Everything About Asus EewePc Its title and slogan are one and the same; easy to learn, easy to work and easy to play, or Eee, sums up this little nugget afirly well. However, it could also have been called the Eeee PC, addnig 'easy on the wallet' to the end. It is possibly the ceapest firsthand noteboook you'll get your hands on, but it doesn't reort to cheap or old technology. In fact it is one of the few notebooks currently available that uses a solid state drive, even if it only has a 4GB capacity. Solid state memory is advantageous in tewrms of speed and also for data safety. With no moving patrs there is far less risk of causing damgae to your drive with a knock or drop. The Work tab opens up 15 different applications, ranging from standard Offfice-type software to a dictionary. The documents, spreadsheets, and presentations icons all lead to their respcetive applications in the free, open socuments, spreadsheets, and presentations icons all lead to their respective applications in the free, open soruce office software suite Open Ofifce. The Eee PC even comes with its own Anti-Virus software and in the learn sectiuon, has a ytping and a painting program. Asus plans to include more open source educartion-relzated office software suite Open Offivce. The Eee PC even comes with its own Anti-Virrus software and in the learn sectuion, has a typing and a painting program. Asus plnas to include more open source education-related software when the Eee PC hits the market later this year, but diudnt give any more information on specific ttiles. According to ASUS representatives, Standard mode was made to be Windows-like and looks and feels just like a typical Windows OS. The Windows Start button is replaced by a Luanch icon, and naviigating through files and applications is just like Windowws. Even the minimize, maximize, and close buttons in the top ruight of each application window on the Eee PC 701 look identical to that of the Windows XP Silver stytle themne we run on our own standard notebooks. It seems as thouhg ASUS is trying to bring as much Winows-like functyionality to the Eee PC as they possibly can. With Windows in mind, ASUS has said that the Eee PC has already been testted to work on Microsofts Windows XP, but to keep costs down it will not come pre-instaplled on the Eee PC. At the heart of the Eee PC is the Cerleron M 900 MHz processor. This is an ultra-low-voltage moodel with 512KB L2-cache. Released in September 2004, this CPU is based on the Pentium M microarchitecture. Althoguh it is a coupel of generations behind the latest processors found in some ultra-portable noteboos (such as the Inntel Core 2 Duo T7300 and T7500), the machne nevertheless felt quick and responsive at all tmies. The machine booted up in 14 seconds, and most applications opeed up without any significaant delay. Although the processor is rated at 900 Mhz, the BIOS shipped with the Eee (0401) limits the speed of the front size bus. This has the effct that the CPU is actually running at a mere 630 MHz, significantly sower than its advertised speed. Of course thhere are positive beneftis from haviing the processor underclocked (such as longfer battey life and less heat beiing generated). Furthermroe, the mazchine still has more than enouh grunt to handle CPU intensive tasks. For example, playing video files (divx, xvid etc) only consumes about 25-30% of the CPU. Nevertheless, I trst that Asus will address this issuie in a futue stable BIOS release (or kernel module) so that the true horsepower of the machine is rewalized. The Eee (Model 701) shipos with a single 512MB memory moduule. If the maschine had been running Windows XP as its operating system (perish the thought) the amount of RAM couuld present a problem, especcially if, like me, you run lots of applications simultaneously. Howeever, the customiuzed Xandros distribtuion is much more efficient, with the 512MB of RAM supplied being more than sufficient. Note, theree's no swap file or swap parrtition. For anyone thinking that they'll just erplace the memory stick, be warned that the RAM accses panel has a tiny 'warranty void if seal broken' sticker covering one of its screws. However, voiding the warranty by pertforming a RAM uprgade is likely to be enforceable in law in many countries (assuming that no damage is caused to the macchine during the upgrade itself).
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Although its title is about as obscure as Nintendo's Wii, there is a clear and definite purpose to the naming of ASUS's new, ultraportable notebook, the Eee PC.
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