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The Asus EEEBook is about to return

LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
edited 2014-11-27 08:56 in General Discussion
Asus has decided to revive the EEEBook. It seems like a wonderful low cost Windows 8.1 notebook computer.

Search for the EeeBook X205 which is now priced at NTD $6,680.00 (that is about $235 USD).

Specs ---
11.6 inch screen
Windows 8.1 notebook
2 gigabytes of RAM
32GB storage on board (with 500GB cloud provided by Asustek and 1TB cloud provided by MS).
Less than 1 KB weight.

Can it boot Linux? I dunno? TBD.
How many USB ports? I dunno?
SD card slot? I dunno?
Wifi and Bluetooth? You will have to verify, but I presume so.

Frankly, I did fine with my EEEpc 701G and a mere 4GB of storage. It was a wonderful platform for development of BS2 and Propeller projects.

I am wondering if this is going to be a solid state storage rather than a traditional harddrive. That makes for very quick boots.

Comments

  • TorTor Posts: 2,010
    edited 2014-11-27 00:42
    Do you know the screen resolution? The reason I ask is that the vast majority of small-screen Wintel machines seem to be only 1366x768 or thereabouts. Which is not good enough for me, and one reason I have mostly abandoned my 11.6" Samsung notebook from development work. Or editing my photos on the road. My Android tablet-with-keyboard is actually much better for both.. much higher resolution for one.
  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2014-11-27 08:56
    @Tor
    Sorry, I can't tell you much. I mentioned what was published in "The Taipei Times" today. And it seems that the 'official' launch will be December 7th. So you might get next to nothing out of Asus until that date. If it has an HDMI plug, you may get higher resolution with an out-board monitor.

    I am a bit curious as to whether the EeeBook is synonymous with the EeePC, or something different. I am using an EeePC right now and this is my second one.

    There was some mention that stock analysis feel that the EeeBook is too cheap to add significantly to ASUS's profitability. ASUS claims that they feel that in the short term, it may create losses - but over the long-term it will general profit. I have always appreciated ASUS's tendency to think long-term rather than just try to make quick money.

    http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2014/11/27/2003605362

    https://www.asus.com/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_EeeBook_X205TA/

    I have my finger's crossed that this will allow for a Linux installation. I have included a link to Asus, but haven't had time to actually read that page
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