At the moment I have better things to spend £100 on. If you can influence and advance the market in these little treasures Spode, more power to both your elbows. :D I'm actually quite exited by the prospect of millions (hopefully) of sub £100 computers running Linux. This can only better the prospects of a complete "idiots" version of a Linux distro a la Windows, would definitely be good for everyone, well I dare say Microsoft wouldn't like it much, but then they've had it their own way far too long.

    Not only a kick up M$'s backside, but also some really useful portable tiny computers in peoples pockets and handbags. :D

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeMar 3rd 2008
     
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      CommentAuthorcoyote
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2008
     

    Very nice Spode, what who when where?

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      CommentAuthorBill
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2008
     

    Definitely designed well. That little thing would drop into any backpack. I could see in a couple of years where it could become every child's complete collection of school books. Never miss homework or lessons just plug in at home.

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeMar 4th 2008
     

    I take mine everywhere - literally. I just pick it up in its lovely neoprene bag and walk out the door!

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      CommentAuthorcoyote
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2008
     
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      CommentAuthorLolly
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2008
     
    Posted By: coyote

    A new bigger one is coming out soon.

    http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/03/04/asus_eee_900_surfaces/

    Yes, the same as:

    Posted By: Spode

    9" EeePc anyone?

    http://www.engadget.com/photos/hot-9-inch-on-7-inch-eee-pc-action/673218/

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2008
     

    Hehe. I wasn't going to say anything. Better pictures in the reg article anyways.

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      CommentAuthorLolly
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2008
     

    Is that a reference to the lady or the laptop?

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      CommentAuthorcoyote
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2008
     

    I cant tell what is what any more, your link just showed some pictures, hence "what who when where?" a bit more explanation would have helped, some of us are a little on the thick side, well me any way. :$

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeMar 5th 2008
     

    I thought "9" EeePc anyone?" was enough explanation. But hey :)

    It's not a problem - just amusing!

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      CommentAuthorcoyote
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2008
     

    I wrongly assumed that a 9" Eee PC was just a bigger version, but unless I'm mistaken, these have more memory and other goodies than The 7" versions. They ought to have as the price has been hiked a fair bit. It's almost ruining the point of the small machine, as you can get a reasonable laptop/Windows for that price. Also you probably can't just slip it in to your pocket as easily.

    To me the bigger Eee machines are a step backwards from the original concept, perhaps like your mod, more memory and a slightly bigger hard drive wouldn't go amiss, providing the thing wasn't too highly priced.

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      CommentAuthorBill
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2008
     

    I was thinking about this. We recently had an election for presidential candidates. As usual there was levies for schools, and other public services on the ballot. My taxes are unbelievable, $2500. a year on top of the house payment. my house payment jumped over $100 last year for school, police and fire services. If we replaced all the text books with 1 of these little beauties, 5-7 text books at $60-$100. a pop. Instantly up datable. A central server processing all the classes. I'd much rather buy a $400. laptop for my kids than pass a levy that could cost me $100's year after year. Everyones looking to move to a work from home option in business. why should I pay for a school, buildings and teachers. When it could all be on the individual parents.

    • CommentAuthorBeanz
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2008
     

    Bill, for primary education, yes the parents can do just as well as the teachers (well most good parents can). The secondary education, however, is much harder to teach without a deeper understanding of the subject. Children (like me) ask awkward questions that are not easy to simply google.

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      CommentAuthorBill
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2008
     

    I don't believe that the majority American parents could home school. Most of our families have both parents working. School is also a place to learn social skills. What I was really pointing at is the cost to me as a home owner. We have large apartment complexes where a large number of the kids in our system reside. The apartments pay property taxes but not as much per kid as a normal home owner. I'd like to see the playing field leveled cost wise. Having these little laptops would cut costs.

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeMar 6th 2008
     

    Bill, I think that is where we are heading without a doubt, but like any technology it'll take 10 years for people to realise.

    Coyote - I agree with your sentiment, however, as the first one illustrates, it is minutely bigger than the original EeePC, but the benefits you get for the extra size outweigh it. Have you seen one yet? It's tiny :D Originally I heard they would be price matching, so it's a pity it's more expensive. Give it a few months and it'll drop down though.

    http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/06/gecube-shows-cheap-linux-tablet

    Another competitor :)

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      CommentAuthorBill
    • CommentTimeMar 13th 2008
     

    Now available on Newegg for $299. Your choice of 5 colors.

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      CommentAuthorSpode
    • CommentTimeMar 13th 2008
     

    5? What are the options?

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