Eeeee comes onto your desk
EVEN THOUGH Asus is playing coy and won’t spill the beans on the upcoming EeePC-class computers, we’ve got the specs and pictures that reveal what Asus’ next toy is all about.
The kit was originally to be named Eee Monitor, but that was just silly… a bit like sticking an “i” in front of a toy and selling it at highly inflated prices, but we digress… Asus will call it the EeeTop and it’s a 15.6-inch touchscreen desktop with the Atom platform working in the background. It will include a gig of RAM while 160GB of storage are stapled to the back of the unit. You also get Asus’ Express Gate which means you’ve got an almost instant-on environment if you need.
Other features include six USB ports, Gigabit ethernet, 802.11b/g/n networking, a card reader, webcam and mike – which gives it pretty much everything you need in a computer like this. Unfortunately, the device will still sport a single-core Atom, which looks like a huge disappointment, as you’d want a bit more multitasking oomph in your desktop configuration.
The EeeTop is, for lack of a better adjective, an LCD stuffed with an Atom. What it actually looks like is a slightly beefier LCD frame with a supporting stand at the back while everything else is almost invisible to the user.
You should also be able to order this under both Xandros Linux and Windows XP, according the information we have available. This is no surprise since that’s what Asus uses on Linux versions of their EeePC. The Windows XP version will come with StarOffice, Eee Memo, Eee Cinema, Eee Cam, SoftStyles, Skype and a trial Norton Internet Security Suite.
Retail pricing here in the UK is pegged at £400 making it to customers by l ate November… 2008, that is. µ
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quote "Other features include six USB ports, Gigabit ethernet, 802.11b/g/n networking, a card reader, webcam and mike "

What does he look like, as my sister has been single for a while. Mike could be just the thing she needs

(for all those that don't understand humour, yes there is a typo they ment mic)
I've got an a computer that is "virtually" instant on.
And it is run entirely on Microsoft product!

It is Vista base level. Next, it runs Virtual PC 2004. That runs Windows 2000. But, when I last booted up Windows 2000 I told it "Save State". So then, when I restart Windows 2000, it restarts from Saved State... and startup is "virtually" immediate.

Too bad Microsoft or some uther software entrepreneur coudn't think up a way to do this apart from Virtual PC. Oh wait. My laptop does something almost exactly the same. It is called "wake" from "sleep" state.

Huh!
Oh well too bad nobody in the world cares about instant on, seems like it would be a simple problem to resolve. Must be no market for it then.
This is called resume from hibernate on M$ products. XP and Vista both are able to resume from hibernation within 5-10 seconds depending on the amount of RAM that was saved to HDD in the first place. IMHO you cannot wake anything up from total powerless state faster than it takes to read the RAM content from some form of non-volatile memory device.
So it's slow with comparatively little memory and hard disk space, plus a fiddly small screen and overpriced by well over 100 quid.

Hold me back.. Another overpriced piece of kit in a recession is exactly what everyone needs..
The Asus EMo.
Does it come in black?
For those who don't know, Asus Express Gate is a light Linux OS embedded in a Flash Memory Chip in the Motherboard, so you can access it almost instantly to do basic functionality (web, mail, music)

The future without paid OS is coming.
It is a relatively cheap way to get touch screen technology. I don't see gamers standing in line for this baby, but it has a lot of potential. 

It could be the perfect kitchen computer. Put it in the lobby for visitors. It is perfect for casual use; browsing the internet and email. Paired with a wireless keyboard and mouse, it could be set any where.