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After a few months of considering the standard eee and having concerns about not being a Windows based machine I have just found the new eee 900 is for sale in the Uk with Windows XP fully Installed, Almost a 9" screen rather than the 7".
As it was a business purchase excluding VAT it was £ 290.00, fair price I think.
Has anybody else got their hands one of these yet ?
The big attraction for me was how small the original eee was as I did not want to be carrying around a full lap top bag.
I know the 900 is slightly bigger so Im really hoping its not so much bigger that it loses the original appeal, I cant seem to find anywhere orignal size Vs new size but at still less than 1 kg im hoping it has the same smallness.
As it was a business purchase excluding VAT it was £ 290.00, fair price I think.
Has anybody else got their hands one of these yet ?
The big attraction for me was how small the original eee was as I did not want to be carrying around a full lap top bag.
I know the 900 is slightly bigger so Im really hoping its not so much bigger that it loses the original appeal, I cant seem to find anywhere orignal size Vs new size but at still less than 1 kg im hoping it has the same smallness.
Laptops direct I got mine from and they did do th enon windows version too, I got the heads up from www.eeeuser.com
so soon I will see if it is much bigger that the original eee I will be taking my eee on holiday with me and am hoping to allow the kids to watch some DVD's, Can I get some advise on how to do it, I assume I would need to get a memory card , Sandisk thing, Can I get several films onto one card ? advise on size of card needed.
Then the hard bit for me how do I get the DVD onto a memory card ?
Can I also get TV on the eee900 or would that be talking up too much of the memory. I think the memory of the new one is larger than the old one but not sure how much difference it makes.
so many questions, assuming I can get TV can I also use the slingbox thing that connects to my home Sky ? or is that taking it too far ?
Then the hard bit for me how do I get the DVD onto a memory card ?
Can I also get TV on the eee900 or would that be talking up too much of the memory. I think the memory of the new one is larger than the old one but not sure how much difference it makes.
so many questions, assuming I can get TV can I also use the slingbox thing that connects to my home Sky ? or is that taking it too far ?
Cyberface, I will be interested for your thoughts on the size difference having both machines together ( when yours arrives ) It seems to be a fair bit bigger to me but it may be a good trade off to have that bigger screen,
My battery is the 4400 so not too impressed with that, I guess all the UK machines have been purchased on the gray market, I did read somewhere that all the units purchased in teh far east that had the smaller batteries that Asus replaced then for the 5800 but I would assume that will not include units purchased in the UK, Update on your battery size when it arrives.
My battery is the 4400 so not too impressed with that, I guess all the UK machines have been purchased on the gray market, I did read somewhere that all the units purchased in teh far east that had the smaller batteries that Asus replaced then for the 5800 but I would assume that will not include units purchased in the UK, Update on your battery size when it arrives.
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