I believe limited stock. So u should ask if pre order can or not.



jackdon

My office is in Imbi Plaza so I know some of the dealer and will keep an eye out.

Updted. i just called one of the distributor, limited stock of all 3 model is on the way.

900 with 30gb
901 white 12gb xphome
901 black 12gb xphome
1000h white 80gb linux
1000h black 80gb linux

all already ordered and they cannot even tell me if the 901 is 4 cell or 6 cell.

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Added on July 8, 2008, 5:38 pmHmm...


I personally know one of the director of AllIT, hehe....will call him tomorrow.

jackdon knows quite a few industries player

This post has been edited by jackdon: Jul 8 2008, 05:38 PM

Looks like u will be waiting for a while before you get that price

jackdon

WOW...

Am I the only guy with a Black EeePC 901 in KL

hehe.... well I can tell you this, junk the 900 and go for the 901. The battery life is well worth it.

jackdon.

Aiyah....

lets not bring out the name leh.... hehe...

but I am more interested in that 2 models.... any photos.

jackdon

Dave,

As far as I know it is not yet available here but base on info limited stock maybe available soon. I got mine in HK and was ship over via FedEX. So you see I am paying a premium.

Good luck on your shopping.

jackdon

Hi,

This is a great link that give you a VERY DETAIL guide how to nlite Windows XP SP2 to an install size of only 411MB. Should be very useful for 901 users because the OS drive is on the 4GB SSD. You will easily gain about 800MB. This should be interesting. Click on the link below.

411MB XP Installed

jackdon

beebee,

Yup you can definately install from the USB drive after you use nlite to make it smaller. There is even a tutorial for it. I am now actually reinstalling my EEEPC 901 again... AGAIN yup this is the 3rd time. This time I follow the 411MB XP link that I posted before. There is one settings you must not disable is the CPU Pentium 4 Hyper Threading support. And I can tell you that it boots up REAL FAST..... the 17 sec is true.

WOW ...... I am impress. With all the drivers installed I only used up 680MB with no swap file.

Again it boots up so fast ..... FASTTTTTTTT

jackdon

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Added on July 10, 2008, 11:12 pmLeifen,

Remember the days when the 900 was launch, you can hardly find one let alone the 701. I believe it should be a while before you can see the 901 and the 1000H or until they clear their 900 down to 10% stock status.

hehe... this is life.

Battery life is very important, a few days ago I got a MSI Wind U100 for my brothers son. Well he brought the MSI to my house and we configuring his notebook. He has to plug his MSI Wind U100 to keep it going because it was low in battery.... HEHE... I am still going strong with 50% battery...

What good is a Computer without POWER....

So you better think twice before you get the 900 or Acer Aspire One or even the HP.

just my 2 sen worth.

jackdon

This post has been edited by jackdon: Jul 10 2008, 11:12 PM

Rahuldave,

Now this is my own opinion only. As indicated you need a big HDD 80GB for P2P download, Word processing and Excel spreat sheet, Video Streaming and Video Conversion plus some lite games. So I would assume this would be your PRIMARY COMPUTER. Primary Computer meant that you will be using this all the time. With that in mind if I were to purchase the following would be my criteria.

1. All 3 of them are using the Atom CPU and upgradeable to 2GB so this is not an issue.

2. P2P requirement meant you need Disk Space to store all those "DOWNLOADS" so a 80GB is a MUST.
So you can safely rule out the Acer Aspire One because it only comes with 8GB Flash Disk. So the Asus 901 is
also rule out because of disk space.

3. Now we only have the MSI Wind U100 and the Asus EeePC 1000H and base on the indicated prices
MSI = RM 1,730/= where as the Asus 1000H = RM 1,999/=. The only difference I can see is that the
Asus comes with a 6 Cell 6600mAH bettery rated at 5 hours where as the MSI is only 2 -3 hours. Also the
Wifi on the MSI is only a & g where as the Asus is a g & n. Larger keyboard for both the MSI and Asus
would definately rule out the Acer Aspire completely. Also a larger keyboard is important because you
would be using this as your PRIMARY COMPUTER.

So we are down to only 2 which is the.

1. MSI Wind U100 - Cheaper by RM269/= but smaller battery, no Wifi Wireless Draft N
But that you can purchase a high capacity battery when 3rd party cheaper battery are available.
STOCK IS AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY.

2. Asus EeePC 1000H - More expensive, large battery, Wireless Draft N.
NO STOCK + NO INDICATION WHEN AVAILABLE.
(This is base on the 901 which felt SOLID TO HOLD, where as the MSI Wind U100 abit flimsy).

Well that is how I would make my decision on which model to purchased but your would need to make your own decision.

jackdon

This post has been edited by jackdon: Jul 11 2008, 08:32 AM

Hi,

For those of you following the 411MB XP Nlited setup, do take note that you cannot disable modem support if you are planning to use 3G Wireless USB modem support.

Darn.... after finish all the setup and plug my USB Maxis 3G modem cannot run because the nlite 411MB XP guide took out the modem support. Now I have to recreate another one.... This time I will add a few more feature just to be sure....

hehe... I am getting pretty at installing XP on the eeePC by now.

jackdon

Well put, may I know what kind of battery life you are getting on the 701.

jackdon

Rahuldave,

The Eee PC 901 is slightly over 1KG so the 1000H should be heavier. Unless they come out with one made of Super light alloy like the Sony VAIO series. The way I see it is is that the additional weight is about the weight of an additional book. So pack a little lighter .

All these are just speculation and from what we read, I had not done any hands on the 1000H.

jackdon

Rahuldave,

You remove the existing 1GB and then you put in the 2GB maybe it will increase the weight by about 10 - 20 grams

Then you can auction that 1GB here in the trade zone.

jackdon

Susuwatari,

Give us your hands on experience when you got the time.

jackdon.

Shaddy,

YUP I fully agrees with you on that keyboard being small it a bit of a problem typing but the Overall SIZE is just the right size for me , The 4 and 8GB SSD is not a problem for me because I do not see myself storing GIGs or Video and MP3 there. I followed the guide to use nlite to slim down XP and it now boots up real fast.

I am now testing Dragon NaturallySpeaking and it is not bad but I have to learn to speak properly and not mumble (due to old age ). It works pretty well but unfortunately if I was not taught to speak clearly and slowly. . Will reinstall in again and to the training later today when the kids goes to see the Cheer 2008.

Just curious how much did you paid for the 16GB SDHC.

jackdon

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Added on July 13, 2008, 11:16 amRahuldave,

There is only one RAM slot, so you get a 2GB to replace the 1GB. The existing RAM speed is rated at 667mhz.

jackdon

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Ziranfaze,

Nlite is used to create an XP install cd, you have the options to add / remove component / services / unattended installed / add hot fixes patches and also slip streamed SP3 into it. It is pretty simple but if you are aggressive or too aggressive you might end up creating a superfast XP but a lot of function cannot work . There is no patches after that but to create a new one.

I did it 4 times but and I am only 90% statisfied, I will give it another week or so before I recreate my final version. Still optimizing my eeePC 901, actually that is where the fun is.

jackdon.

Superman7,

Well if you follow the link I posted earlier, it takes 17 sec to bootup WinXP Pro. Do take note that guide was for the 900. You must enable P4 support for Hyper Trading else you cannot install in on a 901. Also I have to add back Modem support for Maxis BB Dialup and also I added Chinese Language.

jackdon

This post has been edited by jackdon: Jul 13 2008, 01:56 PM

IronTech,

Well 17 second on a standard install is just great. But then how do you calculate boot time. By the time you see the windows screen or by the time you see the task bar. Even if you can see the task bar the windows is still loading drivers and startup application. The 17 second that I refer to is when you can launch application. But I think my install now with alot more startup takes more than 25 second

I hope this thread does not boils down to mine is bigger than yours kind of thread but to be constructive or guide how to speed up our little baby eee.

I know with a full install on XP SP2 boot time is definately much longer than that with all the eee drivers loaded. I read that a standard install on a 900 and 901 with all the drivers install takes about 50 to 60 second which lead to this nlite tweaking.

jackdon.

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Added on July 13, 2008, 7:41 pmRahuldave,

Yup you definately can use it for any PC as long as it can support Windows XP.

I am sure you should be able to find a guide on how to install from the flashdrive.

jackdon.

This post has been edited by jackdon: Jul 13 2008, 07:41 PM

IronTech,

Thanks, will lookup on the BootVis, but now I am in the application tune up stage. Just junk MS Outlook, then Junk MS Office 2003 for Open Office. Install Palm Desktop as my PIM to sync with my Treo 650.

So by next week I will be redoing another nlite this time with SP3 slip stream. The SP3 upgrade I did all of a sudden increase my Windows directory size 1GB which was previously 700MB+ and this is after I move the servicespackfiles directory which is 500MB + in size. Damn upgrade is just too big.

hehe... it seems all this tweaking and tune up is pretty fun. Some say it is even better than sex... hahahaha when you get it right.

jackdon.

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Added on July 13, 2008, 9:10 pmWow... Over here I check Kingston and they quoted me almost RM500/=. May I ask is the 16GB SDHC class 6 ? and which brand.

jackdon



This post has been edited by jackdon: Jul 13 2008, 09:10 PM

Rahuldave,

This is extracted from the following link : How to install XP without a CD ROM - Link extracted below

Hope this help.

When I got my Eee PC, I also got an XP license with it, as I never intended to use the OS that came with it. I did not get a USB CD-ROM though because I figured flash drives have been around long enough that I should be able to use it just as easily as a floppy disk to boot and install an OS. Boy was I wrong.

After a lot of time spent searching, trying various methods only to end in failure, and experimenting, I finally found a way to do it that doesn't involve Bart or PE anything, nor any really arcane tools (okay, maybe one or two :-).

This guide is an adaptation of instructions posted by cityfun in this thread: http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?pid=12725

Naturally, all instructions here are at your own risk. This method worked for me, but your mileage may vary. If you are careless, you could potentially nuke your computer's hard disk doing some of this stuff, so be careful. Hey, I said it was easy, not safe and fun!

Edit: Please see footnotes at the bottom for variations on these requirements before beginning. I also suggest reading through this thread, as many helpful posters have addressed common questions and suggested other variations on this install. My thanks to all who have contributed!

What you need:

1. A USB memory stick AND a SD card. One of these has to have enough space to contain the XP install files.
2. Physdiskwrite (http://m0n0.ch/wall/physdiskwrite.php)
3. Boot disk image: MS Windows XP System Setup Disk (http://freepctech.com/pc/002/files010.shtml)
A computer running Windows 2000/XP (I am pretty sure Vista won't work since physdiskwrite is a 16-bit app) and a USB slot or SD card reader attached
4. Windows XP installation files (off your MS CD, or from wherever)
5. A tool for extracting archives. I used WinRAR, but there are plenty of others out there.
6. Some knowledge of DOS. I do not go into the minutia of every command or DOS tool. Luckily, Google is an able companion for help if you get stuck.

The goal of this whole thing is to get your Eee PC into the following state, which will allow for Win XP to be installed:

1. SSD has a single FAT32 partition that is "active" and has a functional boot loader.
2. The complete i386 folder from your XP CD is copied to your SSD

What to do:
-On your XP computer, download physdiskwrite and the boot disk image mentioned above. Unzip physdiskwrite to a temp directory. I was able to "unzip" the system setup disk executable using WinRAR as well, to get the actual image file rather than the disk maker. WinRAR throws an error and says that the archive is corrupt, but it gets the image out and it works just the same.

So, you should have a temp filder (say c:\temp) with two files: physdiskwrite.exe and WXPBOOT.IMA.

-Insert the flash memory device you DO NOT intend to use to hold your XP install files.
-Open a command line and navigate to your temp directory.
-Type: physdiskwrite -u wxpboot.ima

It will list all of your drives and ask you which one you want to write to. BE VERY CAREFUL HERE. You need to make sure you aren't writing to any of your actual hard disks. If you are not sure which one is your flash disk, do the following:

Control Panel --> Administration Tools --> Computer Management --> Disk Management

You will see a list of all your drives. The numbers should correspond to the numbers listed by physdiskwrite. Also, your flash disk should not list a manufacturer like Maxtor, Seagate or Western Digital :-)

Now that you are sure you are writing the image to the correct drive, enter the drive number at the command prompt and it will write the image to your flash drive. It should take just a second or two.

-With your "boot disk" created, go ahead and copy the XP install files to your other flash drive.

-When that's done, insert your "boot disk" drive into the Eee PC. Hit Esc during startup and tell it to boot from whichever one you just used physdiskwrite on. DO NOT insert your XP flash drive yet.

It will pause a time or two for you to hit a key. At the end, you should end up at A:\. If you did, congratulations, you are almost there.

-Type fdisk

The only "fixed disk" available to fdisk now should be your internal SSD. You can check this by selecting the option to view all physical disks. If that option is absent from the menu (and it should be at this point), then it is only seeing your SSD. You can further verify this by looking at the current partition information. It should show several non-DOS partitions, and a DOS partition named BIOS (well, my machine did anyway). Delete all of these partitions. Create a new primary DOS partition using all of the SSD's space. Fdisk should automatically set it to "Active", but just make sure by viewing partition info after all of this is done and check that the A flag is present.

-Insert your XP install flash drive and reboot the machine. You should boot from your boot disk again.

-Back at A:\ prompt, format the C drive:
A:\format c: /s

-When that is complete, we need to make sure the Linux boot loader is gone once and for all. type:
A:\fdisk /mbr

Your SSD should now be bootable to DOS without a boot disk

-Copy the WinXP install files over to your SSD:
A:\md c:\i386
A:\xcopy B:\i386 C:\i386 /E
(note: this command assumes your XP install files are in a folder called i386 on your XP flash drive. Adjust as necessary). Be sure to use the /E switch so that it copies all the subdirectories. If you omit that like I did the first time, you get to the GUI part of the installation and then it asks for files that don't exist.

That copy operation will take a while. Go get a donut or something.

When that's done, navigate to c:\i386 and run winnt.exe

The Windows installer should start, and you should be home free from there!

If you totally screw up and want to restore the system, there is a system restore utility on the ASUS DVD that will make your USB drive into a bootable restoration disk.

Hopefully you are kicking it in XP on your Eee PC. Have fun!

Edit: I am using the space below to address some issues I've seen posted in the thread. I will add to this list as necessary.
1. Yes, you can delete the i386 folder from your C drive if you copied the files over. The only time you'd need those files is if you add/remove Windows components. What you can do is stick the i386 folder on a SD card or USB drive and point Windows there when it asks for the location of a file.

2. According to bretton and others in this thread, you can use two USB drives rather than a USB + SD. You can also install Windows directly from the USB drive rather than copying the files over if you wish. I do not suggest installing Windows from an SD card, as data transfer rates from the card reader are pretty abysmal and it will take forever. Just bear in mind that if you install windows from a removable drive and you attempt to add/remove windows components, you will need to have the drive with your install files handy, as mentioned above.

3. Results may vary depending on which version of Windows you are installing. For this particular installation, I was using an OEM copy of XP Home SP2. I do not have the time or money to test many other versions of Windows, but it looks like several users have posted issues with their versions. Remember, for this method you should be using a full XP install, not an upgrade version.

4. Yes, you can use nLite on your install files, but be sure to retain the manual setup files. If you i386 folder does not contain the winnt.exe file, your install will be hosed.

5. Several users have posted a link to a relatively new method for installing XP with one USB drive. I haven't tried it, but the link is here for your convenience: http://www.eeeguides.com/2007/11/instal … thumb.html
Obviously I can't comment on it or support it. Linked by oldpueblo, et al.

-Hanns

Last edited by Hanns (2008-01-07 3:01:59 pm)

Hi,

Has anyone activated their YOSTORE online eee Storage. It looks pretty good with 20GB with sharing capability. Comes free with my 901.

Pretty cool.

Check it out here

YoStore eee Online Storage

jackdon

This post has been edited by jackdon: Jul 15 2008, 04:09 PM