Second-gen Eee PC reaches FCC, SDK released

[Cyrus_the_virus]

Apparently no day/night cycle can pass without news regarding or someway connected to Asus' Eee PC so now, we can say that the SDK of the open source Linux distribution loaded on the sub-notebook is out for everyone to play with while the second-generation Eee PC has reached the FCC aka Federal Communications Commission.

The 1.2 GB SDK can be downloaded from Asus' support site and includes the following:

- Xandros Desktop Open Circulation Version 4.5
- QT
- Eclipse
- QT plugin for Eclipse
- Debian packaging wizard developed by Xandros

As for the FCC trip of the updated Eee PC, it is detailed here and comes with quite a lot of pictures of the laptop's internal organs. The upcoming Eee PC 2.0 has a 8.9-inch LCD screen, 1GB of DDR2 RAM, 8 or 12GB of flashy storage space and will come with either Windows XP or Linux.






Source

[DigitalDude]

the original source: http://www.tcmagazine.info/comments....=18891&catid=6

Other Sources:
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/26/a...-hits-the-fcc/

Full picture gallery: http://www.engadget.com/photos/asus-eee-900/

the guy who posted in that forum has not even mentioned the source and you are linking to that forum post


btw I want this



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[kumarmohit]

It sgot multi touch, sweet!
Wonder when it comes to India!

[Cyrus_the_virus]

Originally Posted by DigitalDude

the guy who posted in that forum has not even mentioned the source and you are linking to that forum post

I hope now you know why I couldn't link to the original source.

[aku]

any idea how much its gonna cost?

[kumarmohit]

Converting the price in Euro to price in INR, it is expected to be around 22000 23000.

[Pathik]

Sweet.

[kumarmohit]

So you gonna buy, u just bot the first generation!

BTW how come you get for 16000 something when lowest pricei am getting is 17100!

[Pathik]

M not gonna buy it man. I just like this one too. And the screen size doesn't matter much to me. So My current EEE is good for me.
BTW where are you from? I got it from Mumbai for 16.7k.

[kumarmohit]

In Delhi. The cheapest is Croma 17100, Asus officail shop in nehru pplace sells for 18000

[goobimama]

I saw the EEE PC today. It's not that bad @17k. But the keyboard is a little too cramped to type anything meaningful.

[DigitalDude]

Originally Posted by goobimama

I saw the EEE PC today. It's not that bad @17k. But the keyboard is a little too cramped to type anything meaningful.

same I thought.... I have big hands

I cant even use a laptop mouse properly


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[aku]

@DigitalDude
Dude, thank god that you aren't a Apple fanboy, and the eee isnt from apple!
(this is meant to be humorous )

(I do think that you love your hands, and wont be taking them under the knives any soon 'cause of the reason stated above )

[DigitalDude]

^^^



hehehe


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[kumarmohit]

Guyz please keep an eye for any news of the availability of second gen EEE in india

[MetalheadGautham]

looks like a white elephant this time. The 16gb model will cost atleast 26k in India after price conversion. Instead, its 1000 times better to go for Compaq Laptops in the same range that have GMA X3100 graphics that can even help basic gaming and vista aero and compiz fusion.

[DigitalDude]

Originally Posted by MetalheadGautham

looks like a white elephant this time. The 16gb model will cost atleast 26k in India after price conversion. Instead, its 1000 times better to go for Compaq Laptops in the same range that have GMA X3100 graphics that can even help basic gaming and vista aero and compiz fusion.

d'oh you dont buy eeepc for basic gaming.. vista aero... compiz fusion blah blah blah

you buy eeepc 'cos its small, slick gets the job done. dont comment on the size by seeing the photos.


if you feel that its 1000 times better to go for a compaq well do it.. the eeepc is not for ya



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[Pathik]

I agree with gautham. Only people looking for great portability ll go for the eee 900.
Whereas in the case of the eee, the price was a major plus point.
BTW goobi,digital YOu ll get used to it if you use it for a day.