I’d been debating one of these Asus EEE PC’s for a while, particularly after talking to Dan and him saying his was one of the best things since sliced bread. So once we’d booked our holiday and I knew I’d want to take the D-SLR and a laptop in the same bag, I was ready to order one.
I put it off a little bit I guess because I knew the new EEE PC 900 was coming out with a bigger hard drive capacity. So on release day I went hunting for one – I should have realised! I’d forgotten how annoying it can be to be an early adopter and not being able to get your hands on the technology!
I carefully watched sites for stock, at one point I rang a company to check they’d got stock – they had – by the time I walked back to my desk to order it online they’d sold out again!!!
Then finally on the evening of the 21st of May I managed to get my order in!
Now I’m used to dealing with huge e-commerce sites (Amazon etc), or even eBay sellers who don’t want negative feedback – invariably payment is taken and my goods are dispatched the following day, at a push the day after that is normally acceptable.
I know, I know the bank holiday weekend got in the way, and yes I know I’m an impatient so and so….
But here we are a week later – 28th May and I still don’t have my new toy!! I do however have their questionnaire about whether I’m enjoying my new product – I haven’t replied – YET! Payment was taken but I have been assured that my order is still undergoing “Processing…” and when it is dispatched I’ll get an email with tracking notification. I’ve had my suspicions about whether they really have the stock or are drop-shipping, but the company in question assure me they have the stock.
Today’s reply from them said:
I can confirm that your order was sent for packing and it is expected to be dispatch soon. Once the order has been dispatched, an email confirmation will be sent to you.
In the meantime, please feel free to contact us if you have any additional questions.
Just one, my friends, why is this taking so long!? Apparently my order has undergone various stages of processing including “Quality Control”, I can just see two guys sat at a desk examining my address:
“Do you think that sounds like a reputable area Jim?”
“I’m not sure Bill, let’s get it up on Google Maps”
“Hmmmm fields nearby, looks good – give it the rubber stamp and pass it on to see if his email address looks ok, they’ll check him out on Facebook”
More on this when EEE PC actually arrives!
UPDATE! UPDATE!
The status on the website no longer says “Processing…” It’s “Awaiting Courier Pick-Up”…. I just hope the courier doesn’t drop it!!!
Good news Keiron!
I was considering swapping mine for yours, just due to the slightly larger screen…. but I’ve just spotted this on the horizon….
http://www.itpro.co.uk/news/201837/dell-shows-off-its-eee-pc-rival.html
There’s no way you could swap mine for yours, I’ve only just unwrapped it and I’m not letting it out of my sight for the forseeable future!!! 🙂
Looks good, this market is going to get so tight in coming months!!
haha, now you know what I meant!
Leaving it with Linux or installing Windows? How much RAM? Ordering any extra?
Liking the linux at the moment, it’s charging at the mo – but I’m still using it, couldn’t resist!!!
Need to work out how to change the keyboard after the original setup, I set it to UK but the info on the keys appears to be US (my ” and my @ are the wrong way around!!).
1GB RAM, I’ll probably leave it at that for the minute…. Might need to invest in a USB DVD for watching films on hols!! Also a better case… Any suggestions? Pleasantly surprised to get a 5800 battery after everything I’ve read!!
Having built in webcam is good, but can’t use on MSN because it uses Pidgin for that in linux mode and doesn’t support webcam – have tried it over Skype though!
Weirdly, mine, running XP has the ” and @ the wrong way round – they’re correct on the keyboard, its obviously a windows thing.
I’ve got used to it now, find myself pressing them the wrong way round on my big Dell!!
No suggestions for cases – let me know what you find.
to fix that keyboard thing head over to control panel and keyboard settings and just fix the settings 😛
I had done just that – but interestingly it’s switched back to US Keyboard when I enabled the advanced desktop – which is fine, I just need to use the character map for the £ symbol. I need to make tabs work correctly in Firefox again in advanced desktop as well (read a tutorial about that yesterday).
nice toy if you have the time to play
http://www.eeehacks.com
Nice site Zerro!