Wonder how netbooks gained so much fanfare? The ASUS Eee PC is the machine that started it all. Gain some insight on how the mini-notebook craze began, how it expanded, and where it is today by taking a look at all our Eee PC coverage to date.

Tips & How-Tos

Upgrade the Hard Drive on the Eee PC 1000HE
Replace the Eee PC 1000HE's default drive with a better hard disk or even an SSD.

Add RAM To the Eee PC 1000HE
Upgrading on the 1000HE's memory takes only four simple steps.

Tips to Improve Your Mini-Notebook
We've spent a lot of time tweaking mini-notebooks so you don't have to.

Run Windows Apps on Your Eee PC
With a freeware application called WINE, you can use Windows programs in a Linux window on your Eee PC.

HappEee Driving: Turn the Eee PC into a GPS Navigator
How tired that little ASUS Eee PC must be at the end of the day. Not only can it serve as an accomplice in stealing money in an ATM scam, but it also morphs into a GPS navigator. The Eee PC's 7-inc...

Slim Down XP on Your Eee PC
Free up tons of valuable disk space by deleting unnecessary programs and files.

Reviews

ASUS Eee PC 1005HA
The latest Eee PC boasts the longest runtime of any netbook to date at a very good price.

ASUS Eee PC 1008HA (Seashell)
ASUS’ new premium Eee PC is strikingly thin, but you’ll need to make some compromises.

ASUS Eee PC 1000HE
ASUS's latest netbook offers a much-improved keyboard, excellent battery life, and a slightly faster processor for a very good price.

Best Netbooks of CES: What Does 2009 Hold for Mini-Notebooks?
What Does 2009 Hold for Mini-Notebooks?

ASUS Eee PC 1002HA
This replacement for the popular Eee PC 1000H is slimmer and definitely more attractive, but its battery life could be better.

ASUS Eee PC S101 (XP)
This premium mini-notebook is gorgeous and strikingly thin, but you have to be willing to make some trade-offs in the name of fashion.

ASUS Eee Box
A stylish, space-saving desktop that's fine for surfing the Web and only basic computing chores.

ASUS Eee PC 1000 (Linux)
A bigger screen, wider keyboard, and larger solid-state drive make this Eee PC one of the best to date. But you'll pay a premium for it.

ASUS Eee PC 1000h (Windows XP)
The most polished ASUS Eee PC yet sports a bigger screen and keyboard along with good productivity performance and battery life.

ASUS Eee PC 901 12G XP
This update to the Eee PC 900 offers improved performance and much better battery life, but it's not the best mini-notebook.

ASUS Eee PC 900 vs. Eee PC 701
Is the new 8.9-inch Eee PC 900 better than its predecessor, the Eee PC 701.

ASUS Eee PC 900 (Linux)
The second-generation Eee PC is worth the extra money because of its larger screen and beefier storage, but we wish it lasted longer on a charge.

ASUS Eee PC 4G XP
It has a few flaws, but ASUS' newest mini-notebook delivers the familiarity of Windows and good performance at a very low price.

Asus Eee PC 701
Pound for pound, the best value-priced notebook on the planet.

Eee PC News

King of the Eees? Hands-On with ASUS Eee PC 1005HA
We may not be convinced by ASUS' claim that it was going to start releasing fewer Eee PC models this year (considering we've reviewed both the Eee PC 1000HE and 1008HA in just the last five months), b...

It's a Netbook World After All: Hands-On with Disney's Netpal by ASUS
ASUS intended its original Eee PC 701to be for kids so it is only fitting that the company has teamed up with Disney to bring the ultimate children's netbook to market..

Hands-On with the Eee PC T91's Touch Interface
During CES, ASUS introduced its first touchscreen enabled Eee PCs and we got a good look at the hardware on the T91 and T101. However, the Windows XP touch user interface left something to be desired,...

Hands-On with ASUS Eee PC 1101HA
While we thought ASUS might get off clean by not announcing or showing any new Eee PCs at this year's Computex, we knew that seemed nearly impossible.

Live from ASUS' Computex 2009 Press Conference
Good morning from Taipei! We just took our seats at the ASUS press conference. Along the right side of the room ASUS already has a number of notebooks and netbooks on display, including each of the n...

Hands-On with Qualcomm's Snapdragon Powered ASUS Eee PC
We were gearing up for some netbooks of a different color here at Computex and kicking off the show this afternoon was Qualcomm's announcement of its plans to team up with ASUS to bring a Snapdragon netbook to market.

Hands-On With the ASUS Eee PC 1008HA
ASUS may have unveiled its newest Eee PC - the 1008HA -- at CeBit in March but here in the U.S. we have been patiently awaiting its arrival. ASUS is now ready to launch its slimmest Eee on our home so...

Asus Planning 11-Inch Netbook
Remember when ASUS CEO Jerry Shen said that its Eee PC line up would never get larger than systems with 10-inch displays? Well it looks like ASUS may be back tracking on its word..

ASUS Eee PC T91 Starts Popping Up on International Retail Sites
Back at CES netbooks made quite the splash, and ASUS' touch-enabled Eee PC T91 was one of the headliners. The 8.9-inch netvertible seems to be prepping for its arrival on the market. Sascha of Netb...

Netbook Madness Finals Resume: Asus EeePC 1000HE vs. Samsung NC10
Editor's Note: Due to a nasty call of interefence at the hands of overzealous fans, we're re-setting the clock on this match. We're also starting the scoreboard over, so if you pl...

ASUS Eee PC E1004DN Official, But Not Planned for Stateside Landing
On Friday we brought you news of ASUS' latest Eee PC E1004DN which is more than just another Eee with its built in optical drive. However, while ASUS is offically announcing the E1004DN on its Website...

Netbook Rumor: ASUS Eee PC E1004DN to feature DVD burner, arrive in April
Image courtesy of Slashgear Despite their earlier pronouncements about scaling back the number of mini-notebook models, it seems that ASUS is coming out with yet another Eee PC. As first reporte...

Eee PC 1002H Appears on ASUS Web site
It wasn't long ago that ASUS vowed to trim down the number of Eee PCs it sends to market. Just a month later, though, the 1002H, another 10.2-inch model, has shown up on the company's Web site. If ...

Eee PC 1008HA "Sea Shell" Roundup
Can't get enough of the new Eee PC 1008HA? Neither can we. Here's a handy roundup of images and video to get you all excited. Image Galleries: UMPC Portal's images from the press conference E...

ASUS Unveils Another Eee PC at CeBIT: 1008HA
Ready for a new Eee PC model? We definitely are! Especially one this shiny. ASUS unveiled its newest model, the 1008HA, at CeBIT today. Besides being aesthetically pleasing, the 1008HA is ultra lig...

Eee PC 1004DN With Optical Drive Could Be Coming Soon, Super Thin "Shell" Eee PC, Too
Looks like ASUS is continuing to take the Eee PC brand to new heights. Our friend Brad Linder at Lilliputing has spotted images of an Asus Eee PC 1004DN filed with the FCC. Sure, the Eee PC nam...

ASUS Eee PC T91 Starting to Look Ready for Primetime
Back at CES, we got one of the first hands-on with ASUS' touch enabled Eee PC T91. But the models were far from polished and the custom interface that ASUS was promising on top of Windows XP was unusa...

ASUS Eee PC 1000HG Differentiated By WiMax
It has been a rough couple of days for WiMax given that ClearWire may have to delay the network expansion if it doesn't come up with $2 billion, but a WiMax capable ASUS Eee PC may just turn that frown upside down.

Eee PC 1000HE Uses Intel 945GSE Chipset, Still Plays 720p Video
The blogosphere has been humming with information about Intel's new GN40 netbook chipset and its hardware-based ability to decode and play 720p video. And because ASUS's upcoming Eee PC 1000HE sports...

ASUS Eee PC 1000HE Arrives Boasting a New Keyboard and Intel Atom N280 Processor
ASUS announced yesterday the upcoming availability of its its new $399 Eee PC 1000HE, and lo and behold this morning the netbook stork dropped off the newest addition to the Eee family.

ASUS Eee PC 1000HE Headed Stateside for $399
Back at CES we were the first to spot the Eee PC 1000HE with an improved, chiclet keyboard. But now ASUS is ready to bring the new Eee out for the world to purchase. Today ASUS launched a Web site ...

One in ten online shoppers owns netbook (and a bunch of them own Aspire Ones)
PriceGrabber.com released its first Consumer Behavior Report of the year, this one focusing on netbook and solid state drive trends and forecasts. Data collected from sales and a survey conducted in t...

Hands-On With ASUS' Convertible Eee PC T91 and T101H
After ASUS' press conference we stuck around for some alone time with the new touch enabled Eee PCs. While both the models were fairly pre-production (ASUS says they won't hit market for a few months)...

ASUS Pulls the Wraps Off Its Touchscreen, GPS Enabled Eee PC T91
The netbook evolved is what ASUS is calling its Eee PC T91. The T obviously stands for touchscreen, but there are way more features than we ever dreamed of in this netbook of the future. The 8.9-in...

Live from ASUS' CES Press Conference
We hope the Eeefanatics are tuned in because we have just taken our seats at ASUS's Press Conference at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Soon to take stage will be ASUS Chairman Johnny Shih. We will b...

Newest Netbook OS Trend: Android
Not content with running one of the many different distros of Linux, Windows Vista or 7, or even Mac OS X on a netbook, enterprising modders have now turned to putting Android on the mini-notebooks. ...

Eeebuntu 8.10 Now Available
Looking to put the latest Ubuntu on your Eee PC? You're in luck -- Eeebuntu 8.10 is out! The OSs Ubuntu Netbook Remix interface is designed for, you guessed it: netbooks. In particular screens with low-res displays..

Baby Got Back
Netbook users, in their quest for longer-lasting batteries, can sometimes get desperate. So desperate, in fact, that they will even entertain buying batteries that are wider than the netbooks themselves..

ASUS Loses Netbook Share to Acer; DisplaySearch Publishes Top Netbook Manufacters
We have been waiting for some solid evidence of the growth of the netbook market in the past few months and DisplaySearch is finally out with it. This morning the market research company released a...

ASUS Eee PC 1002HA Pops Up on U.S. Retailer Sites
In sync with what ASUS told us, the Eee PC 1002HA is popping up on U.S. retail sites, including ZipZoomFly.com and Buy.com for $499. The retailer sites still say you have to pre-order the 1002HA but ...

10-Inch Netbook Faceoff
The Acer Aspire One, ASUS Eee PC 1000HE, HP Mini 1000, Lenovo IdeaPad S10, MSI Wind and Samsung NC10 go head-to-head to determine which is the best 10-inch netbook.

Hands-On With the ASUS Eee PC 1002HA
The Eee PC 1000H has held a special place in our heart (hey, we even got it imported on our own from Taiwan) which is why we are a bit sad to hear that ASUS is going to replace the Eee PC 1000H with the Eee PC 1002HA on U.S soil on December 1..

The Fashionista Notebook, Will It Catch On With Its Intended Audience?
The original Eee PC 2G Surf came in black, white, baby pink, spring green, and sky blue. When I saw that, I wondered if those colors would be for the kinds of people (okay, women) who bought Hell...

ASUS Will Not Phase Out 7 and 8.9-inch Netbooks Yet
Last week Digitimes reported that, according to CEO Jerry Shen, ASUS was phasing out the 7 and 8.9-inch netbooks in favor of 10-inch models. This surprised a lot of people because, in that same inter...

ASUS 3rd Quarter Numbers Revealed and Yet Another Promise of a $200 Eee PC
Digitimes reports that ASUS shipped 1.7 Million Eee PCs in the third quarter and expects to ship 1.8 million in the fourth, exceeding the 4 million goal CEO Jerry Shen mentioned in his interview with ...

Eee PC 1000H Runs Windows 7 Well
Here is a confession: I am getting pretty tired of netbooks running Windows XP. So when we got our Windows 7 Beta disc at PDC earlier this week, I couldn't wait to get it running on a netbook. This...

ASUS Eee PC S101 Difficult, if Not Impossible, to Upgrade
After reviewing the ASUS Eee PC S101 we attempted to take a look under its hood. However, shortly after grabbing the screwdriver, we realized that the S101 doesn't provide the same options as previous...

Eee PC DJ Machine
Xavier at Notebooks.com happened upon a Venice restaurateur using an Eee PC 900 as a DJ machine. The system was hooked up to a loudspeaker and a 3G phone so he could download requested songs. Portab...

Eee PC Mod: Carputer
Almost the instant people got their hands on the first batch of Eee PCs, dozens of intrepid modders took off the cover and started to tinker with it. Most of them were looking to add functionality th...

Mini-Notebook Gift Guide
Be a big hit with the family with these small, lightweight notebooks.

Hands-On With ASUS Premium Eee PC S101
It seems like not a day goes by that we don't report on a new Eee PC model, but the Eee PC S101, which we had the opportunity to play around with for an hour this morning, is a like no Eee PC we have seen before..

How Much Battery Power Is Enough For A Netbook?
The netbook market is getting a bit crowded, but consumer passion for mini-notebooks isn't going to end anytime soon. Though many have similar specs and sizes, one potentially major difference is the battery each unit ships with..

ASUS CEO Reveals Eee PC Sales Numbers, Plans for Touch Eee PCs and More Eee Family Products
Earlier this week the ASUS Eee PC celebrated its first birthday (with a full birthday party and cake at LAPTOP Magazine). It was one year ago that the Taiwanese company began selling its first sub...

ASUS EeeTop Gets Touchscreen, Easy Mode for XP and Caught on Camera
Never before have I wished to be in Germany more than today. At ASUS's Eee PC S101 unveiling in Hamburg today our friend Sascha from EeePCNews.de caught glimpse of the ASUS EeeTop. The EeeTop is an Al...

Happy Birthday Eee PC!
One year ago ASUS began selling a notebook that would change the laptop industry. It was October 16, 2007 that the ASUS Eee PC 701 went on sale in Taiwan (don't believe us, Wikipedia says so!), ten da...

ASUS Eee PC S101 To Launch in U.S. for $699
We knew we would be hearing from our U.S. based ASUS representative to confirm the landing of the S101 on our home soil. According to ASUS the S101 will launch on November 1 and will be priced at $699...

ASUS Eee PC S101 Starting to Look Pretty Official
Getting tired of hearing about all those ASUS Eee PC 900, 901, and 1000 models? Us too. But, appearing on the scene today is the ASUS Eee PC S101. Sure we have seen some of the leaked pictures before,...

Pictures of Fashionable Eee PC S101 Emerge
It has been an ASUS Eee PC kind of week. Within the last five days three new models - the Eee PC 900HA, 1000HA, and 904HA - have popped up for preorder on Amazon.com. But topping it all off is the fir...

ASUS Eee PC 904HA up for pre-order at Amazon
It seems to us that ASUS has adopted that popular '90s maxim "can't stop, won't stop." Sascha at eeepcnews.de has uncovered yet another version of the company's signature device. Yesterday it was t...

ASUS Releases 900HA and 1000HA Eee PCs, Biggest Bowl of Alphanumerical Soup Ever
Our friends at JKKMobile stumpled upon yet another little bundle of joy for ASUS' line of Eee PC machines. Say hello to the Eee PC 900HA. Besides making us laugh every time we say it, the HA suf...

ASUS Lowering Eee PC Prices To Keep Up
ASUS might have pioneered the netbook craze, but now its got to keep up with the competition in innovation and price. Spotted by our friend Brad Linder at Liliputing yesterday was a more than $100 pr...

Sick of Your Old Eee PC Yet?
Time flies. It has been nearly a year now since the original Eee PC 701 hit U.S. markets in Fall 2007. At the time and for many months afterward, it seemed like every self-respecting nerd just had...

ASUS Goes Luxury Netbook
It is no shock that ASUS has been growing its Eee PC family, but some leaked pictures seem to indicate that ASUS isn't only looking at low-cost mini-notebooks, but is also targeting the higher end netbook buyer..

New 7-inch Eee PC, the 701SD Emerges
The leaked slide of the new Eee PC models was a glimpse into the additional models that ASUS would release. And the 701SD on the bottom of the pyramid was eye grabbing. It begged the question: What wi...

Eee PC 1000H Updated with New Multi-Touch
ASUS has touted the multi-touch trackpads of its Eee PCs, but every time I have gone to test the multi-touch controls on the pad I can't do much more than zoom in on a picture by pinching the pad.

Eee PC 1000H Runs Vista Home Premium with Very Few Hiccups
According to our buds JKKMobile and Kevin O'Brien over at Notebook Review, Vista running on Intel Atom powered mini-notebooks isn't only not bad, it works like a charm.

ASUS Planning Eee PC Hard Drive, Optical Drive, and 3G Card
ASUS, you crazy company, you. Not only did we hear news this week of a new ASUS Eee PC 1000HD, but it looks like some new Eee PC accessories are coming on the scene. Why not add more accessories to th...

Would You Buy a Mini-Notebook from Your Wireless Carrier?
A couple of days ago, we interviewed Henry Kwan of ECS about the G10IL, who told us that, outside of the U.S., his company's new mini-notebook will be sold by wireless carriers with mobile broadband i...

Finally, Belkin Delivers Eee PC Cases and Accessories
We have been waiting for a company to release some decent cases for our mini-notebooks so we didn't have to keep using portable DVD player cases (which work pretty well) or the included sleeves.

ASUS To Finally Lower Price on Original Eee PC 900
Our buddy Brad Linder at Liliputing spotted ASUS offering a $100 rebate on its $549 Eee PC 900s. This would bring the price of the Xandros Linux, 8.9-inch and Intel Celeron M powered mini-notebook down to $449.

Asus Eee PC 900 16GB for $399 Tip-Toes On the Scene
I almost didn't believe Liliputing's post about a 16GB Linux Eee PC 900 hitting the market. I mean why would ASUS update its Eee PC 900 (see review here) when its 901 and 1000H are sporting Intel's At...

Add Another to the Eee Family, "Eee Monitor" Revealed
If Eee mania hasn't set in yet, it's about to. Earlier this week pictures of the Eee PC 903, 904, and 905 were leaked. Joining these "unofficial" pictures of new Eee PCs are some shots of the Eee Moni...

Eee PCs 903 and 904 Headed Our Way?
Could ASUS finally be listening to our complaints about the tiny keyboard on the 901? DigiTimes and Engadget reported this morning that "Asustek Computer is planning to launch new Eee PC models, the 9...

Eee PC 1000H Much Faster With SSD Upgrade
A few weeks ago, we took the 5,400 rpm Western Digital Scorpio hard drive out of the MSI Wind and replaced it with a SanDisk SATA 5000 SSD. We hoped the boot time would be better and that applications...

MSI Wind Delayed Again, New Eee PCs Get Ship Date
According to Engadget, today MSI let customers who had pre-ordered a Wind NB know that the highly-anticipated mini-notebook's ship date has been pushed back again, this time to July 7th.

ASUS Eee PC 1000H vs. MSI Wind
The first two 10-inch mini-notebooks face off in a usability and performance battle.

ASUS Eee PC 1000H Mini Review
It wasn't too long ago that we brought you our first impressions and then our full review of the Eee PC 901. And though we knew the Eee PC 1000(H) wouldn't be far behind, we never could have guessed h...

ASUS Releases Eee PC 901, 1000 Series U.S. Pricing
We just put the finishing touches on our full review of the Eee PC 901 12G XP, so we called ASUS to ask for final U.S. pricing. Our rep at ASUS was kind enough not only to give us an MSRP for the 901,...

ASUS Eee PC 901 Mini-Review
After unboxing the Eee PC 901, I finally sat down with it and put it through the paces. Granted the Windows XP OS is in Chinese, but I was still able to get a good feel for the performance of the Inte...

Eee PC 901 Unboxing Shots and First Impressions
It takes a savvy tech journalist to secure a product that hasn't completely made it off the manufacturing lines, or just one willing to venture into the computer markets of Taipei.

Is the Wind as Hot as Other Mini-Notebooks?
As we mentioned before, the mini-notebook craze could be even hotter than the proverbial egg on a summer sidewalk. Face it: hot notebooks hurt--especially during shorts season.

Hands-On Video With the Eee Stick
After Jerry Shen whipped out his Eee Sticks, we just had to get some hands on time with the pair of motion-sensing game controllers that look strikingly similar to a pair of Wii nunchuks (or that ZeeMote we did a hands on with a few months ago).

Eee PC 901 and 1000 Official; New Versions to Sport Intel Atom, 802.11n and Flashy Colors
I am here in Taipei at the ASUS Eee PC press event. Like we have all been waiting for, ASUS has pulled the sheet off the new Eee PC 901 and 1000. Here is the low down on the newest additions to the E...

Taipei Here I Come: What to Expect at Computex
I will be one of the 135,000 people descending on Taipei next week for the second largest IT show in the world: Computex. I am beyond excited to see the CES of the East and am expecting to be beyond i...

iTunes on the Xandros Eee PC 900, Not Quite a Windows Experience
You can indeed run Windows iTunes under Linux. But how well does it work?

How Hot is Your Mini-Notebook? (Literally.)
Mini-notebooks, such as the Eee PC 900 and the HP Mini-Note, could be the hottest things around since those nude pictures of Lindsay Lohan. But how about the real temperature of these little guys? Do ...

Eee PC Keyboard Different on Black/White Models
As it happens, we have access to a few different Eee PC models here at LAPTOP. So, when we started examining the Pearl White Eee PC 900 we received last week, we plunked it right down next to our orig...

Eee PC vs. 2go PC: Which Finds Favor with a Five-Year-Old?
This past week, my favorite five-year-old, Paige, was in town, so I decided to give her the ol' Pepsi/Coke Challenge with the ASUS Eee PC running Xandros and the CTL 2go PC running Windows XP.

Mini-Notebook Typing Madness: We Have a Winner!
All week long, the light sound of clicking has emanated from the Mini-Dome--the battle ground for LAPTOP Magazine's Mini-Notebook Type Off. Our typing gladiators have faced missed keys, cramped hands ...

Mini-Notebook Typing Madness Part III: 2go PC
Welcome to the third day of LAPTOP's Mini-Notebook Type Off! To quickly recap, our four typing gladiators are pounding out the famous "To be or not to be" soliloquy from Shakespeare's Hamlet on the Ee...

Mini-Notebook Typing Madness Part II: HP Mini-Note
Welcome back to the Mini-Dome! In case you're just joining us, LAPTOP searched all over our office for four typists who were brave enough to take on the ASUS Eee PC, the HP Mini-Note and the CTL 2Go PC in the ultimate type-off challenge..

Mini-Notebook Typing Madness Part I: Eee PC
Like everyone else, we here at LAPTOP are enamored with mini-notebooks, but we're concerned about the size of the keyboards. While the HP Mini-Note sports an almost full-size keyboard with much more f...

Spring Cleaning the Eee PC 4G XP
Spring has sprung here in New York City: The sky is blue and the grass (what we have of it) is green. It is not to dissimilar to the Microsoft XP desktop on our ASUS Eee PC 4G XP. The system that went...

HP: Eee PC Missed the Mark, We'll Take It from Here
Although it was originally designed for the education market, there's no denying that the HP 2133 Mini-Note PC has a lot of crossover appeal. The company's first low-cost mini-notebook, which comes on...

Eee PC 900 To Hit Shelves in Mid-May for $549. Is It Still Low-Cost?
Good news American patriots: The long awaited ASUS Eee PC 900 sporting a 8.9-inch screen and a multi-touch FingerGlide track pad will make its US retail appearence on May 12.

ASUS Eee PC Face-Off: Windows XP vs. Xandros Linux
Two systems enter; one system leaves

ASUS Eee PC 900 To Include FingerGlide Touchpad, 1.3 Megapixel Webcam
ASUS CEO Jerry Shen gave us lots of details on the new 8.9-inch version of the Eee PC a few months ago, but ASUS has finally put out an official press release on the system this morning.

Can You Save Money By Choosing Linux Over Windows? Technically, No.
We've written about the pros and cons of businesses purchasing Linux notebooks, but what about individual users? You won't get saddled with crapware, for one, but you will get a more secure platform.

Analyst: Original Eee PC Just for Linux Geeks
I wanted to talk to NPD's Stephen Baker so I could get his take on whether he agreed with me that Best Buy's decision to shun the Linux version of the Eee PC was a momentum-changer for the platform in general.

The Linux Window of Opportunity Has Closed, Maybe for Good
A few months ago Linux was flying high, powering one of the most popular notebooks on the planet in the Asus Eee PC. Then rumors starting circulating that a Windows XP version was on the way. And what...

ASUS EeePC 4G XP On Sale At Best Buy Now
Confirming our reports from last week, the ASUS EeePC 4G XP version is now available for $399 at BestBuy.com. Before buying we suggest you check out our full review and our hands on video.

Hands-On With the Asus Eee PC 4G Windows XP Version
Earlier this week the Windows XP version of the Eee PC 4G, which will be available to consumers in mid-April, arrived at our offices.

Asus Eee PC 4G Windows XP Version To Be Available at Best Buy for $399 In April
The 7-inch screen system will be available at Best Buy for $399 starting April 9th.

Asus Launches Eee PC SDK
This morning Asus released its 1.1GB Xandros Desktop: Open Circulation Edition version 4.5, which includes a software development kit for the Asus Eee PC..

Low-Cost Laptop Cheat Sheet
Here at LAPTOP we've had a hard time keeping the all the potential low-cost laptops or Eee PC "killers" straight. Some of these machines are coming out in just a few weeks, some are slated for the sum...

Expensive Eee PC Rival: Samsung Q1-too-many Ultra
As the cheap-laptops-for-kids market is now brimming with overkill, yesterday Samsung announced its next iteration of the Q1 Ultra, which is neither cheap nor exactly a laptop but proudly jumps on the...

Eee PC to Get Intel's Diamondville, Hard Drives, and Fashion Forward Style
Asus' Eee PC has become a low-cost laptop to reckon with. Everex has snuck up on the low-cost leader with the CloudBook, and other vendors are rumored to be releasing their own low-cost notebooks in t...

OLPC XO vs. Asus Eee PC 701
Two highly touted, kid-friendly, low-priced laptops slug it out to become king of the ultraportables.

Product Diaries

Asus Eee PC Product Diary
LAPTOP assigned staff writer and office guinea pig Jeffrey Wilson to the task exploring the ins and outs of this small wonder. Join him on his Eee PC adventure.

Eee PC 900 Product Diary
LAPTOP's Joanna Stern takes her run at this revised Eee PC that sports a larger screen, more storage space and a multi-touch touch pad.