Gizmodo

wow you guys are Asus fanboys, or eeeboys? i dunno i give up

Hey give em a break at least its not made by Apple

Lol, eeeboy. Nothing wrong with that if you ask me, seeing as the eee kicks ass. Wait a second, doesn't Asus make Apple's laptops, though? My God, Giz manages to fanboy over apple without even saying their name! (Not that there's anything wrong with that, either)

Loving that 6 cell battery hopefully it will be around 1-40 bucks.

I am so buying a Eee once they come out with the new chipset.

I'm holding out for 16G.

Once these babies drop in price (like the iPhone did, I hope), I'd love to get one.

I especially like those battery extender packs.

The regular EEE comes with a 4400 mAh battery pack that lasts 2.8 hours. That means that (provided the same voltage is involved) the 7800 mAh extender should last nearly 5 hours on its own.

Provided the "extender" is truly an extender and doesn't require removing the original battery, you could get almost 8 hours of usage out of the eee with one of those installed.

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on another note...with the Apple connection made above...anybody else find the eee's white earbuds a bit ironic too?

@dancinbojangles:

Asus manufactures the MacBook (although not the MacBook Pro). It's not that unusual, Asus manufactures machines for a number of companies.

@EQC: "on another note...with the Apple connection made above...anybody else find the eee's white earbuds a bit ironic too?"

Actually, I think they're mostly plastic. Badum-Ching!

@djdare: And what's bad about that?!

I hope that the headphones are better than Apple ones. They look suspiciously similar...

Also: Where does the bulge of the battery go? Does it become a lump grinding into your thigh/desk or something?

@Reilaos, Original Asus Fanboy: That sentence told me so much about your life that I didn't need to know.

eww.

I'm not sure I want to buy one of these.

@Pope John Peeps II: Mmmmmm, grinding lump....

let's get eeetarded in here...

Grinding lumps aside, I would really like an excuse to get one of these, but that excuse would probably mean the death of my trusty dusty Inspiron B130, which as wimpy as it is still outspecs it.

It does make me wish I could afford a small SSD to put in my B130 though, just to get some experience with 'em.

aww EEEK OUT!

The battery, as photographed is upside-down.

The "bottom" lump is integrated into the hinge, the "front" lump is part of the rear footpad, and the third, "rear" lump is new, and points backwards (away from the user). It's actually amazingly well-planned/designed, and only adds about 10mm extra length (and obviously some additional weight).

It's not an extender -- it's a replacement to the 4-cell that comes with the Eee. Of course, you can always carry the 4-cell as a spare (except not on airplanes anymore, apparently).

It's a no-brainer item to add to your Eee.

@strider_mt2k: "which as wimpy as it is still outspecs it".

It's surprisingly snappy, given the low specs.

@Mandatory_Field: Well since you mention it I have to agree.
I have XP tweaked with a lot of stuff shut off too.

Someone mentioned in another thread that I could be running Win98 for the basic stuff I do, but if you look at how I run my machines you might think I AM running it. (Or Win2K, with which I'm not really familiar, but also lacks that "cartoony" feel.

@strider_mt2k: I think I _like_ the cartoony look of most modern OSes. I mean, I really find animations and transitions to be annoying, and turn them off as much as possible (and consequently gain some performance back); but I like the bright shiny _welcoming_ look that most have nowadays. Huge improvement over the green/amber monochrome 80*25, n'est pas?

@Mandatory_Field: I guess I tend to do that because I'm use to running resource-challenged machines.

Interesting thought though, turning some of that stuff back on.

@strider_mt2k: For me it's more about the bright colours and shiny icons -- the stuff that least impacts performance. Well ok, and 3d buttons with drop shadows -- a bit more perf impact, but not much.

Damn, it's like Asus read my mind with that expansion battery. I've got one in my Dell for long flights, but unfortunately this thing is too big to keep out for more than a few hours anyway because of the meals that come at the most inopportune times on flights :P
Thank you, Asus. Now just make it the $199 it was supposed to be, and all will be forgiven.

@Abnormal:

i love you