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@OrbisCenter4 ай бұрын
Hi!!!!
@RadeonVega644 ай бұрын
hi
@jackroyer20384 ай бұрын
reality is an illusion
@skeetrix55774 ай бұрын
I love your perfectly round head...yes I'm a weirdo I just had to say that.
@skeetrix55774 ай бұрын
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?!
@attiasprouse6824 ай бұрын
“That’s as much as 2 one-pound weights.” It’s the extra knowledge like this that keeps me coming back.
@oldblueshirtguy4 ай бұрын
Two pounds is $ 2.54 for American viewers.
@davidg58984 ай бұрын
Imperial/avoirdupois pounds or troy pounds?
@stco24264 ай бұрын
I was astonished.
@GreenAppelPie4 ай бұрын
I was confusd for a moment, good thing he cleared that up for us.
@sirfer69694 ай бұрын
IOt's comedy gold like this that makes the internet so much fun. 🙃😉
@Redmage9133 ай бұрын
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!
@rexsceleratorum16323 ай бұрын
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-Archonaeus3 ай бұрын
Replace that HDD with an SSD to make it fly!
@thedopplereffect002 ай бұрын
I'm surprised that game runs on it
@GRCanalYT4 ай бұрын
According to an Australian KZbinr who's pet snake is named Frank: "That's right everyone, we're bringing back the EEEPEECEE"
@GRCanalYT4 ай бұрын
SPAM COMMENT BOTS ARE NOT ALLOWED
@koweedate4 ай бұрын
Dankpods?
@auzziegamer46614 ай бұрын
@@koweedateyep
@nathanhickton4 ай бұрын
arming that nug
@z-fam20134 ай бұрын
EEEPEECEEEEE WITH WINDOWS XP @dankpods
@nickthaskater4 ай бұрын
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.
@juannavarro69494 ай бұрын
ALRIGHT WE'RE ARMIN THE NUGGET ON THE EEEEEE PEE CEEEE
@backwardshalos60364 ай бұрын
dankpods is brain rot
@CelesteWuff4 ай бұрын
@@backwardshalos6036no u
@ThatOneDingus4 ай бұрын
@@backwardshalos6036🧢
@InfernosReaper4 ай бұрын
@@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
@radicalgamingnerd9864 ай бұрын
@@InfernosReaperlmao what a shit take
@LymanPhillips4 ай бұрын
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.
@userjack68804 ай бұрын
4:04 - "That weighs as much as two 1 LB weights." Not a scientist, but that checks out.
@faenethlorhalien4 ай бұрын
Only for very accurate values of 1
@ArtyI4 ай бұрын
Am a scientist, can also confirm
@richconroy55594 ай бұрын
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-Aeros3 ай бұрын
So he's saying 2 5:02 pounds via mathematics?.
@rexsceleratorum16323 ай бұрын
"Not a scientist" That checks out. A scientist would use kilograms.
@Michael-Archonaeus3 ай бұрын
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.
@NS-zm6fw2 ай бұрын
With linux (like Xubuntu) is still works like charm
@panagiotispappas10014 ай бұрын
I love how Dankpods has made the EEE PEE CEE so iconic and we are all referring to it in the same way!
@ej_tech4 ай бұрын
It was iconic for me because all my highschool teachers had these with Windows XP. DankPods reignited that memory.
@DystopianOverture4 ай бұрын
I used to have on, and Dank's videos unlocked a teenage memory lmao
@fallingwater4 ай бұрын
Now if he could only use it proficiently...
@Boogie_the_cat4 ай бұрын
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.
@Mariuszgamer3 ай бұрын
I got a knockoff Eee PC from smasnug (samsung nb30)
@NicksStuff3 ай бұрын
I remember my eeePC 701 fondly. The battery life was exceptional. It even was my ONLY computer for a year.
@JounLord14 ай бұрын
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.
@vadnegru4 ай бұрын
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.
@volvo094 ай бұрын
@@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.
@vadnegru4 ай бұрын
@@volvo09 i was young enough to only see 768p laptops so this was surprise for me
@Madpegasusmax3 ай бұрын
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
@prebenjaeger3 ай бұрын
I'd love for him to have talked a bit more about it,
@TheDoubleZTV3 ай бұрын
I got an ASUS EEE PC netbook as a graduation present in 2010. 2 GB of RAM, Windows 7 starter for the operating system. Family wanted me to dispose of it a year or two ago, but I refused because it was a present from my late-grandmother.
@yourlocalipodfanboy4 ай бұрын
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-nq2gi4 ай бұрын
You watch dankpods?
@DavitTheCore4 ай бұрын
Yissss mate, Aussie DankPods all the way!
@QWERTYQwertz8524 ай бұрын
@@JordanClay-nq2giI think a person who calls himself yourlocalipodfanboy does indeed watch dankpods
@scarasriel4 ай бұрын
Nugget laptop supreme
@TheRealTymislawMiau4 ай бұрын
This is the right name
@da5idnz4 ай бұрын
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.
@conchobar3 ай бұрын
The first iteration was Android only, but the 2nd iteration came in Windows or Android.
@complicatedgentleman4 ай бұрын
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
@MarquisDeSang4 ай бұрын
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)
@3rdalbum3 ай бұрын
Haha, I did something similar with my Acer Aspire One. Installed Ubuntu and bought a monster 9-cell battery.
@AndrewNicholsSeattle4 ай бұрын
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.
@RyanMercer4 ай бұрын
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.
@braddl94424 ай бұрын
Yeah I kept mine around for that reason as well. Sometimes I have an old device the needs an XP machine to run.
@StormsandSaugeye4 ай бұрын
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.
@saurondp4 ай бұрын
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.
@volvo094 ай бұрын
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!
@RyanMercer4 ай бұрын
@@volvo09 when I originally bought my mini 1012 it was just for obd 😂
@AMDistaАй бұрын
I had an Asus eeepc 901, with Puppylinux installed, which cost me €199 at the time. The autonomy and portability that this machine provided me was incredible.
@TechGorilla19874 ай бұрын
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.
@tgdm4 ай бұрын
I liked mine, it was a good little diagnostic machine. It was just small enough to fit in my cargo pants' side pockets.
@richlaue4 ай бұрын
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
@profosist4 ай бұрын
@@tgdmso I'm not the only one that put it in the cargo pants
@ThePhoenixcompanies3 ай бұрын
Mine got stolen too when my house was robbed.
@heyitsdrew3 ай бұрын
that keyboard is probably the coolest frickin thing I've ever seen for an accessory. why don't they have more like it!??
@Inventors_Den4 ай бұрын
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
@techbio4 ай бұрын
did you google teardown instructions for the battery? If so that might explain the "coincidence"
@Inventors_Den4 ай бұрын
@@techbio Haha nope. Disassembling the laptop batteries is just brut force and I just happen to watch Computer Clan
@bluedistortions4 ай бұрын
The camera was probably actively scanning your environment, saw the destruction, and thought you might like to consider another eeepeecee.
@martinleska42924 ай бұрын
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.
@K.Vasileiou044 ай бұрын
Nowadays, they are for a crazy Australian to fill up with nugget bloatware.
@KamenRiderGumo4 ай бұрын
I am shocked at the overlap between Dankpods and Computer Clan viewers.
@re57k4 ай бұрын
@@KamenRiderGumo To be fair, both sometimes cover the same thing. Technology that doesn't always work as advertised, and old tech in general.
@NathanPlays3952 ай бұрын
@@KamenRiderGumothe overlap might be big but only some dankpods fans actually stay focused on this vid for 5 mins (incl me)
@j3ngel3 ай бұрын
These products were way ahead of their time. Would love a modern version of that keyboard.
@PresidentHayes20234 ай бұрын
A certain Aussie KZbinr who collects CRAIGs and owns an EeePeeCee bought me here!! We're arming the CRAIG nugget on the Eee Pee Cee!
@raven4k9984 ай бұрын
watch and learn🤮
@octopodes_nuts3 ай бұрын
I want to learn about this collection of Craigs. Is my crazy half-brother part of that collection?
@roቅ3 ай бұрын
@@raven4k998 ?
@VicMorrowsGhost3 ай бұрын
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.
@thejackofclubs4 ай бұрын
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.
@raven4k9984 ай бұрын
I remember my first free eeepc it was cute but that was about it
@ZanahorioGaymes4 ай бұрын
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 :]
@xrayjosh4 ай бұрын
I've come straight to the comments for shouty enthusiastic Australian comments, and I have not been disappointed!
@DaBigCheeso3 ай бұрын
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.
@johniwan14 ай бұрын
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!
@raven4k9984 ай бұрын
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@thekanemonster2 ай бұрын
I had an EeePC before I bought an iPad. I actually really liked it even though it was so slow compared to my desktops. But, it was small and I could take it anywhere and I ended up using it a lot. A lot! The reason I bought it was because I was going to do some traveling and I wanted a compact PC and couldn't afford a Mac laptop or iPad at the time. It had Windows 7 starter as the OS but I also remember seeing a model that had XP (glad I didn't go with that one). It really was a decent little computer that did exactly what I wanted it to do, which wasn't much: email, browsing, a little YouTuibing, video chat, word processing. One night I dropped it and it bricked. It now lives in a box in the basement almost forgotten. I keep it only to possibly harvest it for parts.
@MentalD-Fox4 ай бұрын
Before watching, is DankPods here :)) ?
@nihonstudio56874 ай бұрын
Not yet, we all hope that our Vegemite eating Mate sees this.
@Violant34 ай бұрын
Just a little reference at the end of the video
@DanaTheInsane4 ай бұрын
He’s too busy orally pleasuring Samsung.
@catacocamping8744 ай бұрын
No because not everyone simps for dank pods
@TSAlpha29334 ай бұрын
@@catacocamping874damn, you seem to have some big feelings lil guy. 😢
@tonycrabtree34163 ай бұрын
I had the windows XP EEEpc and it was great for my office work at my business. cheap. portable. connected to internet. 2 gig of ram. 1.3ghz celeron. I hooked it up to a 15 in monitor and used a plug in wifi USB. It was perfect for the use case. 👍
@LBSiUK4 ай бұрын
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.
@arnechino4 ай бұрын
You could use software to overclock it!
@BastetFurry4 ай бұрын
As far as i know it was because the system is unstable at 900 MHz, they did an oopsie in the first revision.
@LifeWulf4 ай бұрын
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).
@varunjayaram39654 ай бұрын
It’s the Eeeeeee Peee Ceeee
@markpetrov94764 ай бұрын
I'm glad to see that DankFans are among the first in this comment section.
Your channel is my childhood. Been watching since 2014 or something. Its incredible if you think about it! Thanks for everything.
@TeqChris4 ай бұрын
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.
@Nakiatakai4 ай бұрын
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.
@ChaseMC2154 ай бұрын
I never heard of the EeePC until I learned of it's existance thsbks to Wads from the channel DankPods.
@chadbertrand14604 ай бұрын
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".
@marcus_cole_24 ай бұрын
"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.
@Neojhun3 ай бұрын
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_23 ай бұрын
@@Neojhun links and video TY
@theurgy693 ай бұрын
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.
@floriegl4 ай бұрын
I was so scared at the Australia joke 😅
@wlb2774 ай бұрын
He was gonna get the EEE PEE CEE Keyboard nugget from a crazy Aussie mate down unda!
@kiyoshi_the_devil3 ай бұрын
Im Englischen lässt es sich halt gerne mal verwechseln xD
@eng3d3 ай бұрын
you should
@jnerdsblog4 ай бұрын
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.
@suomhi4 ай бұрын
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 :/
@carlahaiduk1878Ай бұрын
@@suomhiit was perfect for women. And that's why they were phased out. Because if men don't use it in tech it's done. I would love to have something in this format. It's was perfect for me.
@friarlawless4 ай бұрын
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.
@oddinaryone1652Ай бұрын
My first computer ever was an eeePC notebook. Came home from school one day and there was it as a surprise for me. I have fond memories of it, lasted years. Which is still why Asus is my first pick when I want to buy a new laptop
@kensmith56944 ай бұрын
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.
@vadnegru4 ай бұрын
Yes, it has surprisingly good WiFi, better than phones could do at that time. Like it was made for public hotspots or something.
@gentle2854 ай бұрын
Falkon browser?
@kensmith56944 ай бұрын
@@gentle285 I will look into it
@bland98764 ай бұрын
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.
@DavidSRJR4 ай бұрын
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.
@armyofninjas90553 ай бұрын
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.
@nexradscott4 ай бұрын
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.
@retrotech.oldschool3 ай бұрын
I did enjoy my eee pc 901 netbook for years... I ran ubuntu 8.04 on it... it was great to watch video's during flights to and from clients. I still have it and it still works... eventually I picked up a macbook air in 2013 and never looked back...
@trisymphony4 ай бұрын
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.
@sigiligus3 ай бұрын
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.
@Seven719873 ай бұрын
The funny Hasbro name makes me laugh
@TheAllMightyHomeDepot3 ай бұрын
I am going to turn into a truck now
@Unan1mouz3 ай бұрын
Do you still own it?
@trisymphony3 ай бұрын
@@Unan1mouz No, the battery died ages ago.
@cssplayer913 ай бұрын
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!
@Smaxx4 ай бұрын
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.
@raven4k9984 ай бұрын
the Eee PC marked the beginning of the death of optical drives in laptops🤮
@rockapartie3 ай бұрын
@@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 🤨
@timeliebeАй бұрын
I bought Tammy a EEE PC 701 so she'd have an easy-to-use laptop for when she traveled. She got good enough with it that she even wrote part of the Kel books on the Documents app while she was on the road, which pleased us both greatly, as well as being able to stay in touch thanks to the Web browser. We later bought both of us 9" Windows Home Netbooks so she could use MS Word (barely!) and play Solitaire....
@XeonProductions4 ай бұрын
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.
@adamfoxton63413 ай бұрын
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.
@drakesterX4 ай бұрын
Someone better call up DankPods. Cause we got the EEEEEeeeePeeeeCeeeeeee
@gammagonad165712 күн бұрын
“That’s as much as two 1 lb. weights” 😂 😂couldn’t breathe for a second 😆
@Raveler14 ай бұрын
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!
@qdllcАй бұрын
I still have mine. 😊 Haven’t used it in years, but when I wanted means to backup SD cards while traveling, this was about the same price as any external storage device. Served me well, and I’d probably still be using it if I hadn’t gotten an iPad.
@myblujl75034 ай бұрын
"2 pounds is as much as 2 1 pound weights" wow. I learn something new every day!
@Robdeltonie4 ай бұрын
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.
@CGR894 ай бұрын
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.
@sihamhamda474 ай бұрын
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"
@guaiqueritech4 ай бұрын
How about a tablet with a keyboard ?
@s0men00bb4 ай бұрын
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. :)
@crsv7armhl4 ай бұрын
@@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
@arahman564 ай бұрын
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.
@danyf31163 ай бұрын
I still have mine. I use it to tune up my annual light show.
@Swordfish7284 ай бұрын
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.
@evanhizon81123 ай бұрын
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.
@Yangorango4 ай бұрын
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.
@hexagenic4 ай бұрын
Coincidentally, I took my 15 year old EeePC 1000HE out of storage two days ago, and managed to re-install Linux on it. Except for some issues with wifi, it still seems to run fine. The hard part was finding a modern distro that still actively supports it
@FireZSK4 ай бұрын
DankPods fans - - - >
@Philly_Gamer4 ай бұрын
The day it died 😢
@MichaelLiningMusic3 ай бұрын
I had an Asus EeePc 900HA, running Windows XP home. It got me through college. Wonderful little machine! I used it until the hinges broke!
@emdotrod4 ай бұрын
The obligatory EEEPEECEE comment
@tardisboy14 ай бұрын
The EEEPEECEE
@LogsMaggot4 ай бұрын
Dingus of a nugget
@theburntcrumpet83714 ай бұрын
I remember the first EEE PC releasing. I begged my parents for the 2G Surf Model which they got me. I was soo excited by the fact it ran linux, but ended up installing xp. As a kid, this was my actual computer for a couple of years. No, it wasn't great but was always very exciting to see what I could do with it. Later on the MSI Wind with Windows 7 was a real treat coming from this, and having actual storage was nice
@brziperiod4 ай бұрын
THE EEEPEEECEEEE
@casualretrocollector3 ай бұрын
I worked in a computer store back then. This machine was the best seller in 2009, and the profit margins on them were huge
@AnItalianGuyOnYT4 ай бұрын
now, that's a nugget
@CaityE4 ай бұрын
wait this isnt a dankpods video…
@tinderochitong66763 ай бұрын
That's my 1st laptop i play dota frozen trons and counter strike 1.6
@shackcf3 ай бұрын
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.
@Ordlnary_Gamer4 ай бұрын
Eeextremly good video.
@a.j.haverkamp40233 ай бұрын
I owned one. It was a cheap option for a small Window laptop. With the memory upgraded to 2 GB and the HDD to a 500 GB it was my travel companion on many photo trips around Europe. Photo backup and hotel booking tool. Intel Atom CPU, 1 GB memory and 160 GB HDD were required to get the Netbook label.
@JamesR6244 ай бұрын
Confirmed: ASUS was inspired by Rainbow Dash.
@yjk_ch4 ай бұрын
13:18 Ah... the Express Gate. Reminds me of Cathode Ray Dude's Quick Start series :D
@KTSpeedruns3 ай бұрын
Eee wanted to be easy and excellent, but they only created e-waste. Calling it a boom or revolution is being nicer than it deserved. Everyone seems to like the idea of a smaller laptop until they realize the specs are shit. And Netbooks ended up with hardware on par with higher end cell phones. Eeessentially useless for eeenything other than browsing the internet.
@carlahaiduk1878Ай бұрын
That's all I needed. Just because you don't see a user for it it doesn't mean other people won't. Plus in developing countries where normal regular notebooks were really expensive as PC helped a lot here in Brazil for students. Not everyone wants to run incredible games on their notebooks. It was much better working in a netbook than working with a tablet.
@jshowao3 ай бұрын
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.
@oasntet3 ай бұрын
I still have mine. For a while, it was operating as my router. Now it's a drum brain running hydrogen. I've done a lot with this thing; it was great in a bike bag, but powerful enough to do web development on. I got mine from an overstocker, new-old-stock, a couple years after release, for super cheap.
@kingey713 ай бұрын
I've still got two original 701 units and they still work and I use them. Super compact PC which I use for basic diagnostic software. Very reliable. I run them on MicroXP.
@ekaprasetio95644 ай бұрын
I used it in 2011 when I started uni. Damn I loved my eeepc, I took it everywhere, mini charger, battery lasted long, enough to write essays and even my dissertation. Good for casual movie watching and very light game house lol. I used it till the last bit till I finished my degree.
@gaeel3303 ай бұрын
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!
@retro_88yotaАй бұрын
I still remember Christmas morning, 2008. Next to the Christmas tree sitting on a desk there was a brand new Asus EEE Box set up with a bow and my name on it. 9 year old me couldn't believe that I had my very own computer.
@Klinkertinlegs4 ай бұрын
CR-48 mention brings a tear to my eye. I don’t think I’ve ever been as excited as when I found out I was selected for the pilot. Only purchasing my first kindle or first iPad would probably compare in being as excited for a product.
@ComputerClan4 ай бұрын
That's awesome 😌
@salaheddineameziane16273 ай бұрын
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.
@Symplegades4 ай бұрын
I think I still have one of the later versions out in the garage. It was my wife's machine for several years, and did everything she needed it to. Its Achilles heel, for us anyway, turned out to be the miniscule 'hard drive.' I mean, we sold machines with 4 gig HDDs when I worked at Best Buy in the mid 90s. By 2010, you could pretty much run it out of storage in under 6 months without even trying. But now I'm feeling kinda nostalgic. Might have to dig it out and see if it still works...
@tipoomaster18 күн бұрын
16:27 bit sad how we have orders of magnitude more compute now but that UI is graphically richer than almost anything in iOS today
@Sandcastle774 ай бұрын
I bought 2 eeepc 1000h in 2008-2009 with winxp preinstalled on them. Cheap, powerful, robust little machines. One of the best pieces of hardware I own. They coud do anything, 3 usb ports where a big plus.
@Gruch0chan3 ай бұрын
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)
@EnsignRedSquad4 ай бұрын
I had a ASUS netbook in 2009 with an Intel Duo, full keyboard (ish) and Nvidia graphics card. It was 2lbs but I could use it for light 3D gaming and graphics design back in the day. It died fours years later but was an amazing class companion. I loved that thing.