ASUS EeePC Australia launch

By Craig Simms on 21 November 2007

The EeePC is surprisingly well built and quite an attractive laptop, considering the AU$499 price point.

Topics: asus, launch, sydney, eeepc

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Comments (6)

  • Jill Of All Trades Consulting commented on 01/02/2009 09:24

    For the price and size this is a fantastic little system. I bought a 900 series and have loaded MYOB accounting Premier, MS Office, Logmein Remote and runs on wireless - fantastic little system when wanting to access PC when on site consulting.

  • Tom commented on 16/08/2008 09:27

    Why are some of you complaining about lack of modem card. This is a laptop designed for the wireless world, not 90's dial-up. Get with the times, you but a new laptop, low end, you don't get the same backwards compatibility as you would a normal laptop.

  • bikky66 commented on 13/02/2008 07:51

    YOu can add modem card, but which telco in OZ will support Linux - I bought eeepc myself last month and I am still searching.....

  • moonlightretreat commented on 31/01/2008 21:51

    Purchased one yesterday. Easily upgraded memory by shop, can add modem card if rq. Best to install the patch that allows full acces to the machine. Very nicely engineered.

  • idgi commented on 05/12/2007 19:59

    I didn't see one over the weekend at Myer in my district and I since found out only the city Myer has it. From what I read on eeeuser.com though about the product being unable to be upgraded easily and having some issues among the user community, I am glad I did not find it at my store.

  • limburger2001 commented on 02/12/2007 19:51

    I actually went to the Sydney City Myer store on December 1st to get one. I think it was the sheer tinyness of the asus, and their understated, manga-ish design aesthetics which pushed me over the edge to getting one. Having used for a little over a day, I now understand the pricepoint - the operating system is functional, but for a computer that is meant to be for kids and beginners, there are some UI quirks ( and times when it wouldn't respond to shortcut keys), that hopefully gets dealt with with future updates. Nonetheless, i think its a brilliant laptop for students, in terms of price, features and portability. I would not be suprised to see the eee pc becoming ubiquitous at uni campuses.

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