[ILUG] eee PC

[James McBoyle]

The 8GB model is on hiatus as Asus are having SSD issues, so it's
anyone's guess when they'll be available right now

On 08/02/2008, Eoin Hennessy <eoin.hennessy at gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know when the 8GB model will be available here? I'm having
> a hard time finding a definitive answer.
>
> Cheers,
> Eoin
>
> On Feb 8, 2008 10:50 AM, Vincent Cunniffe <vincent at cunniffe.net> wrote:
> > 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
> >
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