- Asus eeepc dependability

- Asus eeePC 901 vs MSI Wind NB

- Re: Asus eee spacebar

- Dropped my 5mx

- Ref: battery life Asus Eee 901

Date: 10 Jul 2008 19:07:46 +0000
From: Terry Gordon <address truncated>
Subject: Asus eeepc dependability

AJ,
    Everyone should search youtube for the video of some guy who dropped his Asus eeepc off of stair rails and tables and chairs.  Brand new and it kept on ticking!  If I remember, he was dropping it open and closed onto carpet and concrete floor.  Literally made me cringe to watch the abuse to a laptop.  Not a flimsy plastic box!

                        TG

> Noone has commented on the quality of the machines themselves. The ASUS is > your basic white plastic box. Next to the all-metal HP it seems pretty flimsy. > The HP was designed for students, so it has a scratch-resistant screen and a
> spillproof keybaord. I should also point out that the hard-drive on the HP has > an accelerometer that locks the drive head during
> a fall to prevent data loss.

Date: 10 Jul 2008 20:05:36 +0000
From: Stéphane Sage <address truncated>
Subject: Asus eeePC 901 vs MSI Wind NB

Hello all

In case you have missed it, see

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?id=2605&cid=14&pg=1
for a contest between ASUS Eee PC 901 and MSI Wind NB U100.

Greetings from Grenoble (France)

Stephane SAGE

Date: 11 Jul 2008 04:20:59 +0000
From: Jim Watson-Gove <address truncated>
Subject: Re: Asus eee spacebar

> I hate the spacebar on the ASUS - you must hit it in the center for it to register. They may as well make it smaller and call it a spaceKEY because that what it acts like to me.

Aj,

You might want to look at another Asus eee.  The space bar on mine
works fine wherever I press on it.  You might have a problem that can
be fixed under warranty.

jim

Date: 11 Jul 2008 16:06:46 +0000
From: Jim Watson-Gove <address truncated>
Subject: Dropped my 5mx

I sent off a 5mx to Canada for repairs and then this morning dropped my spare.  The keyboard popped out on the left side.  Everything else is working ok.

It looks as if I could force the right side in by flexing the keyboard.  Any advice before I give it a good try (have tried it gently with no result so far)?

jim (carrying his MBook around for PIM functions)

Date: 11 Jul 2008 22:46:55 +0000
From: K.I. van der Straten <address truncated>
Subject: Ref: battery life Asus Eee 901

*  Conclusion of the test of 4 machines (EEE 900/901, MSI U100 WIND, *  Dialogue Flybook V5-U76 and Vyenote S18) was: wait for the Asus EEE *  901.

Hello Gerrit,

That's a conclusion I need, because i work now with a Psion netBook with a netBook CE battery. This battery gives me 11 till 12 ours current, that's much more then the 6 ours, but the 6 ours is much more then the 3,5 ours, so I'll wait for the 901. And the 6 ours is the same as a original Psion netBook battery.

Regards,

Kees.