$399 XP Asus 1000HE Netbook in oz.

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Don McKenzie

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$399, how can you go wrong?

I just picked up 2 at the 12:00 sale.
asus eeepc 1000HE, 9 hour battery life.
and it is one of the best netbooks around.

Geez, how much are Asus making them for?
What does Micro$oft charge Asus for XP?

Don...



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Don McKenzie wrote:
http://www.catchoftheday.com.au

$399, how can you go wrong?

I just picked up 2 at the 12:00 sale.
asus eeepc 1000HE, 9 hour battery life.
and it is one of the best netbooks around.

Geez, how much are Asus making them for?
What does Micro$oft charge Asus for XP?

Don...
Click to expand...
Thanks Don
I just nabbed one for a present, gotta love spur of the moment decisons!
Anyone have any idea how long typical shipping takes from this mob?, they
say 7-10 days.
Hoping to get it by next Friday...

Dave.

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David L. Jones wrote:
Don McKenzie wrote:
http://www.catchoftheday.com.au

$399, how can you go wrong?

I just picked up 2 at the 12:00 sale.
asus eeepc 1000HE, 9 hour battery life.
and it is one of the best netbooks around.

Geez, how much are Asus making them for?
What does Micro$oft charge Asus for XP?

Don...

Thanks Don
I just nabbed one for a present, gotta love spur of the moment decisons!
Anyone have any idea how long typical shipping takes from this mob?, they
say 7-10 days.
Hoping to get it by next Friday...

Dave.
Click to expand...
I think last time for me, it was 8 days, so you may be lucky Dave.

I have made many purchases from them, but I never got anything in 3 or 4
days. :-(



Don...



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Don McKenzie wrote:
David L. Jones wrote:
Don McKenzie wrote:
http://www.catchoftheday.com.au

$399, how can you go wrong?

I just picked up 2 at the 12:00 sale.
asus eeepc 1000HE, 9 hour battery life.
and it is one of the best netbooks around.

Geez, how much are Asus making them for?
What does Micro$oft charge Asus for XP?

Don...

Thanks Don
I just nabbed one for a present, gotta love spur of the moment
decisons! Anyone have any idea how long typical shipping takes from
this mob?, they say 7-10 days.
Hoping to get it by next Friday...

Dave.

I think last time for me, it was 8 days, so you may be lucky Dave.

I have made many purchases from them, but I never got anything in 3
or 4 days. :-(
Click to expand...
Thanks, fingers crossed.
Who do they use for shipping?

Dave.

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David L. Jones wrote:

Thanks, fingers crossed.
Who do they use for shipping?

Dave.
Click to expand...
Sorry, can't recall Dave, I get too many things shipped to me.
I think it takes 3 or 4 days before they notify you that the goods have
been sent, so it isn't speedy.


see what they are saying on their page right now:

1100 Netbooks sold in just over an hour and a half of sales! Just to be
fair to all of our evening customers, we are releasing the next batch at
7pm(AEST) and the final batch at 11pm(AEST). Make sure you're here for
the next batch at 7pm(AEST) so you don't miss out on this fantastic deal!

Don...



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Don McKenzie wrote:
David L. Jones wrote:

Thanks, fingers crossed.
Who do they use for shipping?

Dave.

Sorry, can't recall Dave, I get too many things shipped to me.
I think it takes 3 or 4 days before they notify you that the goods
have been sent, so it isn't speedy.


see what they are saying on their page right now:

1100 Netbooks sold in just over an hour and a half of sales! Just to
be fair to all of our evening customers, we are releasing the next
batch at 7pm(AEST) and the final batch at 11pm(AEST). Make sure
you're here for the next batch at 7pm(AEST) so you don't miss out on
this fantastic deal!
Click to expand...
Insane!
How many of these things do they have?
And do they actually have them in stock or are they drop-shipped?
With this many I think my odds of getting it next week are close to zip.

Dave.

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David L. Jones wrote:

Insane!
How many of these things do they have?
And do they actually have them in stock or are they drop-shipped?
With this many I think my odds of getting it next week are close to zip.

Dave.
Click to expand...
I got on of these back in June of this year, and it was shipped from
them in Oz. Mind you, it may well have been couriered in from Asia, like
Dell do it. Thus the 8 or so days.

Actually, I just chased back in my emails:
I ordered the same product on 19-Jun-2009
then got the following message on the 23-June-2009:
Your order 478627 has been dispatched with Australia Post. Please allow
3-9 business days for delivery.

So that's 4 days from order to dispatch date, and Oz post after that.


Don...


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Don McKenzie wrote:
David L. Jones wrote:

Thanks, fingers crossed.
Who do they use for shipping?

Dave.

Sorry, can't recall Dave, I get too many things shipped to me.
I think it takes 3 or 4 days before they notify you that the goods have
been sent, so it isn't speedy.


see what they are saying on their page right now:

1100 Netbooks sold in just over an hour and a half of sales! Just to be
fair to all of our evening customers, we are releasing the next batch at
7pm(AEST) and the final batch at 11pm(AEST). Make sure you're here for
the next batch at 7pm(AEST) so you don't miss out on this fantastic deal!

Don...



Good catch Don! I just got one for my wife, I paid just over $600 for
Click to expand...
mine 5 months ago.
 
Don McKenzie wrote:
http://www.catchoftheday.com.au

$399, how can you go wrong?

I just picked up 2 at the 12:00 sale.
asus eeepc 1000HE, 9 hour battery life.
and it is one of the best netbooks around.

Geez, how much are Asus making them for?
What does Micro$oft charge Asus for XP?

Don...
Click to expand...
A full 10" screen eh....

I've seen a 13" wide screen HP and even banging up a notch
the DPI to 120 it is only just readable.

So the question is, how usable is it?
 
son of a bitch wrote:
Don McKenzie wrote:

http://www.catchoftheday.com.au

$399, how can you go wrong?

I just picked up 2 at the 12:00 sale.
asus eeepc 1000HE, 9 hour battery life.
and it is one of the best netbooks around.

Geez, how much are Asus making them for?
What does Micro$oft charge Asus for XP?

Don...




A full 10" screen eh....

I've seen a 13" wide screen HP and even banging up a notch
the DPI to 120 it is only just readable.

So the question is, how usable is it?
Click to expand...
I'm using one now, the 10" screen is fine (1024x600) my only problem
with it is the tiny shift key.

The claimed 9 hour battery life may be a bit expectant though, I've
never managed much better than 6 hours with the screen turned down,
WiFi, camera and bluetooth turned off, and the CPU at the lowest clock
speed. Realistically with WiFi on the battery lasts 4 hours give or take.

I have put a 2 gig DIMM in in place of the 1 gig supplied.
 
"keithr" <keith@nowhere.com.au> wrote in message
news:4ad6de48$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
Don McKenzie wrote:
David L. Jones wrote:

Thanks, fingers crossed.
Who do they use for shipping?

Dave.

Sorry, can't recall Dave, I get too many things shipped to me.
I think it takes 3 or 4 days before they notify you that the goods have
been sent, so it isn't speedy.


see what they are saying on their page right now:

1100 Netbooks sold in just over an hour and a half of sales! Just to be
fair to all of our evening customers, we are releasing the next batch at
7pm(AEST) and the final batch at 11pm(AEST). Make sure you're here for
the next batch at 7pm(AEST) so you don't miss out on this fantastic deal!

Don...



Good catch Don! I just got one for my wife, I paid just over $600 for mine
5 months ago.
Click to expand...
Looks like they may be end of life. Just got a promo from CentreCom who have
them for $419 down from $469
http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=39318
 
keithr wrote:
son of a bitch wrote:
Don McKenzie wrote:

http://www.catchoftheday.com.au

$399, how can you go wrong?

I just picked up 2 at the 12:00 sale.
asus eeepc 1000HE, 9 hour battery life.
and it is one of the best netbooks around.

Geez, how much are Asus making them for?
What does Micro$oft charge Asus for XP?

Don...




A full 10" screen eh....

I've seen a 13" wide screen HP and even banging up a notch
the DPI to 120 it is only just readable.

So the question is, how usable is it?

I'm using one now, the 10" screen is fine (1024x600) my only problem
with it is the tiny shift key.

The claimed 9 hour battery life may be a bit expectant though, I've
never managed much better than 6 hours with the screen turned down,
WiFi, camera and bluetooth turned off, and the CPU at the lowest clock
speed. Realistically with WiFi on the battery lasts 4 hours give or
take.
I have put a 2 gig DIMM in in place of the 1 gig supplied.
Click to expand...
Probably goes some ways to explaining the decrease in battery life.
 
Don McKenzie wrote:
David L. Jones wrote:

Insane!
How many of these things do they have?
And do they actually have them in stock or are they drop-shipped?
With this many I think my odds of getting it next week are close to
zip. Dave.

I got on of these back in June of this year, and it was shipped from
them in Oz. Mind you, it may well have been couriered in from Asia,
like Dell do it. Thus the 8 or so days.

Actually, I just chased back in my emails:
I ordered the same product on 19-Jun-2009
then got the following message on the 23-June-2009:
Your order 478627 has been dispatched with Australia Post. Please
allow 3-9 business days for delivery.

So that's 4 days from order to dispatch date, and Oz post after that.


Don...
Click to expand...
Thanks for the tip Don, I just ordered mine.
 
keithr wrote:
Don McKenzie wrote:
David L. Jones wrote:

Thanks, fingers crossed.
Who do they use for shipping?

Dave.

Sorry, can't recall Dave, I get too many things shipped to me.
I think it takes 3 or 4 days before they notify you that the goods
have been sent, so it isn't speedy.


see what they are saying on their page right now:

1100 Netbooks sold in just over an hour and a half of sales! Just to
be fair to all of our evening customers, we are releasing the next
batch at 7pm(AEST) and the final batch at 11pm(AEST). Make sure you're
here for the next batch at 7pm(AEST) so you don't miss out on this
fantastic deal!

Don...



Good catch Don! I just got one for my wife, I paid just over $600 for
mine 5 months ago.
Click to expand...

Great, mine was $619 in June.

Cheers Don...




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Acacia wrote:

Looks like they may be end of life. Just got a promo from CentreCom who have
them for $419 down from $469
http://www.centrecom.com.au/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=39318
Click to expand...
That is the older H version, has the old keyboard and shorter battery life.

The HE is an upgrade to the H family.

Cheers Don...


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son of a bitch wrote:
Don McKenzie wrote:

http://www.catchoftheday.com.au

$399, how can you go wrong?

I just picked up 2 at the 12:00 sale.
asus eeepc 1000HE, 9 hour battery life.
and it is one of the best netbooks around.

Geez, how much are Asus making them for?
What does Micro$oft charge Asus for XP?

Don...




A full 10" screen eh....

I've seen a 13" wide screen HP and even banging up a notch
the DPI to 120 it is only just readable.

So the question is, how usable is it?
Click to expand...
I got 4 of the old 7" models, and they were really just a toy.

I'm now into my 4th 10", and they are really sweet.

I am 66, and have worn glasses since I was 24, so I feel they are very
workable. For traveling, they are ideal.

I have run my business on them during PC downtime, and maintenance
periods. I have one PC down right now. Windows XP update went wacky, and
we may have to back up from acronis, or re-install xp. The joys of
windows. :)

Asus also has a stand alone mini-PC called the Ebox B202:
http://www.getprice.com.au/Asus-E-Box-B202-PC-Gpnc_25--40380475.htm

well this 1000HE is cheaper than that, and you can still plug in a large
screen, keyboard, and mouse. Netbook screen can then be switched off,
and case shut, if you wish.

These things aren't lightning fast, but they tackle most jobs that most
people need.

Step up the CPU grunt, and screen res, and they will replace PC's as we
know them.

Netbooks have only been around 2 years. Another 2 years, we will see
even more dramatic changes in the PC market. Netbooks now outsell
standard notebooks. Go Google.

Cheers Don...




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In article <02e72a17$0$1328$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, nicetry@migo.com
said...
:
:keithr wrote:
<snip>
:> I'm using one now, the 10" screen is fine (1024x600) my only problem
:> with it is the tiny shift key.
:>
:> The claimed 9 hour battery life may be a bit expectant though, I've
:> never managed much better than 6 hours with the screen turned down,
:> WiFi, camera and bluetooth turned off, and the CPU at the lowest clock
:> speed. Realistically with WiFi on the battery lasts 4 hours give or
:> take.
:> I have put a 2 gig DIMM in in place of the 1 gig supplied.
:
:probably goes some ways to explaining the decrease in battery life.

Would RAM really chew that much extra power though?
 
Jeßus wrote:
In article <02e72a17$0$1328$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, nicetry@migo.com
said...
:
:keithr wrote:
snip
:> I'm using one now, the 10" screen is fine (1024x600) my only problem
:> with it is the tiny shift key.
:
:> The claimed 9 hour battery life may be a bit expectant though, I've
:> never managed much better than 6 hours with the screen turned down,
:> WiFi, camera and bluetooth turned off, and the CPU at the lowest clock
:> speed. Realistically with WiFi on the battery lasts 4 hours give or
:> take.
:> I have put a 2 gig DIMM in in place of the 1 gig supplied.
:
:probably goes some ways to explaining the decrease in battery life.

Would RAM really chew that much extra power though?
Click to expand...
Very unlikely, SODIMM RAM uses very little power
 
Don McKenzie wrote:

son of a bitch wrote:
Don McKenzie wrote:

http://www.catchoftheday.com.au

$399, how can you go wrong?

I just picked up 2 at the 12:00 sale.
asus eeepc 1000HE, 9 hour battery life.
and it is one of the best netbooks around.

Geez, how much are Asus making them for?
What does Micro$oft charge Asus for XP?

Don...




A full 10" screen eh....

I've seen a 13" wide screen HP and even banging up a notch
the DPI to 120 it is only just readable.

So the question is, how usable is it?

I got 4 of the old 7" models, and they were really just a toy.

I'm now into my 4th 10", and they are really sweet.

I am 66, and have worn glasses since I was 24, so I feel they are very
workable. For traveling, they are ideal.

I have run my business on them during PC downtime, and maintenance
periods. I have one PC down right now. Windows XP update went wacky, and
we may have to back up from acronis, or re-install xp. The joys of
windows. :)

Asus also has a stand alone mini-PC called the Ebox B202:
http://www.getprice.com.au/Asus-E-Box-B202-PC-Gpnc_25--40380475.htm

well this 1000HE is cheaper than that, and you can still plug in a large
screen, keyboard, and mouse. Netbook screen can then be switched off,
and case shut, if you wish.

These things aren't lightning fast, but they tackle most jobs that most
people need.

Step up the CPU grunt, and screen res, and they will replace PC's as we
know them.
Click to expand...
If you say so. Then again, if you step up the CPU specs, and screen
resolution (presumably with a bigger screen to match), you end up
with... a laptop.

Netbooks have only been around 2 years. Another 2 years, we will see
even more dramatic changes in the PC market. Netbooks now outsell
standard notebooks. Go Google.
Click to expand...
I've never seen the appeal of such tiny screens and even tiner
keyboards (which can be flat out unusable for those of us with fat
clumsy fingers :) )

Especially given the full size laptop w/ 2.2GHz CPU, 2GB RAM, 160GB
HDD, DVD burner and 15.6" screen I'm typing this on cost me $598 brand
new. I also got to pick it up in person an hour after ordering it
instead of waiting 8 days.

And I've just checked, they're now selling them for $558. Bastards!

Cheers,
Andy.
 
Jeßus wrote:
In article <02e72a17$0$1328$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, nicetry@migo.com
said...
:
:keithr wrote:
snip
:> I'm using one now, the 10" screen is fine (1024x600) my only problem
:> with it is the tiny shift key.
:
:> The claimed 9 hour battery life may be a bit expectant though, I've
:> never managed much better than 6 hours with the screen turned down,
:> WiFi, camera and bluetooth turned off, and the CPU at the lowest clock
:> speed. Realistically with WiFi on the battery lasts 4 hours give or
:> take.
:> I have put a 2 gig DIMM in in place of the 1 gig supplied.
:
:probably goes some ways to explaining the decrease in battery life.

Would RAM really chew that much extra power though?
Click to expand...

Wouldn't make that much difference

More memory will use more juice, but your saving less access to the
disk and the disk would be powered down more often. So it sort of
balances out.
 
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