The Eee PC Revolution (What Killed Netbooks?) - Krazy Ken’s Tech Talk

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00:00 Introduction
00:45 ASUS History / Subnotebooks
02:24 Introducing Eee PC!
06:55 Expanding the Eee PC Series
10:27 “Netbook” Origins / Psion Lawsuit
12:33 Eee Desktops
14:32 Eee Keyboard PC
15:59 Here Come the Tablets…
19:26 Transformer Prime (and Another Lawsuit)
20:48 Phasing Out Eee
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[@ComputerClan]

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[@D-a-t-o-s]

Hi!!!!

[@RadeonVega64]

hi

[@jackroyer2038]

reality is an illusion

[@skeetrix5577]

I love your perfectly round head...yes I'm a weirdo I just had to say that.

[@skeetrix5577]

and although I use a version of yt that automatically skips ads and sponsorships, I did get a small clip of the ass end of it and no, I do not require toothbrush as I do not brush teeth. I'm waiting for them to fall out by themselves one day, which hasn't happened yet at 34 years old, but maybe they all will soon so that I can get fake ones I really don't have to take care of. who has the time or money to take care of teeth anymore?!

[@juannavarro6949]

ALRIGHT WE'RE ARMIN THE NUGGET ON THE EEEEEE PEE CEEEE

[@backwardshalos6036]

dankpods is brain rot

[@CelesteWuff]

@@backwardshalos6036no u

[@ThatOneDingus]

@@backwardshalos6036🧢

[@InfernosReaper]

@@backwardshalos6036 I am inclined to agree. The try-hard cringe persona makes a lot of the content feel too samey and like the creator has no real ability to put out anything of any real substance

[@radicalgamingnerd986]

@@InfernosReaperlmao what a shit take

[@yourlocalipodfanboy]

Oh mate do I love my Hatch Pea EEE PEE CEE (I didn’t think my comment would blow up like that so thank you everyone

[@JordanClay-nq2gi]

You watch dankpods?

[@DavitTheCore]

Yissss mate, Aussie DankPods all the way!

[@QWERTYQwertz852]

@@JordanClay-nq2giI think a person who calls himself yourlocalipodfanboy does indeed watch dankpods

[@scarasriel]

Nugget laptop supreme

[@TymislawMiau]

This is the right name

[@Redmage913]

I still have and use my 1001P Eee PC - 2GB RAM, 500GB HDD, Windows XP, and Serious Sam hovers around 60fps. Certainly not a daily driver, but it’s a great tiny super-light gamer with a 10hr extended battery. Great on flights!

[@rexsceleratorum1632]

My Eee PC 1015CX was my home server for a while until I retired it this year. I had to patch the BIOS to allow 64bit operation. The 1GB of RAM was painful. I had to stop other services before starting Jellyfin back when it was my only server. Here in the tropics, the humidity destroys LCD screens in about ten years. Mine has thick lines and large black spots all over. I just scripted Debian server to turn off the screen after booting.

[@Michael-Archonaeus]

Replace that HDD with an SSD to make it fly!

[@nickthaskater]

The 10" GPD Win Max 2 is what netbooks aspired to be. I loved my Aspire One but lamented the inherent limitations of contemporary hardware. Nowadays, my Win Max 2 has a 16 core Ryzen 7840U, 32GB DDR5, 1TB PCIE4 SSD, and a 67Wh battery. It's everything I always wanted in an ultra-portable. Long live the netbook.

[@attiasprouse682]

“That’s as much as 2 one-pound weights.” It’s the extra knowledge like this that keeps me coming back.

[@munehaus]

Two pounds is $ 2.54 for American viewers.

[@davidg5898]

Imperial/avoirdupois pounds or troy pounds?

[@stco2426]

I was astonished.

[@GreenAppelPie]

I was confusd for a moment, good thing he cleared that up for us.

[@sirfer6969]

IOt's comedy gold like this that makes the internet so much fun. 🙃😉

[@GRCanalMiscelaneo]

According to an Australian KZbinr who's pet snake is named Frank: "That's right everyone, we're bringing back the EEEPEECEE"

[@GRCanalMiscelaneo]

SPAM COMMENT BOTS ARE NOT ALLOWED

[@koweedate]

Dankpods?

[@auzziegamer4661]

​@@koweedateyep

[@nathanhickton]

arming that nug

[@z-fam2013]

EEEPEECEEEEE WITH WINDOWS XP @dankpods

[@LymanPhillips]

My wife loved her eeePC. She has small hands and it fit her perfectly. The response was better once I installed Linux on it, because by then they had Windows on them.

[@NicksStuff]

I remember my eeePC 701 fondly. The battery life was exceptional. It even was my ONLY computer for a year.

[@userjack6880]

4:04 - "That weighs as much as two 1 LB weights." Not a scientist, but that checks out.

[@faenethlorhalien]

Only for very accurate values of 1

[@ArtyI]

Am a scientist, can also confirm

[@richconroy5559]

As a Never Not Funny fan this joke made me blurt laugh and issue the highest of compliments from Mr Jimmy Pardo, "Ha! Idiot!" Well done ken, well done indeed

[@Bluuri-Aeros]

So he's saying 2 5:02 pounds via mathematics?.

[@rexsceleratorum1632]

"Not a scientist" That checks out. A scientist would use kilograms.

[@panagiotispappas1001]

I love how Dankpods has made the EEE PEE CEE so iconic and we are all referring to it in the same way!

[@ej_tech]

It was iconic for me because all my highschool teachers had these with Windows XP. DankPods reignited that memory.

[@DystopianOverture]

I used to have on, and Dank's videos unlocked a teenage memory lmao

[@fallingwater]

Now if he could only use it proficiently...

[@Boogie_the_cat]

I don't care. I have no idea what you're talking about, though I watched dozens of DankPods videos. Y'all need to stop getting boners every time you all watch the same content. They're ONLY million subscriber channels. It's not that uncommon. I've heard PkCell but not your weird words Aaah! Batteries, etc... 1 grit. Yeah, y'all all watch the same channel. How **strange** in the non h*t*r* community...not.

[@Mariuszgamer]

I got a knockoff Eee PC from smasnug (samsung nb30)

[@Michael-Archonaeus]

I found an eeePC Netbook in a garbage bin a few years ago, I upgraded the RAM and replaced the eMMC storage with an SSD, installed Windows XP, and now it runs like a dream. It's awesome as a super portable retro gaming system.

[@AndrewNicholsSeattle]

I had an HP mini netbook in college, I absolutely loved having a small computer that I could take to class to take notes and browse my RSS feeds.

[@JounLord1]

That Eee Keyboard PC is like one of the coolest unique designs I've ever seen. An entire PC build into a keyboard with its own screen, its like a laptop but far far cooler. I wish they weren't so rare, I'd love to own one.

[@vadnegru]

My friend owned regular nettop one, early white model. You could set taller resolution and it will just scroll it when you move the mouse. I never seen that anywhere else. It was surprisingly quick and could play old games like heroes 3 just fine. We even used VGA out to give presentations. Yes, 14" CRT is not big but it's definitely bigger than 7" 16:9 of this little idiot.

[@volvo09]

​@@vadnegru that screen scrolling feature was kind of common on laptops with low resolution screens... If you set the resolution higher than what the panel could display it would just scroll the viewable area when you moused there.

[@vadnegru]

@@volvo09 i was young enough to only see 768p laptops so this was surprise for me

[@Madpegasusmax]

never managed to find it available anywhere when it came out , it was a very cool idea that didn't get support and disappeared on the limbo

[@prebenjaeger]

I'd love for him to have talked a bit more about it,

[@K.Vasileiou04]

Nowadays, they are for a crazy Australian to fill up with nugget bloatware.

[@KamenRiderGumo]

I am shocked at the overlap between Dankpods and Computer Clan viewers.

[@re57k]

@@KamenRiderGumo To be fair, both sometimes cover the same thing. Technology that doesn't always work as advertised, and old tech in general.

[@da5idnz]

I had one of these! I used to carry it in my bag to class and use it on the train, writing notes for class. I also used to hook it up to my Nokia N95 phone and browse the web. Mine came with a version of Windows installed.

[@conchobar]

The first iteration was Android only, but the 2nd iteration came in Windows or Android.

[@devilotx]

I LOVED my eeePC, I used it for many years, finally upgrading it to the Dell Mini 9 because of the ease of which it could be hackintoshed. Awesome vid man, Always love your stuff.

[@complicatedgentleman]

I owned one of the Eee pc laptops in 2008 and it helped me move to a different country and apply for jobs in various public WiFi areas. After that I loaded different Linux on it, and tried to make it last either bigger 3rd party batteries, even as a form of media centre attached to a tv. Thank you for bringing back the memories, and nice episode

[@MarquisDeSang]

it was great and after relplacing windbloat with ubuntu, it shined even more. I used that thing on the road to configure security camera systems (that were also running on linux)

[@3rdalbum]

Haha, I did something similar with my Acer Aspire One. Installed Ubuntu and bought a monster 9-cell battery.

[@Romona-fz6xr]

The obligatory EEEPEECEE comment.

[@alibesharatifard8199]

Bro stole someone else's comment and got more like

[@loganpajaro8490]

guys look! a dankpods reference1

[@kacperolszowski1331]

The overlap between dankpods and computer clan viewers is suprisingly large

[@jamesp1389]

​@@kacperolszowski1331 it's a bot

[@Pantosoft]

Your channel is my childhood. Been watching since 2014 or something. Its incredible if you think about it! Thanks for everything.

[@ratonbox]

Back when it came out, that EeePad Transformer was pretty much the highest quality Android tablet on the market. I had one of them for Android testing at work and loved it (and I am and have been an iPad owner for a long time)

[@varunjayaram3965]

It’s the Eeeeeee Peee Ceeee

[@markpetrov9476]

I'm glad to see that DankFans are among the first in this comment section.

[@lvl90dru1d]

"Translate to English"

[@re57k]

I know right! The title is spelled wrong!

[@funniegaminstuff]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE CEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@infinitytec]

"Translate to English" lol

[@TechGorilla1987]

I had an Asus EeePC. That thing was great to carry around the house or out to the garage. Never had one issue with it till it got stolen.

[@tgdm]

I liked mine, it was a good little diagnostic machine. It was just small enough to fit in my cargo pants' side pockets.

[@richlaue]

I walked into an Apple store, this is when the had the unit that fit into an envelope. I looked at it and said, "that is cool, but", as I pulled the Eeepc out said," mine fits in a smaller envelope". They all where interested

[@profosist]

​@@tgdmso I'm not the only one that put it in the cargo pants

[@ThePhoenixcompanies]

Mine got stolen too when my house was robbed.

[@NathanPlays395]

cant believed ive been watching this channel for 8 years... truly a legend in my heart

[@Nakiatakai]

I love these types of episodes. I'm not much of a techie person, but I love to see the beginning of everyday technology that is most commonly used. I hear of Asus but didn't really think of how it started.

[@MentalD-Fox]

Before watching, is DankPods here :)) ?

[@nihonstudio5687]

Not yet, we all hope that our Vegemite eating Mate sees this.

[@Violant3]

Just a little reference at the end of the video

[@DanaTheInsane]

He’s too busy orally pleasuring Samsung.

[@catacocamping874]

No because not everyone simps for dank pods

[@TSAlpha2933]

​@@catacocamping874damn, you seem to have some big feelings lil guy. 😢

[@xrayjosh]

I've come straight to the comments for shouty enthusiastic Australian comments, and I have not been disappointed!

[@jnerdsblog]

I had one of those Eee PCs. It was surprisingly adequate for someone who wanted something portable for work, but also play a few old games for fun.

[@suomhi]

I had one too and absolutely hated the tiny keyboard. I'd get almost no work done because I'd spend most of the time fixing typos :/

[@martinleska4292]

I had my Eee probably from late 2009 and next 5 years it was excellent second computer for university after desktop. With 6 cell battery it works for 8+ hours, absolutely perfect for word, net, presentation, lightweight. And it still works. Sometimes I use it for portable USB endoscope and microscope. It was great product for 350€ at time.

[@Inventors_Den]

It is so funny, I just disassembled a battery from an EEE PEE CEE for my DIY stuff, went to take a break, opened KZbin, and there is a video about history of EEE PEE CEE. Love the coincidence

[@techbio]

did you google teardown instructions for the battery? If so that might explain the "coincidence"

[@Inventors_Den]

@@techbio Haha nope. Disassembling the laptop batteries is just brut force and I just happen to watch Computer Clan

[@bluedistortions]

The camera was probably actively scanning your environment, saw the destruction, and thought you might like to consider another eeepeecee.

[@RyanMercer]

I can see a netbook from where I'm sitting, I still use it for SIO2PC for my Atari 800xls and to program one of my Chinese amateur transceivers that doesn't like newer versions of Windows.

[@braddl9442]

Yeah I kept mine around for that reason as well. Sometimes I have an old device the needs an XP machine to run.

[@StormsandSaugeye]

I have one dedicated to running the North Korean operating system. It's my little Juche comrade. I unfortunately lost my netbooks to the tsunami back in 2011. So the ones I have now were effectively Ebay rescues.

[@user-bz9sj8mh5d]

I had one that I used primarily for loading ROMs and other files on the Skunkboard for the Atari Jaguar. Served that purpose quite well.

[@volvo09]

I still use my Dell Mini 9. I put Vista on it and I pretty much only use it for my cars tuning software since it fits in the console or glove box easily on trips. Battery still works too!

[@RyanMercer]

@@volvo09 when I originally bought my mini 1012 it was just for obd 😂

[@theurgy69]

So cool to revisit this part of computing history. I am glad to say I was a small part of it having worked at Xandros in the time when then EeePC was first conceptualized and eventually released. It was so cool at the time to work on what we all thought back then, was such cutting edge tech. I remember having a pre-production version EeePC 701 with me on a flight and having all the flight attendants and some of the passengers start asking me what the hell it was and how they could get one. Also I have seen a couple other roundups of this era and many people forget to mention the One Laptop Per Child project as the inspiration for creating this untapped market. Thanks for capturing this piece of history and summarizing it so well.

[@kashel83]

Hi Ken. Thanks for another great video, loved it as much as all your other ones. Besides that, I also wanted to say that I appreciated very much the fact that you added metric conversions, though I can usually convert from imperial to metric easily (except temperature, that's just impossible) I always appreciate it when they just add metric

[@PresidentHayes2023]

A certain Aussie KZbinr who collects CRAIGs and owns an EeePeeCee bought me here!!

[@raven4k998]

watch and learn🤮

[@octopodes_nuts]

I want to learn about this collection of Craigs. Is my crazy half-brother part of that collection?

[@user-di1cc4ig8u]

​@@raven4k998 ?

[@thejackofclubs]

I remember the first time I heard the "netbook" name in the early half of the 2000s. It was a news video on Japanese gas stations. They showed off all the things you could buy, including an $80 low powered "disposable" laptop that was just powerful enough to check your email on the go. It was pre smart phone era.

[@raven4k998]

I remember my first free eeepc it was cute but that was about it

[@Jdbye]

I bought the original Eee PC 701 back in the day for about $150. It was really impressive for what it was. The main thing holding it back was the screen resolution, since that quickly became the thing preventing it from running newer apps. You really can't do much with 800x480, and while downscaling from 1024x600 was possible, it made text really hard to read..

[@kamX-rz4uy]

I bought my wife the 701 and she used it but yeah, the screen wasn't that good. I later got her a version with a bigger screen and Nvidia graphics card and that was much better. It started having problems though and by then we were moving on to tablets. She got a tablet and bluetooth keyboard and I sold the Eee PCs as is for parts.

[@JamesFisher-cr4np]

I am a first time viewer and I found this video not only informative but beautifully done.

[@johniwan1]

Thank you for clarifying that the Eee pc weighed 2lbs and that was as much as two 1lb weights. Numbers and things are really confusing and this kind of information will allow me to succeed in the future. Keep up the good work!

[@raven4k998]

it was a gimmic and that was about it a laptop with a smaller screen then other laptops back then now days you want something that small get a steam deck it has more power then an eee pc🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@floriegl]

I was so scared at the Australia joke 😅

[@wlb277]

He was gonna get the EEE PEE CEE Keyboard nugget from a crazy Aussie mate down unda!

[@kiyoshi_the_devil]

Im Englischen lässt es sich halt gerne mal verwechseln xD

[@eng3d]

you should

[@ZanahorioGaymes]

Man, my family got an EeePc around 2009. It was slow, but functioned great for its intended use - casual consumers who wanted a portable machine to go on the internet with and maybe run some Office Suite programs (and some games too!). We still turn ours on from time to time, if only to check out what old files are still in it. Wonderful little machines, thanks for doing a video on them :]

[@CanadienAtheist]

I still have an Eee Pee Cee Netbook from 2010. It is my backup to my backup laptop. Still works just fine and the original battery still holds a couple hours charge.

[@LBSiUK]

Quick correction - display is 800x480, not 800x400. The Celeron M 353 CPU in the original models is actually underclocked from 900MHz to 630MHz to save power. It's the same in all 7" models, 2G Surf, 4G, 701SD, whatever. The 900 has it running at the full 900MHz.

[@arnechino]

You could use software to overclock it!

[@BastetFurry]

As far as i know it was because the system is unstable at 900 MHz, they did an oopsie in the first revision.

[@ChaseMC215]

I never heard of the EeePC until I learned of it's existance thsbks to Wads from the channel DankPods.

[@Robdeltonie]

I had the Eee Pad. It was a gift from my dad. Strangely, he split up the tablet part and the docking station part into two gifts. I got the Eee Pad tablet from my dad for my birthday, and he gave me the docking station for Christmas.

[@georgiamakitalo5670]

I love these videos! Thank you!

[@TeqChris]

My first ever laptop was one of those Eee PCs. Web browsing was painfully slow, even back in the day. But playing XP pinball on a 7 inch screen was so cool.

[@drakesterX]

Someone better call up DankPods. Cause we got the EEEEEeeeePeeeeCeeeeeee

[@armyofninjas9055]

Not a fad at all. I still love tiny pc's. Had an Acer. An ASUS transformer book got me through college. Looking at a GPD Win Mini right now, actually. I think it started with that ATM scene in Terminator 2. I'll bet I'm not the only one.

[@sjoervanderploeg4340]

This thing ended up in the hands of crazy wardrivers like myself :D Mine sadly passed away last year, but I had a 1Tb SSD in it with some extra RAM and a different wireless card for... aircrack!

[@friarlawless]

I had a Dell Mini 9 back in the day. Used it to write 2 books. It was a very cool little gadget. Netbooks were a neat idea at the time.

[@nexradscott]

Had a 1005hab back in the day. I could watch movies on it and play 16 bit games on emulators. I used it to read computer magazines in PDF format. As long as your use case stayed within the hardware limitations, the little laptop was great.

[@chasemer6]

Yet another top notch production Ken!

[@shackcf]

I have 2 Eee PCs in storage. Purchased in 2009 & both work. I loaded Ubantu on one the other is Windows XP with 2gb of RAM. I bought it when I was traveling with on Cruise ships with a Nikon S360 that uses a SD card. I was a newly retired and a Gentleman Host. I fire them up and update them as needed about twice a year just for fun. I am retired IT. Thanks for the history lesson. I have had multiple ASUS products. They make very dependable devices.

[@marcus_cole_2]

"Computer Clan," I literally have a majority of the products you've mentioned: - Asus 701 Eee PC Netbook - Asus Transformer 101 (second tablet) - Asus Transformer 301 - Asus Transformer 701 (Windows competitor) - Asus Transformer 703 I might be getting these sub-names incorrect, but I've had them all. I've seen so many products on your show that I personally have owned or still own, and they still function. As it stands, my Asus Transformer 701 Android sits on top of my refrigerator acting as a UPnP network picture frame with "Fotoo" on a dribble charge. Unfortunately, it does not charge without the keyboard-weird. Personally, I wish I could modify it and get it higher than Android 4.4.2, but it still functions, albeit with glitches.

[@Neojhun]

I found ROM mods for my TF701 all the way up to Android 7.1 N. Works flawlessly even with keyboard battery support. I kept using all the way to 2021 until I bought a Chromebook.

[@marcus_cole_2]

@@Neojhun links and video TY

[@trisymphony]

The Transformer Prime was an amazing device. An ARM-based Laptop/Tablet convertible that was well ahead of its time. Great performance, great battery life, a keyboard so good that I wrote a book on it, and all of it in a super slim metal enclosure.

[@sigiligus]

I remember wanting one back in the day. Never ended up getting it, and in retrospect I can't say I regret not owning one. It would still be a cool collectable, though.

[@Seven71987]

The funny Hasbro name makes me laugh

[@TheAllMightyHomeDepot]

I am going to turn into a truck now

[@Unan1mouz]

Do you still own it?

[@trisymphony]

@@Unan1mouz No, the battery died ages ago.

[@fdolbec123]

Really nice video Ken! I learned quite a lot on that one. 😃

[@bland9876]

I wish modern tablets had the option to have those keyboards with the USB ports on them they actually feel like proper bottoms to a laptop. The only thing is is that to do it properly you're going to have to make it heavy enough so that the thing isn't top heavy which is what happened with the one I had. Having an extra battery that you can charge in the bottom can help with the weight like as mentioned in this video.

[@DavidSRJR]

This was first personal laptop and I loved it so much. I recently found myself feeling nostalgic and found an almost new exact model a year ago and bought it again. Still use it sometimes for things that need XP programs.

[@myblujl7503]

"2 pounds is as much as 2 1 pound weights" wow. I learn something new every day!

[@pcklon2000]

Awesome video, I loved my eeepc many years ago

[@kensmith5694]

I still have my EEEPC701. I most often used it with Puppy Linux 528 installed on an external drive. It is a very usable machine except that the available web browsers are basically none. Back when 32bits was considered worth having, it did all I really needed it to do. I could easily do emails and watch cat videos and stuff like that. Using the VGA port, I could get a picture big enough that more than one person could see what was on the display. The sound on headphones was good enough to watch a movie or even listen to music. The built in speakers were about "voice grade". The WiFi was sensitive compared to most laptops. It was small enough to travel in a small briefcase with lots of other stuff in with it. It also provided USB ports that I could use to charge my phone. It was a bit odd but if you plugged in the adapter and the cell phone, the phone would get charged without EEEPC being on. It was extremely handy when traveling semi-light because of its small size.

[@vadnegru]

Yes, it has surprisingly good WiFi, better than phones could do at that time. Like it was made for public hotspots or something.

[@gentle285]

Falkon browser?

[@kensmith5694]

@@gentle285 I will look into it

[@Swordfish728]

Intel also had a hand in the death of netbooks. Their Atom processors were notorious for being slow yet still power hungry resulting in both a bad experience *and* bad battery life. While iPads with ARM CPUs had comparable or better performance while sipping electricity. Later attempts to save netbooks by switching to Windows for popular appeal only exacerbated this problem and hastened their demise. Windows could not run on ARM at the time, and was a terrible experience on low end x86 CPUs. On the Android side, there was a chance to sidestep this issue thanks to ARM processors, Google deserves the blame for the failure of Android tablets by not investing sufficient resources to polish the user experience. They cheaped out because Android phones were already popular enough and thought they could just push through by relying on their dominance in other areas, but instead permanently ceded the tablet form factor to Apple. Notably, the other division within Google that did take the different form factor seriously - Chrome OS - achieved massive success with Chromebooks.

[@DaBigCheeso]

I had an eeePC Surf around 2007. It was fantastic for carrying around to meetings at the time without lugging my full laptop setup. I basically used it for the productivity my iPad would give me a few years later.

[@evanhizon8112]

I had one of these EEE PC back in early 2008 when I was starting High School. These things were cool at the time because they were not as expensive compared to a lot of laptops and the MacBook. Plus, it was small and light enough that I could fit in my backpack and use it on my desk during class.

[@Gadgetman1989]

All this Eeeez's is amazing, love your videos Ken!! Keep them coming!!

[@Raveler1]

I didn't expect to see the Transformer Prime on here! I used it for my first 4 years of ministry as my sermon-writing tablet. Great memories!

[@lcxgaming9889]

Mate, We're gamin' on the Eee Pee Cee tonight! 😂

[@thedogfamilychannel245]

I’ve been waiting for this episode forever ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@emdotrod]

The obligatory EEEPEECEE comment

[@tardisboy1]

The EEEPEECEE

[@LogsMaggot]

Dingus of a nugget

[@alainportant6412]

I loved these little computes.

[@francisverhelst9375]

I had one and loved it. So much better than an ipad. If they would relaunch this today, i would buy it straight away

[@Smaxx]

Ah, the Eee PC. I remember gifting one myself for my birthday when they were kind of new (I think second "generation", 1001H or so with Windows): Compared to a full sized Laptop this thing was great. Used it during my last two semesters at university and it was really just a great and convenient experience.

[@raven4k998]

the Eee PC marked the beginning of the death of optical drives in laptops🤮

[@rockapartie]

@@raven4k998 Well, I wanted to get the same super fancy looking PC Case from Fractal Design that my brother bought. Turned out it doesn't have a drive bay, and that's becoming the norm ... And I'm the only one in my circle of friends/family with a Blu-Ray drive in his PC 🤨

[@CGR89]

I really miss netbook form factor. I have a desktop with a massive screen at home, I don’t need a massive laptop on the go. Having a tiny laptop was a game changer back in the day, though performance on them was absolutely terrible.

[@sihamhamda47]

Yeah the closest thing you get in modern laptops right now is a 13 inch ultrabook with very small bezel that feels like a 12 inch laptop, but even it's still too large to be called "netbook form factor"

[@guaiqueritech]

How about a tablet with a keyboard ?

[@s0men00bb]

There are still such options , but smallest I saw are 13.3 inches , and rarely with weak specs , these are usually gaming or production laptops with very limited upgradeability and low i/o ports. The other option is some basic android tablet with keyboard , if you need light work , like Office apps , internet browsing and very light media consumption. :)

[@crsv7armhl]

@@sihamhamda47 Thats why I have bought a ton of Samsung Chromebook 3's, they have full size usb ports (not like current that just have type-c ports), they are EOL and go for ~$40 used, are 11.6in and if you remove the write protect screw on the motherboard linux works great on them

[@arahman56]

The Chromebooks are the successors to Netbooks. Something like the 100e provides an acceptable level of performance at a 11" form factor. Heck, my old n22 managed to be way more functional with a Celeron (still is, minus the EOL part...) than the Atom Windows netbooks.

[@TechKing19]

My first new computer was an Eee PC, my parents got it for me in 2010. It was a display model and it still had a password on it, so it was a bit awkward when I turned it on for the first time and asked "what's the password?" Dad wasn't happy that he had to drive back to the store that weekend. I ended up using it heavily both at home and at school for five years, I absolutely loved that little thing. I still have it with the original install of Windows 7 Starter.

[@chadbertrand1460]

I loved my netbooks. Full blown Windows on a 10 inch screen for under $300. Now it's difficult to find a x86 laptop smaller than 13".

[@XeonProductions]

I had the Eee PC 1005 HAB, I upgraded the RAM to 2 GB and it ran XP great and I sold it to my cousin who used it for his insurance sales job. It was also great on cramped airplanes.

[@user-oj7uc8tw9r]

I still have mine. Its got freebsd on it. Used it in college for my CS classes and it was awesome. Took me all night to compile applications from stratch on it when the ports tree was compromised and you had to build binaries yourself.

[@LifeWulf]

12:45 "There's usually a door on the front that covers the I/O" Not only does that thing look like a Nintendo Wii, it has the same problem as my Nintendo Wii (the I/O door flaps keep popping off and going missing).

[@EliasMARIO2011]

Yo what’s up 👋, it’s me Elias from 2021. I am still watching your vids and I’ve been a fan ever since! Keep up the awesome vids

[@brziperiod]

THE EEEPEEECEEEE

[@j3ngel]

These products were way ahead of their time. Would love a modern version of that keyboard.

[@danyf3116]

I still have mine. I use it to tune up my annual light show.

[@AnItalianGuyOnYT]

now, that's a nugget

[@CaityE]

wait this isnt a dankpods video…

[@sneedplays]

00:34 - I recognize that handsome man - Great Video!

[@gaeel330]

I had an Eee PC (Eee PC 1005HA) throughout college, and it's probably one of the best computers I've ever owned. I put it up there with my 2015 MacBook Pro and my Framework. I have to disagree with Steve Jobs, these machines hit my specific niche perfectly: Broke college kid, always on the move, needing a computer to learn programming on. The Eee PC was just right for me, it was cheap and light, I literally always had it with me. Oddly enough, the lack of performance was actually a little bit of an advantage (beyond the extra battery life), it gave me a great feel for actual performance bottlenecks when programming. I still have that little machine in a cupboard. The battery is completely dead now, but it still boots. The screen resolution (1024x600) feels archaic, the keyboard is surprisingly good, albeit cramped, and because I went with a super lightweight linux distro, it boots surprisingly quickly, even though it's rocking a 5400rpm HDD. I love it!

[@SoupKF]

DankPods fans - - - >

[@Philly_Gamer]

The day it died 😢

[@Yangorango]

I was kinda waiting for a DankPods reference to be thrown in there somewhere through the video but yet realistic about how that wouldn't happen. I'm happy, and satisified.

[@cssplayer91]

I have my windows xp asus netbook from 2009 and it is still the best laptop I had ever used, for college. This was before we all had smartphones. I got a $2000 msi gaming laptop now but the cheap, capable 10 inch netbook served its purpose more than I could ever imagine!

[@themainc]

Ah, this is nostalgic. I still have my Asus Lamborghini Murcielago VX6s. It's a "gaming" netbook that I used for my daily driver and it got me through some truly difficult times. Unfortunately the flesh-rending hell blast of multiple Australian summers more or less killed it. I still have him tucked away in a drawer and he does start up, but it takes about ten minutes to get from pressing the power button to a chrome tab opening, so no longer usable. People usually look down on netbooks, but they genuinely filled a need. Easier to use and cheaper than laptops, infinitely more capable than a chromebook, and far more durable than a tablet. It was built for actual use in daily life, not just while at home in some upper middle class household or.....whatever Chromebooks are used for. I'm happy to see a video made on them, thank you.

[@Ordlnary_Gamer]

Eeextremly good video.

[@JamesR624]

Confirmed: ASUS was inspired by Rainbow Dash.

[@salaheddineameziane1627]

Once i bought one with just 1 GB of ram. It was painfully slow and returned it back on the same day i received it.

[@Gruch0chan]

The deep irony of watching this video on ipad xD I clicked that vid as soon as I saw EeePeeCee on the title ❤ Back in 2009/2010 I got HP notebook (its still working to this day!) and besides classic hp overheating problem I was very satisfied with that whole notebook phase. Unfortunately in 2014 I went to the university and I needed more powerful machine for 3D rendering. But the one I bougt was actually ASUS branded. I’m very fond of my ASUS laptop. 10 years of intensive 3D related work and still going (hopefully it won’t die on me as soon as I send this comment xD)

[@adamfoxton6341]

I had a 701. Still have it somewhere. My greatest accomplishment with it was around the time it came out, having it in a leg-mounted pack driving a VR headset to display a webcam image of what's in front of me overlaid with a badly modded game and using Wiimotes and a GPS feed from my smartphone for controls. The fans screamed, the batteries lasted minutes, everything was on the lowest possible settings, but the little thing was juuust capable of giving a portable augmented reality experience. Fantastic little thing.

[@frankowalker4662]

I've got the same white Eee PC you have. It does'nt turn on anymore, but it still works as a great USB charger when it's plugged into the mains.

[@casualretrocollector]

I worked in a computer store back then. This machine was the best seller in 2009, and the profit margins on them were huge

[@robertcollins1371]

Who needs a netbook these days when you have a 6" phone in your pocket. I'm still amazed products like the pad phone never really took off. Although we are starting to see more and more portable monitors coming out now so that may lead back to somelike a padphone

[@toby9999]

Exactly, and my phone is almost 7" and superior in almost every way except for the lack of a real keyboard.

[@VicMorrowsGhost]

I had an EeePC. It was fantastic! You could get it with an extended battery that gave it an 8 hour run time on the lowest power mode. It was perfect for travelling. Huge battery, cheap so not a disaster if it was damaged or stolen, and light weight so it wasn't tiring to lug around. I stuck an emulator on there and had a blast.

[@LymanPhillips]

I had a transformer pad and i loved it. It had a great feeling metal case and real usb ports..android was pretty bad back then, but it did the job. It finally ended its life as a digital photo frame.