Comments on: Eee Mobile PC Coming in Under $200

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 03:23:35 +0000

Wow…4 USB ports! That’s twice as many as I expected. Thanks for the update.

By: Y

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:01:23 +0000

For the person who asked about the USB ports, according to the images in hothardware there are 4 USB 2.0 ports.

It definitely looks interesting and I would love to adopt it as my road computer

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:49:01 +0000

Anonymous wrote:

What about USB ports? Do we get one or two ports?

I didn't see a mention of how many USB ports it had, but I would guess at least two.

Tinhed wrote:

The novice interface is indeed more functional, but it will hard for old timers to unlearn old habits. We have all grown up clicking through a maze of hierarchical menu structures. But that novice interface is a definite way forward.

If people can learn the iPhone though, I think they can learn this. :)

Andrew wrote:

ha that’s funny this is also better then my current laptop in many aspects, 850Mhz 512mb Ram, although the graphics are drastically an improvement to this machine, and it can capture audio/video. No built in camera although that’s an accessory sold separately for the top of the monitor that I didn’t opt to get, and I paid $4,000+ for it back in 2000.

It's hard to believe that just seven years later a laptop similar to yours costs 5% of what it used to. Maybe the progression of technology is even more rapid than we thought.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:28:27 +0000

ha that’s funny this is also better then my current laptop in many aspects, 850Mhz 512mb Ram, although the graphics are drastically an improvement to this machine, and it can capture audio/video. No built in camera although that’s an accessory sold separately for the top of the monitor that I didn’t opt to get, and I paid $4,000+ for it back in 2000.

By: Tinhed

Tinhed — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:24:10 +0000

The novice interface is indeed more functional, but it will hard for old timers to unlearn old habits. We have all grown up clicking through a maze of hierarchical menu structures. But that novice interface is a definite way forward.

By: MorganLighter

MorganLighter — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:20:28 +0000

Ryan – Informative post for such a worthy cause. Intel has thrown their hat in the ring. Here’s a link to that article:
[washingtonpost.com]

Take care.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:59:36 +0000

What about USB ports? Do we get one or two ports?

By: DudeRoks

DudeRoks — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:57:23 +0000

Looks cool and functional too, although the 4 and 8GB memory might be too low!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:38:23 +0000

Chris wrote:

How embarrassing is the fact that this thing is more powerful than what I currently use as a Linux laptop (P2 class Thinkpad)?

I want one!

That is actually pretty funny.

Inferno_str1ke wrote:

It’s odd, but the Novice interface there appeals to me far more than the Advanced interface. I wonder could that be the way forward – simply switchable interfaces of the entire operating system for different tasks. With the right use of memory, storage mediums and management of background processes it could make a highly efficient and useable operating system.

I was actually thinking the same thing. Technically it should take less time to get to the items that you’re looking for, and if you’re doing work-related tasks you should have everything you need on one tab! I love the idea and would like to see a lot more of this going forward.

After thinking about it I also realized that this is pretty much what the iPhone does. It creates icons for the apps and puts them on the main screen. Therefore you don’t have confusing menus to shuffle through to find items.

By: Inferno_str1ke

Inferno_str1ke — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:27:00 +0000

It’s odd, but the Novice interface there appeals to me far more than the Advanced interface. I wonder could that be the way forward – simply switchable interfaces of the entire operating system for different tasks. With the right use of memory, storage mediums and management of background processes it could make a highly efficient and useable operating system.