Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Low-Cost Asus Eee PCs Finally Launched

Model
Name
Eee PC
8G
Eee PC
4G
Eee PC
4G Surf
Eee PC
2G Surf
Intel CPU
& Chipset
Celeron M
900MHz actual 630MHz
512KB L2 cache
Celeron M
900MHz actual 630MHz
512KB L2 cache
Celeron M
900MHz actual 630MHz
512KB L2 cache
Celeron M
800MHz actual 571.5MHz
No L2 cache
Memory 1GB
(DDR2 SO-DIMM PC2-4200 266MHz)
512MB
(DDR2 SO-DIMM PC2-5300 333MHz)
512MB
(DDR2 SO-DIMM) may not have access cover
512MB
(DDR2 soldered) no access cover
SSD Storage
8GB PCIe
4GB soldered
4GB soldered
2GB soldered
Webcam
0.3MP
0.3MP No
No
Battery 4 Cells:
5200mAh,
3.5hrs
4 Cells:
5200mAh,
3.5hrs
4 Cells:
4400mAh,
2.8hrs
4 Cells:
4400mAh,
2.8hrs
Price,
bundled items & warranty

US$499
Mouse
Sleeve
2 year
US$399
Sleeve
2 year
US$349
No sleeve
1 year
US$299
No sleeve
1 year

All models have 7-inch 800x480 LCD screen, Xandros linux operating system but compatible with Windows XP, ethernet RJ45, modem RJ11, wifi 802.11 b/g, hi-definition audio, stereo speaker, microphone, 3xUSB ports, vga port, SD/MMC/SDHC card reader and weigh 0.89kg.

Internal wireless card is Atheros AR5007EG 802.11 b/g which supports WPA2 with AES/TKIP. For linux, space in passphrase is not supported. For Windows XP, driver is available and space in passphrase is supported.

Huawei USB modem (Vodafone Mobile Connect) E220 & E270 are supported without need for driver in linux.

1 comment:

acs said...

Don't buy until the linux driver for webcam is released.