Anybody seen these.
http://eeepc.asus.com/global/product700-spec.html

they are $299 (with 8gb drive) at TOYS R US and don't weigh anything. has windows XP on it with a solid state c drive. I was thinking hard about using one as a at the track tuning and testing pc instead of dragging around a large laptop, you could datalog to this thing and its just sitting there in your car or something. Just getting ideas for the future. Its made by ASUS which is a very reputable motherboard and pc peripheral manufacturer. It also has a wifi card and 10/100 network card in it.

took this pic while i was playing with it, its not a "toy"

 

they are also sold at target. there are currrently 3 "mini" laptops for sale in the US. ASUS, ACER, and Dell.

as similiar as they all are, they are not the same computer with different a label. Each does use the same intel Atom chip though. The ACER has the solid state HD option, but also uses a traditional HD in its base model. 299 is your base price for the ACER and ASUS. 309 for the Dell. Each has slightly different external dimensions, but nearly the exact same. All 3 use a compressed keyboard, which relocates a couple keys and deletes a few double keys too. it will mess you up

I have the Dell mini 910. I got a couple options as I think they are necessary nowadays. the base one for 309 only comes with an 8gb HD, 512mb RAM and Ubunto OS (no windows). I went 2 steps up and got the 16gb HD, 1GB ram, Windows and then added a mini cam for $30 and got the 3 year warranty for $110. shipping and taxes was $60 which put me at a final price of 600 even.

I've had it for 2 weeks and it I love it. It would be ideal for tuning, but beware of the processor speed and Memory size. dont let the 512mb memory get your hopes up. its not a computer built to run many apps or do much at once. its a travel computer meant for basic things.

if you have any questions, I'll be glad to answer any I can

 

im good on the questions i work with computers and related stuff all day long. I just wanted to know what other people thought about using something like this for track days and races and whatever else is needed to be done during on the fly tuning. Seems like a cool idea. I would def get a basic version, thats all i would use it for it browsing the net and EMS. Solitaire too.

 

sony also makes a small laptop that has been out for a couple years now

 

I use the HP 2133. All aluminum casing, 8.9" screen, 1gb ram, 120gb HD and virtually full-size keyboard (and trust me, this is the most important aspect)

Only cost me $385 with Linux, but I just installed XP when I got home.

 

when i saw their 10", it was in classic sony over priced style.

 

i would look at dell... they have their version of this notebook; probably with better components too..

I thought about getting one of these for the track and traveling... hopefully i can get one really cheap for black friday...

 

if you are planning to use this computer as a tuning device, beware of the graphics card. not saying it will happen to you or your computer (as most new computers use windows based software) BUT.... just throwing it out there, that my old MS DOS based software is not happy with windows. the graphics looks like chinese writing, will throw a blank blue screen and freeze the computer up. my computer was bought new last year. i have an old laptop from ~ 99 or so, which works fine with this old software

 

yeah i wont be using motec anytime soon.

 

about 10 years ago I had a toshiba something, it was tiny and cool.

 

That reminds me of Derek Zoolanders phone. Do you guys think that the memory will hold over if dealing with multiple cars doing multiple datalogs? For example if i were to bring that little laptop with me to multiple tracks(road course and drag) and did a handful of logging on multiple cars? At what point would i slow it down or cause operational issues?

 

Beware of small laptops, I know that one is super cheap but I had the original small 10" Sony for just under 3 years, whenever there was a problem nothing could be fixed unless I replaced the entire inside.

Then one day I remembered I bought the 3 year plan on it, so I went and got the newest 12" one that's CF and has a thumb print reader for my super secret tunes

From having the small one, I will say it's convenient when you're in the car but ask yourself how many times should that actually need to happen.

 

probably everytime we go to the track and conditions are changing and something needs to change. Im always trying to things to see if it will help something.

 

IF you would want multiple sessions of s300 or AEM or something open at once, i think you might experience some lag.

 

i picked up one of these over the summer, and i completely love it.
http://www.shopping.hp.com/web...eries

i like the touch screen in the car, because if you out driving around and trying to highlight stuff with glare and everything else, i dont have to worry about finding the point i can just touch what needs to be highlighted. its def bigger then what you have posted and more expensive but i wanted to support a product i like

 

used the small laptops and although they are handy in size they completely suck for reviewing data!

Buy a lenovo thinkpad with a 12 inch screen and be done with it!

 

What kind of issues were you having?

 

I was thinking the same thing Matt. I played with one in Walmart last night, Acer with 1.6 processor, 1 gig ram and 150 gig hard drive. It is $348 in the store here.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog...75202

 

twas fun surfing the net on this in Vegas after using my 19" screen everyday for the past few years.

 

My girl works at staples.
I played with the asus one.
Seems pretty nice.
I would want one just for tuning and such also.

 

Asus has quite a few different versions of the EEE out now from $300-$500. From the reviews I've heard a lot of people like them but I haven't seen anyone use it for tuning. I was looking at picking up one of the Asus EEE 901's for a while, still debating it but holding off until the Christmas bills are paid.

 

ill have to check out a 10" version.

 

just for tunning purpose and i love it,

 

i was reading up on these, and i think the reviews are best for the MSI wind, and Asus EEE 901, and the Dell Inspiron mini 9. the dell kinda worries me though because it only has a 16gb SSD, and no cooling device at all

 

why dont you guys get a longer cable and put it on the roof?.... I hate little laptops....
I have a dell lattitude d610 I tune with it in my lap all the time but really you guys sound border line lazy ...lol

Also You can do a dos partition to operate the older dos base software pacakages.....