Asus Eee

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Asus EeeBox PC white with customized skin

Asus Eee is a family of products by AsusTek Computer Inc. The product family began with the release of the Eee PC subnotebook in 2007; since then, the product family has diversified into a number of PC form factors. According to the company, the name Eee derives from "the three Es," an abbreviation of its advertising slogan for the device: "Easy to learn, Easy to work, Easy to play".[1]

Eee PC

ASUS Eee PC

The Asus Eee PC is a

dual-core Intel Atom
CPUs, and traditional hard disk drives, and have also increased in price, though they remain relatively inexpensive as laptops, and notably inexpensive for ultra-small laptops.

EeeBox PC

Asus EeeBox PC is a

Splashtop technology called "ExpressGate" by Asus.[3]

Eee Top

ASUS Eee Top

The Asus Eee Top is a touch screen computer designed by Asus and released in November 2008. Its

Splashtop technology (an embedded Linux distribution) called "ExpressGate" by Asus.[4]
Both models feature a 1.6 GHz Atom processor, widescreen (16:9) 15.6" display, 1 GB RAM, 160GB HDD, 802.11n Wi-Fi, speakers, SD card reader and a 1.3 MP webcam with Windows XP Home modified with Asus' big-icon Easy Mode.

Eee Keyboard

ASUS Eee Keyboard PC

ASUS Eee Keyboard contained a built-in

PC motherboard within a full-size keyboard, similar to Cybernet's keyboard computer models and reminiscent of such 1980s PCs as the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, and Atari ST. It substituted a touchscreen in place of the conventional numeric keypad. ASUS had planned to ship the device in September 2009, but it actually debuted at CeBIT 2010 and launched in March 2010.[5]

The ASUS Eee Keyboard EK1542 contained a standard set of features typical for 2008

Intel GMA 950 video subsystem resulted in performance similar to the Asus EEE PCs
901/1000.

The computer came with

Li-Po
accumulator provided a power capacity of 49 W*h.

It boasted some unique features: a 5-inch, 800x480 screen with a multi-touch panel, a

H.264 and VC-1 high-definition compression algorithms, and a Wireless 720p Video Transmitting function utilizing Ultra-wideband Technology (a minicard receiver connecting to a TV/monitor via HDMI
).

Eee Stick

Asus Eee Stick
in red

The Eee Stick is an accessory that is expected to be bundled with specific models of the

Wii Nunchuck. The device takes two AA batteries
in each of the two components (four batteries in total).

Eee PC Media Server

Asus Eee PC Media Server was shown at CES 2009.

Eee Pad MeMO

Asus MeMO 171 tablet was displayed at CES 2011,[6] while MeMO 370T was displayed at CES 2012 [7]

  • Eee Pad MeMO 171 - 1280x800 pixel 7" screen, powered by Qualcomm 8260 Dual-core CPU 1.2 GHz, and Android 3.2 Honeycomb;[8] for US$600, available only in Asia.
  • Eee Pad MeMO 370T - 1280x800 pixel 7" screen, powered by the 4-core
    Tegra 3
    , and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean; 16GB for US$249 (pre-tax).

Eee Pad and Eee Reader

Asus showed previews of a

Computex Taipei
.

In addition, Asus disclosed to the press in January 2010 that a

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime
in December 2011.

In 2012 the newest version was released, the

Asus Transformer Pad Infinity
.

Eee Note

Originally released in Taiwan, featuring stand-alone note-taking/sketching capability and an E-reader. Its non-backlit screen had a long battery life, and incorporated a Wacom tablet with pressure sensitivity allowing pen-drawing on PC when connected with a micro-USB cable.

EeeBook

The Asus EeeBook is a lineup of affordable Windows laptops by Asus. In 2014 Asus introduced EeeBook lineup of computers starting with the X205TA model. By 2017 the EeeBook lineup was succeeded by the Asus VivoBook E Series. Some EeeBook laptops were rebranded to VivoBook E Series laptops such as the EeeBook E202 was rebranded to the VivoBook E202 and the EeeBook E402 to the VivoBook E402. The EeeBook lineup consists of the E202 (E202SA), E402 (E402MA), E502 (E502SA and E502MA) and X205 (X205TA).

References

  1. ^ "ASUS Eee PC". Asus. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
  2. ^ "ASUS Debuts Desktop-Equivalent Eee PC". PC Magazine. 2 June 2008.
  3. ^ Anand Lal Shimpi (3 June 2008). "ASUS Eee Box Preview & Intel's Atom Benchmarked". AnandTech.
  4. ^ "14-Oct-2008 review by CNet". Archived from the original on 2009-02-09. Retrieved 2009-01-10.
  5. ^ "ASUS Eee Keyboard PC officially launched (at last)". newatlas.com. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 2017-03-19.
  6. ^ ASUS MeMO CES 2011 -Youtube
  7. ^ "Asus MeMo returns to CES with a low price and two more cores". Archived from the original on 2012-02-02. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  8. ^ Eee Pad MeMO 171 specifications
  9. ^ ASUS Flipbook from physorg.com
  10. ^ Tech news: For the smarter kind of bookworm
  11. PC World