Dec 08 2008
Eee PC 901
Yay! I am getting a “fine ebony” (aka black) Eee PC 901 Linux edition for Christmas (ok, early Christmas) and it will be here on Thursday 12/11. I ordered it from B&H for $419 w/ no tax. This was the best price I could find and $100 under some places. I also bought 2G DDR2 667 ram to upgrade the 1G that comes standard and a 16GB SDHC card to bring the total solid state storage to 36G. If you are not familiar with the Eee PC line from Asus, you can learn more from Asus’ website and also at Wikipedia. The basic’s are simple. The Eee PC 901 is a “NetBook” sub-notebook computer that uses solid state storage instead of a traditional hard drive and weighs in at a mere 2.4 pounds and measures 8.9″ x 0.8-1.3″ x 6.7″. It has a small, 8.9″ display with a respectable 1024×768 resolution. Two version of the 901 are available, one with 12GB of storage and Windows XP, and another loaded with a custom version of Xandros Linux and 20GB of storage which I opted for (I will install Fedora 10). The machine has 802.ll b/g/n wireless, bluetooth, 3 usb ports, an ethernet port, and a memory card slot that supports MMC as well as SD / SDHC cards. The battery is a 6600 wah battery which supplies enough power to run the Eee PC up to 7.8 hours on one charge making this an ultra portable machine. I plan to use this in school for taking notes as well as a general purpose surfing / playing machine. I will definitely post some pictures and my experiences with this new toy so stay tuned.