Thursday, July 26, 2007

Upgrading My PC: Part 4

As I plan to wait for Eee this wish-list is changing (again):
From Bhineka

AMD Sempron 3000+ (AM2)
US$. 38 Rp. 347700
MVM 1GB PC-5300
US$. 38 Rp. 347,700
DFI INFINITY C51PV-M2/G
US$. 77 Rp. 704,550
LG GSA-H55N
US$. 41 Rp. 375,150
TELEBIT 600VA
US$. 35 Rp. 320,250

Eee-owner wannabee list (3)

Already 910 posts! I've posted info about $150 notebook that turnout to be a scam, duh... so sorry for all readers harry.sufehmi.com. August is near, guess I have to postpone my notebook wish (see my previous post) and wait for Eee, maybe bought new desktop to replace the old one (call me plin-plan :)).



Thursday, July 19, 2007

Upgrading My PC: Part 3

Return to Confusion State, Now with:
Forsa 1022N Pentium M 1.4GHz, 80GB, 512MB, Dedicated GF6200-128MB, 13.3" TFT, Wi-Fi, Mini PCI-X, s-video out
Ups: based on MSI 1022 whitebook, dedicated video, PCI-X, s-video out, 13.3", CHEAP
Down: local brand, no Jakarta seller with decent price (Jogja/Bandung), Online Buying only

VS

Acer 5052 ANWXMi Turion 64 X2, 40GB, 512MB, Shared Radeon X1100, 14", WI-Fi, Bluetooth, Webcam
Ups: Global Brand, Dual Core, good global warranty, Bluetooth, Webcam, Can buy everywhere
Down: Shared video, 14", RELATIVELY EXPENSIVE

Both of them have no OS, Feisty or Cassandra should fit perfectly

Eee-owner wannabee list (2)

Looking down to the long list of Asus Eee owner wannabee at harry.sufehmi.com makes me tickled to write my comment.
  • Firstly, Whoa... more than targeted order / 100 order (approx. 750 comment/order while I write this), will they pay actually? will Asus consider this as a real order? (Dear Harry Sufehmi, please, please update us, on the negotiations with Asus Indonesia or Taiwan maybe ;P)

  • Secondly there are many of the owner wannabees ask for different configuration from the standard (minimum config - US$199). How much they want to spend for the extra configuration? AFAIK options for bigger screen or storage makes the whopping US$500-600, will they lose their choice /chance to buy affordable PC portables? Screen & Storage(SSD/flash based harddrive) size are the main component that set the price of this kind of portables. Particulary that SSD which is the new trend, 16GB SSD still mind-blowingly high priced (US$245 anyone?). Yet there are person willing to order the 20GB version (over the standard 4GB) with 10" screen (bigger than standard 7") of Eee , imagine the price :D

  • Thirdly (this is the bad news), According to an ex-hardware-columnist (CMIIW for the translation) from Chip Magazine Indonesia (That already been meddling with one of Eee prototype), It's will be daydreaming to have the Asus Eee with the same price when it was announced, specially when it hit Indonesia (in time).
Oh well, cross your finger Guys, I'm still waiting for it!


Friday, July 6, 2007

Upgrading My PC: Part 2

After trying first hand on the notebooks on my list, I have come to one conclusion:
Acer 5052 ANWXMi is the most suitable one. pheww... now the money part :P

Monday, July 2, 2007

Been to FKI 2007

FKI 2007 is fun overall, since I haven't come to event like this long time ago (I say 5 years or so). I can browse anything without entering a shop door, just browse, touch and try. Try a few notebooks with Ubuntu and found that some "cheap" notebook is not capable running it (shame on HP/Compaq).
On the other hand, prices are much the same as Bhineka (online) or regular brochure, disappointing. Back to my notebook search, I found only Acer 5052 (which is on my list) and I kinda like it. Still I'm not sure I can purchase it this month :P.