http://www.myasuseee.com Journal of an Asus Eee PC user Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:00:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Now if you have a spare Eee PC battery lying around and you want to get it charged without plugging it into your Eee, then this Eee PC clip-on battery charger may be right for you. Made by Expansys, this clip-on charger lets you charge two batteries at a time. In ... http://www.myasuseee.com/eee-pc-clip-on-battery-chargers/ So the mysterious Eee Top still hasn't reached stores, but there's already a video of the much-awaited low-cost touch-screen desktop PC floating on the internet: Here, by the way are the specs of the Eee Top. 1.6GHz Intel Atom processor. 1GB of RAM. 160GB hard disk. Shared Graphics (128MB). Audio Ports x 3 (Microphone, Line in ... http://www.myasuseee.com/eee-top-video/ More manufacturers are churning out replacement SSDs for the Eee PC. This one from Green-House Japan has capacities between 32 to 64 Gb. The trade-off, however would be in speed. They have a speed of 35MB/s in reading mode, but only 15MB/s in writing mode. Source: Akihabara news via EeePC.net http://www.myasuseee.com/more-ssd-upgrades-for-eee-pc-701s/ So the webpage you're viewing too long for you to keep on scrolling down? Or maybe you just want to show off and hold your Eee like a book? This Windows utility called EeeRotate that can rotate your Eee PC screen to whatever direction you want. According to Liliputing, The program also ... http://www.myasuseee.com/eeerotate-does-exactly-what-its-name-promises-rotate-your-eee-screens/ According to EeePC.net, it's AMD's time to join the netbook market: AMD will be holding a Financial Analyst Day on Thursday and notebooks.com expect that this will be the time that AMD announce they will be entering the netbook component market, producing processors for them. The flourishing netbook market could be just ... http://www.myasuseee.com/will-amd-jump-into-the-netbook-fray/ Apparently, Asus is planning to get rid of the Linux option in their Eee PCs, at least in the Philippines, accourding to Liliputing. [Asus] will only be selling Windows-based Eee PC netbooks in the Philippines from now on. He says the response to Linux in the region has not been positive, ... http://www.myasuseee.com/no-more-linux-eee-pcs/ ThinkFree recently offered a free Netbook Edition license if you answer a simple survey. And the results are as follows: Economic downturn has spurred people to buy netbooks: With consumer confidence tumbling, users have become extremely sensitive to price points. Twenty-six percent will spend less for holiday gifts this year than just ... http://www.myasuseee.com/thinkfree-releases-netbook-survey/ Ok, this is a nice commercial, but... 8 hours battery life? Anybody here ever got close to 8 hours on their Eee PCs? http://www.myasuseee.com/eee-pc-commercial-a-battery-life-rant/ And is it time for Eee price drops? The 1000H has its price dropped drastically. In fact, NewEgg is selling the 1000H for only $399.75, way down from the original $550. And it's even got a larger hard drive. For that price, you get: 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU 10.2 inch, 1024 x 600 ... http://www.myasuseee.com/asus-eee-1000h-available-for-33975/ A few days ago, it was reported that ASUS will begin phasing out their 7 to 8-inch Eee PCs to make the 10-inch Eees the standard. Apparently, ASUS CEO Jerry Shen was misquoted. According to ZDNet, a spokesperson for Asus told ZDNet UK that the Taiwanese firm would continue to bring out ... http://www.myasuseee.com/asus-denies-plans-to-phase-out-smaller-eee-pcs/