Hi,

I have 2 friends going to Taiwan today and tomorrow. I have ask each of them to get me a Asus EEEPC 901. Not sure if it they can do it but I figure even if both of them gets it I should be able to put one unit for sale here .

Now lets see how it goes next Sunday. The official price in Taiwan for 901 is just under 17K Taiwan $.

Well I am keeping my fingers cross.

jackdon.

Friend called from Taipei, 901 no stock. The 900 is 20G linux is selling for 15500 NT$. Looks like I will wait for the 901 to be release. From some of the benchmark seen the 901 graphics performance is about 3x faster than the 900.

jackdon

Hurray,

My sis inlaw in Hong Kong got a 901 black xp for me for HK$4298/= shipping via FedEx to me today. So come Wednesday or Thursday I should have it. Not too sure how much is the shipping but I check on FedEx website the charges should be about RM160/=.

Cool....
jackdon

This post has been edited by jackdon: Jun 23 2008, 12:34 PM

I doubt it because the 900 cannot also get from the local distributor.

jackdon

Hurray....... my Asus 901 Black XP is here.

I must say I am rather impress with the unit. The chinese xp home edition seems to be quick. It comes loaded with

1. Microsoft Works 8.5
2. Start Office 8.0
3. InterVideo WinDVD
4. Skype
5. Adobe Reader 8.0
6. Windows Live Mail
7. And a few other utilities.

SSD split into C: 4GB - 1.26GB free
D: 8GB - 6.7GB free

Speed is pretty inpressive but since it is Chinese and I do not read Chinese so I will reinstall it with Tiny XP to scale down the OS to a smaller size.

Here is by new TOY




Ok time to redo the OS installation....

OK but there is 3 mode

Power Saving Mode - 800Mhz
High Performance Mode - 1.6GHz
Super Performance Mode - 1.8GHz

If I am not mistaken. Give me a day or so... I need to play with the new TOY

jackdon

FedEX is amazing, pickup in Hong Kong yesterday 4.00pm. Drop in to my office at 2.30pm today.

Hi unname,

I am now running Windows Media player 11, RAM is still at 1GB. Playing songs in a loop, screen always on and will report how long it goes before it switch off.

Yesterday I had redone it with T*nyXP without added drivers, install Acrobat Reader 8.0, FFDShows, Real Alternative, Quick Alternative, MS Office (Word/Excel/Outlook/PowerPoint/Access), IE7, WM11, ACDSee 9.0 and all the Asus utliity. OH Yah I install RAM Disk and set tmp, temp and internet explorer temp files to there, turn off Swap files.

WOW I am liking this, it is pretty quick. Well now I got to get a 2GB RAM.

Here is the power meter from Windows in Power Saving Mode and High Performance mode.

jackdon

With T*nyXP I have a smaller OS Foot Print and I do not read Chinese leh.

jackdon

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Added on June 25, 2008, 11:50 amThe screen shot is OK it is during the conversion to smaller file size that I screwup. It is definately in high color and running Media Player Classic I can play any xvid / divx movie with no frame drop. Will testout with the Microsoft High Defination Sample later today.

Jackdon

T*ny is Tiny


This post has been edited by jackdon: Jun 25 2008, 11:50 AM

ahhh I know why because I did a screen capture then put into word than I copy and paste into windows paint. Hmm must get a decent photo editing software.

Battery life test still going on, now 2 hours 15 mins running 1024 x 600 - high color / Windows Media Player 11 playing mp3 songs with no screen saver.

Windows Battery Meter still showing 50% 2hr 28min left.

Hmmm... that is pretty decent.

jackdon.

Hi,

Wonder how much is the Touch Screen Upgrade for this 901 or is there any 3rd party available.

Hmm... I am enjoying and yup the battery is close to 5 hours with screen on and running windows media player 11.

jackdon

That is a pretty good price if it is SSD, if it is 30GB HDD the the battery life would drop further and that is not good.

jackdon

Yes the stock battery is 6600 mHa.

Hi,

I have been busy playing with the 901 now with 2GB, it is just awesome.

Reinstall with

TinyXP09 with Drivers SP3 (No Swap Files)
MS Office 2003 Custome Install
Messenger Live 8.0
IE 7.0
Windows Media 11
ffdshow Codec
Real Alternative
Quick Alternative
Adobe Reader 8
ACDSee 8
FlashXP (Geat FTP)
Firefox 3.0
Google Earth
Garmin MapSource with MalSingMaps
Garmin NRoute (I pair with my Garmin and I can route)
Sonic PDF Maker (A low cost PDF maker)
Able2Extract 5.0 (Convert PDF to Word / Excel)
RAM Drive (128MB Drive R for Temp Files)

C: Drive free space = 1.48GB
D: Drive nothing install just a bunch of video and mp3

Now all 901 users should go to http://www.elantech.com.tw/download.aspx to download their verison of touch pad. The multi touch drives install by Asus installer does not have as much feature as the manufacturer version. I guess Asus does not want to be sued by Apple with their zoom feature when you split your fingers. Or use 3 fingers and move up to open up my computer. The multi touch is just AWESOME. Does the 900 have the multi touch feature ?

With 5 hours battery life and if you keep you XP clean IMHO it sure beat any C2D that I have come across that came loaded with tons of useless utility that slows down the boot up time and windows xp performance. Well my EEEPC 901 with the above installed boots in 50 seconds with the first 10 second for the BIOS.

Well I am happy and planning to get a Maxis USB Broadband 3G soon.

Jackdon.

Leenux,

I do not have a 320GB but I have a 60GB and a external notebook slim cd rom connected at the same time and it works well.

jackdon.

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Added on June 28, 2008, 6:35 pmjananan,

Great will try out that.

jackdon

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Added on June 28, 2008, 6:40 pmjamezco,

What about Digi because the current promotion and free EEEPC 701, I could get it and pass that to a relative that is studying.

Well at lease celcom is cheaper at RM99/=, as a maxis post paid customer I pay RM118/= rebate. This set me thinking


jackdon.

This post has been edited by jackdon: Jun 28 2008, 06:41 PM

Kimganer,

I would assume you had a 900, WAY to go..... now with the launch of the 901 we should see further price drop . And we poor parent would not have to foot out RM4/= for a small notebook for the kids.

jackdon

Hi,

A bit of an update, my final cost of the eee PC 901 is RM2,032.80. Which includes FedEx Shipping, 3% Visa card sur charges and RM27/= for bank charges. Well not too bad considering that Shipping from HK to MY is HKD240/=

I am enjoying the eee PC 901 and still debating which Mobile Broadband I should go for.

RM 118/= for Maxis Unlimited (for postpaid users)
RM 99/= for Celcom Unlimited
RM145/= (2 Years free eee PC 701) for Digi (Do not know if this is still available)

Would be great if I can get some feed back.

jackdon.

I would HOPE so.... hehe... well I have not ask them.... YET. To be honest I am not that worried with the warranty because I plan to do modification on this baby once I have got over the new toy feeling. Thinking of doing the

1. Touch Screen Mod..... (this is a tough one)
2. The 901 has a zif slot and confirm to support 1.8" HDD so that is my next project.
3. See if I can get my hand on a small 3G card and mod into this baby.
4. Heck maybe even a GPS... hahaha....

This is where the fun begins or the nightmare starts.

jackdon.

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Added on June 30, 2008, 9:45 pmAhhhhh..... Matrix you just hit the sweet spot. Do you know the model of the modem. I will search RIGHT NOW.

Thanks.... brudder.

jackdon

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Added on June 30, 2008, 9:51 pmkimganner,

I am still learning or trying to remember so much multitouch, with one finger, two finger, three finger, up down sideways, tap..... but after a while it seems to be pretty handy. I like the 3 finger swip up to bring up the my computer, I change the two finger tap to minimize, the tap tap and hold is just great. Yup you have to get use to the timming. I am sure you cannot compare with your MAC on these feature.

Still learning,

jackdon.

This post has been edited by jackdon: Jun 30 2008, 09:51 PM

ilham87,

I agree 100%.... that is the only reason I got the eeePC 901. I was about to get the 900 but saw the 901 being launch and I have the contact to get one so I went ahead.

I used to carry one bag with my working tools now with the eeePC 901 I still carry the same bag but have to neatly arrange all the stuff and the bag hardly looks any stuffier, well maybe 1.1Kg heavier

jackdon.

This post has been edited by jackdon: Jul 1 2008, 08:54 PM

Congrat on your eeePC and wellcome to the club, Pengiun racing game so I would assume that you had a Linux version.

jackdon

Hey,

Just made my first "MOD" today, I made a charger cable connected to my desktop PC, since my PC is on all the time I might as well use the 12V to charge my eeePC. That way I won't forget to leave it at home when I charge at night. Over at forum.eeeuser.com I was advised to add in a 2A fuse just in case.

Well it is charging my eeePC 901 now and the original charger is in the bag.

jackdon