Top 8 EeePC Holiday Gifts
Looking for the perfect Holiday gift for that Asus EeePC owner on your shopping list? The Asus EeePC has quickly become one of the biggest tech gifts to get this Christmas. Priced at about the same as an iPhone, the EeePC is a full-featured laptop capable of running Windows XP and almost any varient of Linux.
ASUS EeePC (512MB, 4GB SSD) [White] [$399.99]This is the EeePC that started it all. And while there’s a 8GB model down the pike, this model is more than sufficient for most looking to replace their laptop with this tiny little monster.
ASUS EeePC (512MB, 4GB SSD) [Black] [$399.99]Any consumer electronic worth its weight nowadays must come in White and Black. This isn’t up for debate. The folks at Asus though were nice enough to not charge a premium for the Black. Early adopters missed out on this later model.
UPDATE: Asus EeePC in Black
Sabrent USB 2.0 to IDE or Serial ATA Devices Cable Converter [$19.99]What an exciting sounding product! What this device lacks in pizazz it makes up for in the money it could save you from having to buy an external DVD-ROM drive if you have an extra internal laying around (or easily yankable). Use it to restore to the factory default Xandros or use to install Windows XP.
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2B for System Builders [$89.99]Speaking of Windows XP, make sure to buy the OEM if you need to throw it onto your EeePC (don’t worry, we won’t tell anyone). While you sacrifice Microsoft technical support with the OEM version do you really see yourself calling them for help anyway? Save yourself the money.
Samsung SE-S184M OEM LightScribe External DVD Burner [$49.99]
18X DVD±RW, 18x DVD±R, 8x DVD±R Double, 8x DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 12x DVD-RAM, 48x40 CD-R, 32x40 CD-RW. Try saying that ten times fast. Here’s another OEM deal that will read and write anything you throw at it. Not only is this a great drive to hook up to your optical drive-less EeePC when you really need it, at this price its a great drive to have around as an extra in general.
Medium External HD Case Black [$18.99]“Medium external HD case? Why do I need that for my medium external HD-sized EeePC? Ohhhh, I get it. I can put my EeePC in this! What a great idea.” This case is almost perfectly sized to fit the EeePC and its AC adapter. Until some real cases start rolling out this is an inexpensive solution that doesn’t look like a purse.
Sandisk 4GB Secure Digital SD HC Memory Card [$29.48]I still can’t get over how much these have dropped in price. Use one of these to easily double the size of your internal HD (or SSD rather). While 4GB is small when it comes to HDs, its enough space for about 1000 songs, a few hours of movies, or better yet a second OS like Ubuntu.
Kingston Data Traveler 2 GB USB Drive [$17.99]Most of us already have one of these but they really come in handy with the EeePC when you want to quickly transfer some files or want to try a new OS ( like eeeXubuntu) without hosing your existing one.
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