Asus Eee PC
The Eee PC [i ː pi ː si ː ] is a series of netbook computer manufacturer Asus. The acronym " Eee " is (simple, excellent, exciting ) for the slogan "Easy · Excellent · Exciting " and " Easy to Learn, Easy to Work, Easy to Play".
History
The units of the Eee PC series are especially designed for the mass market in emerging countries, whereas they appeared in industrialized countries with a significant delay as lifestyle products.
The first device was the Eee PC 700, a subnotebook, which is offered at a very low price for this category. From Intel, the term netbook was introduced for this device class in February 2008. The device is available in Taiwan since 16 October 2007, followed by the U.S. and the UK beginning in mid-November. In Germany and Austria of sale January 24, 2008 initially began, but only in one version ( Eee PC 701 4G ) and in two different colors (black and pearl white ).
In all countries there were bottlenecks in the delivery, as demand exceeds supply, the extent Asus announced not exceeded. The high demand led to a whole series of similar devices from competitors.
The successor of the Eee PC 900 came on 26 June 2008 in Germany on the market later, on 18 August 2008, the Eee PC 901 was followed, which has an Intel Atom processor as a CPU. On 4 September 2008, the Eee PC 1000H, which has a 10 - inch display, a 160 GB hard drive, a 1.3 megapixel webcam, Bluetooth and an n- WLAN interface appeared. At launch, the successor products cost ( sometimes considerably ) more than the Eee PC 701 4G when it was launched (299 euros ).
70x series
The first model of the Eee PC has a display with a diagonal screen size of 7 inches and a resolution of 800 × 480 pixels. The processor used in the Series 701 with overclocked Celeron Mobile processor ( ULV353 ), which is operated with 630 instead of 900 MHz. In Eee PC 700 2G Surf, the simplest, not offered model in Europe, the processor is only 570 MHz. The graphics chip is an Intel 915GML is used in all models, in addition to the internal display has a VGA port on which an external monitor or projector 1200 pixels can be operated with a resolution of up to 1600 ×. The models have, depending on the trim level between 256 ( 700 ) and 1024 MB RAM.
Stereo speakers are available for the sound, which are driven by a high-definition audio chipset. In addition, a microphone and audio input and output are available. An optical drive ( CD / DVD) does not exist. 2 to 8 GB installed - Instead of a hard drive is a solid state drive - depending on the version. All models feature a 10/100-MBit-LAN-Anschluss, 11/54-MBit-WLAN (Atheros chipset ), three USB 2.0 ports, a card reader for MMC / SD/SDHC- and a PCI Express Mini - Card slot.
There are a total of Eee PC abroad four trim levels and in the colors pink, green, blue, and black and white. Distinguishing features are primarily the capacity of the working memory, the size of the Solid State Disk and the capacity of the battery. In addition, some versions have a built-in webcam. In Germany, the availability is still limited black and white on the 4G model with webcam in the colors.
The device has a size of 225 mm × 165 mm with a height of 21 mm to 35 mm and weighs 920 g with battery (Model 4G). Thus, the Eee PC is much smaller and lighter than similarly priced notebooks.
Software
Is delivered, the Eee PC 700/701 in Easy Mode preinstalled Linux Xandros derivative. In this mode, the application programs over a several categories (Internet, Work, Learn, Play, Settings, Favorites ) structured surface with extra large and colorful icons are divided. The Easy Mode is based on the IceWM window manager, which provides for a Windows XP - like appearance of the windows and otherwise contributes mainly a status bar at the bottom of the screen. Preinstalled are the KDE desktop, and working in text mode file manager Midnight Commander.
The installation of any other operating system is possible, but limited by the hardware. Of the Xubuntu Linux distributions, for example, a specially customized version exists; for many other systems available on the Internet instructions. Most of them support the Asus EeePC "out of the box" to have so without any special adjustments. For Microsoft Windows XP drivers are available, but the operation in the default screen resolution is difficult because dialog boxes of Windows XP can not be completely necessary in some circumstances. The installation of Microsoft Windows Vista is indeed on models with at least 8 GB of memory possible in principle, but the system is due to the hard of limited use over the past Microsoft for this above system requirements performance.
90x series
Once again rumors of models with a larger display and Asus also has such models exhibited at trade fairs, PC was at CeBIT 2008 under the name Eee 900 a model with a much larger display of 8.9 " and a resolution of 1024 × 600 pixels presented. The model has with Windows license on a 12 GB, with Linux on a 20 GB hard memory. Asus invests the savings with the Windows license money in a larger capacity. In both versions, 4GB in the form of an SSD is installed, which can only be replaced by opening the housing. Thereafter the operating system is stored. In the Windows version 8 GB of flash memory and the Linux version 16 GB flash memory via a Mini - PCIe slot are also installed. Additional features include an integrated webcam above the display, which now resolves 1.3 instead of 0.3 megapixels. Like the Eee PC 701, there is still a SDHC memory card slot, three USB ports, a D -Sub VGA output. Also, the headphone output and microphone input are as usual integrated as 3.5 - mm jack. For the new model in Germany from the date of publication June 26, 2008 will cost € 100 more, so € 399. The speakers are now mounted on the bottom case. The 900 series continues to focus on the Intel Celeron 900 MHz processor as.
The newer model Eee PC 900 with 8.9 " display is only in the 12 GB version with Windows XP Home available in Germany, only a 20 - GB model with Linux. Since according to press reports in Germany in Switzerland Linux model should be introduced, Asus brought late model 900A on the German market. it is a equipped with atom processor, the Eee PC 900, which has, however, only 8 GB of flash memory. the manufacturer's suggested retail price is at 299 €.
The Eee PC 900A is shipped with a Linux distribution, drivers for Windows XP are included.
Meanwhile, the Eee PC 901 with an Intel Atom processor instead of the Celeron M, a battery with higher capacity and a built-in Bluetooth module is available. The battery life has been greatly extended by the more efficient processor and increasing the battery capacity. In Germany, the Eee PC 900 only in the Windows version with 12 GB of memory 901 appeared on 18 August 2008, however, as before, the Eee PC.
In Germany, the model Eee PC 900HD is available since November 7, 2008, an Eee PC 900 in which instead of the SSD is a hard drive with 160 GB used.
The Eee PC 901Go has a built in UMTS modem with HSDPA, 16GB SSD and is available in white or black, available with Windows XP Home or Linux.
Since the end of November 2008, the Eee PC 904HD in Germany is available. . He has a similar body and a big keyboard such as the Eee PC 1000 (H ), but only has a 8.9 "display and thus has a frame around the screen as the first Eee PC This model is back with a 900 - MHz Celeron M processor.
1000 series
Computex 2008 Asus showed two Eee PC with 10.2- inch display. The resulting concomitant enlargement of the housing was used to enlarge the keyboard, bringing the 1000 series for the ten fingers is better suited than the 90x and 70x series. The 1000 series is equipped with Draft-N Wi-Fi and Intel's Atom platform. According to current findings, the two models of the 1000 series differ by the mass memory in use. The Eee PC 1000 is equipped with a 40GB SSD, the Eee PC 1000H with a 2.5 -inch hard drive with up to 160GB. The Eee PC 1000H is available as a first model of the series since September 4, 2008 in Germany.
In June 2008, several notebooks were tested by Stiftung Warentest; with the Asus Eee PC 1000H, the best results in the category of netbook with touch 2.6. There were also tested nor device, HP, Dell, MSI, Acer and One Company.
1100s and 1200s series
In June 2009, Asus showed at Computex, the new 1100 series. This has a 11.6 -inch screen and offers a resolution of 1366 × 768 pixels. The processor is an Atom Z520 is used with 1.33 GHz clock frequency.
The 1200 series features a 12.1-inch TFT and comes with Windows 7 Home Premium. For this reason, the models in this series are equipped with 2 GB of memory. In addition, the Model 1201N has an Nvidia ION chipset.
S- series
In the fourth quarter of 2008, the new S-Series was introduced. With this Asus wanted the "old" combine properties of the series with a "new " appearance. With the S101, Asus unveiled its previously most expensive netbook EeePC series. While other manufacturers offered their mini- laptops are becoming cheaper, Asus peilte at a price of just under $ 700 for the S101. The S101 is collapsed only half as thick as its favorable brothers and weighs just 1 kg. Later still came the S101 S101H in a run on the market, which differed only in the hard drive from the other model.
Accessories
On the design and hardware of the Asus Eee PC has the DVB -T tuner MyCinema U3000 Mini and accessories adapted (eg better speakers ) for TV reception.