[ILUG] eee PC

[Vincent Cunniffe]

Niall O Broin wrote:
> On 8 Feb 2008, at 10:34, Vincent Cunniffe wrote:
> 
>> James McBoyle wrote:
>>> Finding an EeePC is hard work as they're selling as fast as they can
>>> make them. You're best off using the eeeuser.com forums to find out
>>> who has them in stock. One of the members there made a handy
>>> stock-checker page:
>>> http://eeestock.cpjackson.co.uk/
>>
>> Several people mentioned the Laptop Shop in Stephen's Green. Rang 
>> them, and they're out of the 4GB's for the moment, although they do 
>> have 2GB's just delivered if anyone wants to check size/weight etc. 
>> I'll drop in this afternoon and see what they're like.
>>
>> They also have 70 of the 4GB's on order, ETA 1 week.
> 
> Yes, but WHICH week? I ordered one from expansys on Feb. 4 at which 
> point they said "estimated 5 days". My order status now says "estimated 
> 7 days". I've a horrible feeling that there's a royal run around coming on.

Yeah, every time I hit refresh on Expansys' EEE page it seemed like the 
ETA date changed ;-)

 From what I've heard they're the Wii of the UMPC world at the moment, 
and impossible to keep on the shelves or get reliable stock for.

Vin