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- davidwasman, on 03/27/2008, -11/+77Good lord that title is a mouth full.
Also, buried for being Gizmodo--another of Gawker Media's sites (like LifeHacker, I09, and 15 others) which are known to spam Digg (looking at you, MrBabyMan) and pay their submitters for it. On some days, no less than 6 of their sites are on the front page. And they steal their content.
They're also the douche-nozzles who screwed with everyone during CES and got botted for life. - aladrin, on 03/27/2008, -1/+24So many negative comments that are all because a $500 notebook won't do what they want a $2500 notebook to do. I'd love to be amazed, but it's a daily occurrence.
Listen, the reason it doesn't have a 17" touch-sensitive screen and 8 kinds of built-in wireless access and quad-core 8 ghz processor are because it's supposed to be a CHEAP laptop, not a top-of-the-line money-guzzler. - DiggOrNotToDigg, on 03/27/2008, -11/+28Isn't Apple multi-touch same as HP's TouchSmart which was out a year before??
- RetepNamenots, on 03/27/2008, -0/+13And how many other laptops do you see with GPS, touchscreens and WiMax?
Let me rephrase that, how many SUB-£300 laptops do you see with GPS, touchscreens and WiMax? - podopie, on 03/27/2008, -7/+19For everyone complaining about Apple not supporting two buttons:
You do realize you can set up Apple's trackpad to be the right click, right?
Trackpad-> Check "Tap trackpad with two fingers for secondary click" Done and done. - Sifter, on 03/27/2008, -6/+16Dude, you get my vote. Well said.
- Sifter, on 03/27/2008, -0/+9And a digg for you for being brave enough to chose Digg as the place to make your last stand for the English language....
- PleaseJustDie, on 03/27/2008, -2/+11they want to keep the overall size of the device down, if they make the screen that big they'll have to enlarge the eee PC, which would make it bulkier and no where near as easy to slip into a cargo pocket and carry around.
- kazamx, on 03/27/2008, -0/+9you want bigger than an 8.9", I think you want a laptop mate, not an eeePC
- chaosdude78, on 03/27/2008, -0/+6You're correct, the powerbooks, macbooks, and previous generation macbook pro's hardware could only detect two inputs (finger tip), not recognize what they were doing. The new trackpad hardware can recognize hand gestures.
- atbnet, on 03/27/2008, -1/+7Looks like the moves I put on your mother last night.
- Kelmon, on 03/27/2008, -2/+8In fairness, Apple's laptops have been multi-touch for about the past 4-years since even the PowerBooks supported 2-fingered scrolling. The MacBook Air took the concept further after the success of the iPhone interface and I certainly wouldn't buy a laptop without at least the scrolling function in the trackpad as I've been used to it for so long.
- briguymaine, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5Anybody have a EEE PC? Is it any good? I need something for my wife.
- Octaman, on 03/27/2008, -2/+7Nope, TouchSmart only supports single touch.
- RetepNamenots, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5But the whole point is that it is as cheap, yet as functional as possible. For the number of people who would actually get $15 worth of use from a touchscreen... the thing's so light you'd touch the screen and knock it over (that's not an exaggeration).
- RetepNamenots, on 03/27/2008, -0/+5Two fingered scrolling is more software, rather than hardware-based.
- Kelmon, on 03/27/2008, -3/+8"douche-nozzles"
Pardon? What is the obsession these days with calling idiots "showers"? That's what "douche" means. Now we're onto "douche-nozzles" - what gives? It's a fair comment that Gizmodo are idiots for their CES stunt but please learn how to use the English language to describe them properly. - PleaseJustDie, on 03/27/2008, -3/+8you do know this type of multi-touch was around BEFORE the macbook air right? That it has been developed and in use in other products, not owned by apple, for years.
- kidcodea, on 03/27/2008, -1/+6you know who actually makes apple laptops don't you?
you know who fabricates the trackpad device don't you?
you see apple anywhere except as a client?
ok thanks for your attention. - timmillwood, on 03/27/2008, -4/+8I want one!
- pathy, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4Just to give my own experience with it,
The screen *size* for me is fine - The problem I have is the resolution. A few programs are just difficult to run on it. The 9" will almost definitely fix that. - kazamx, on 03/27/2008, -0/+48.9"
- inactive, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4It will come but later. EEE might be playing with the idea of a pure Tablet EEE.
- LilyFoxglove, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4Wrong
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/8444/keyboardmo ...
The "two-finger" tap is a very distinct gesture, and I can't image how one would accidentally activate it. - bradleyland, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3Calm down. This wouldn't be the first time in history a normally benign term was turned in to something more malicious and spiteful.
- hoodedrobin, on 03/27/2008, -2/+5No *****? And by "Girlfriend" do you mean that piece of rabbit fur you rub on your dick everynight?
- RetepNamenots, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3http://www.wired.com/entertainment/theweb/magazine ...
- a007proxy, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3sorry, there is a woot-off today. I got excited.
- briguymaine, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3cool, she just wants something for web browsing and email via gmail. I am a mac guy but I can't see buying her a macbook!
- chingy1788, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3you can always stick in a 2GB stick of ram, my friend did and he has xp on it runs like a dream
loads up and shuts down faster than my desktop (Athlon64 4000, 1.5GB ddr400, Sata hdd) can load up - RetepNamenots, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3I've got the current 7" version. The only criticism that I would have would be the screen size; so if you waited until the 900 comes out, it will be perfect.
It's silent, so light, so small, good quality.... the OS is fine for web browsing/document writing/emailing...
It's got more than 1 usb port... - ghm101, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3just by a bigger faster laptop, plenty about
- macgallant, on 03/27/2008, -2/+4the touchpad with gestures is cool and all, but will we be able to custom order it with more that 12gb storage and have more that 1 gb ram?
- inactive, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2You can probably hack the EEE to get GPRS if a spare PCI-e slot is available.
Also does anyone know if those SD card interface GPS module for smart phones work with the EEE SD Slot? - SuperSunny, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I can tap the touchpad with two fingers and get a right click menu on my MacBook. You can enable the gesture.
Is your Pro not updated?
http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/3481/screenshot ... - justaboutdead, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3if you're going to quote someone, at least give them credit
- Kelmon, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3Yes, because those features would be MUCH more useful than a multi-touch trackpad, right? Right? Wrong.
- ahvi, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3Well, I know where part of my economic incentive package is going.
- SwedishNinja, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Do we really need the qualifier of "MacBook Air style"? God damn it's like arguing what will be the next "iPod Killer" all over again.
- supermanred, on 03/28/2008, -0/+2You do know Macs have had secondary clicks for over 10 years now?
- TnTBass, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2These laptops offer so much for so few $$$ why would you complain when they add more features?
Its like getting a cool Christmas present that wasn't on your Christmas list, then throwing a tantrum about not getting the gift you want. - Twoje, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3Douche doesn't mean "shower" in the English language. It does in French, though.
People say "douche" because in the English language, it is an instrument used to clean vaginas. I don't know about you, but I would not want to be a douche. - pathy, on 03/27/2008, -2/+4That's not the point, is it?
My point is that of all the things to add, I find this the most useless. The touch-pad on the Eee is tiny, and the actual usefulness of the multi-touch pad I find in short amounts anyway.
I would not have wanted them ALL, but rather just one. GPS would have been my prefered. - gzusfreak, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I would absolutely love to see you build a machine with those specs you just mentioned all for $400. Since you aren't though, how about you take a back seat and ignore what Asus is doing instead of bashing them.
- Twoje, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1And no, it won't have those like 3" Black borders.
- chingy1788, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1go on ebay and buy that chunky 3Kg 15.4" Celeron 2GHz for $500 or something
lets see you try fit that in your pocket - edwartica, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1That would explain why I kept hearing "you're doing it wrong" all night.
- Kelmon, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Nice. While it's good that the Eee has this function I have to confess that I expect to see this on all laptops. I've not had the opportunity to try the multi-touch gestures for zooming, etc. but have been used to multi-touch for scrolling for years and I definitely wouldn't buy another laptop without it. Frankly, it drives me nuts when I use a laptop that doesn't have this function as it's part of my "memory muscle" for working with a computer.
- supermanred, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1Which ones? Not in any tablet PC I've seen... You could at least point out one example, even if it was some product that has never seen the light of day in North America.
- carlosos, on 03/28/2008, -1/+2If I remember a laptop that got sold about 10 years ago at Aldi (I don't remember what brand) already supported two (or three?) fingers for scrolling. I don't believe this is anything special.
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