Asus readies kid-friendly netbook, Eee PC 1001PQ

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1. July 29, 2010 4:35 PM
   

   GonchuB said:

   You mean 1.3Mpixel cam don't you?

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2. July 29, 2010 4:40 PM
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   Matthew, TechSpot Staff, said:

   No, here's the product page. [link]

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3. July 29, 2010 9:46 PM
   

   dividebyzero, trainee n00b, said:

   Asus sure love their car themed laptops. Wonder if they're paying Ford royalties for the stripe/colour combo, or maybe that should be Chrysler

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4. July 29, 2010 10:33 PM
   Guest said:

   I can go to a local speed shop and slap some stickers on a laptop and then upsell it to kids for a lot more money.

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5. July 29, 2010 10:43 PM
   

   mattfrompa said:

   My old V3 Razr had a .3Mpixel camera...it was...not good lol

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6. July 30, 2010 9:13 AM
   yukka, TechSpot Paladin, said:

   I like that design but I dont want a crappy lowbie version of windows 7 starter on it covered in crap. Suppose I can just reimage it with something decent.

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7. July 30, 2010 9:40 AM
   

   Leeky, TechSpot Moderator, said:

   Any idea on prices... Would be ideal for our 7yr old.

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8. July 30, 2010 3:36 PM
   Guest said:

   yes, would love to see "kid friendly" prices

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9. July 30, 2010 3:45 PM
   

   Zilpha said:

   Yea I have a feeling this will be in that same 400-500 dollar range netbooks have creeped back up into.

   I have a nephew who is hitting 8 pretty soon and he's started to get interested in computers. Well, games mostly. But I'd love to get him one of these so he has something to play during the week when he can't come to my house.

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10. July 30, 2010 3:55 PM
    

    Leeky, TechSpot Moderator, said:

    Yea I have a feeling this will be in that same 400-500 dollar range netbooks have creeped back up into.

    I have a nephew who is hitting 8 pretty soon and he's started to get interested in computers. Well, games mostly. But I'd love to get him one of these so he has something to play during the week when he can't come to my house.

    Its the same for our 7yr old girl (8 in Oct), she's been using one of our older HP laptops (with Ubuntu Linux) for about a year now to play Java games on kids websites. (cbeebies etc) Its kinda ironic as she's now showing me how to do things with Linux, not the other way around. LOL.

    We had decided to get her a PC for christmas (or rather me build her one), but I still have my doubts about allowing her to play alone on her computer in her bedroom. Besides which, a netbook would be much more practical as she could put movies on it and use it in the car on journey's, or when we're away for example.

    Maybe a netbook is the way to go instead. Decent netbooks are pretty expensive though, and I have half a computer in components already sat here from other computer upgrades in the house. I only need a case, mobo and CPU the rest I have.

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11. July 30, 2010 4:01 PM
    

    Zilpha said:

    Maybe, especially if she is already familiar with Linux. Ten to one this acer is going to come with a stripped windows version, and you will probably end up loading Linux yourself anyway.

    I'd definitely suggest going the laptop\netbook route for her so that she is portable. Desktops these days are really only for hard core gamers or developers that require tons of power and etc. Unless she's started writing her own rendering engine, she should be ok with a netbook :p

    That way also you could keep her near you when she wants to use her computer and it wouldn't be this big obnoxious box in the living room or wherever (since I def. agree 8 years old is too young to be alone on an internet capable pc).

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12. July 30, 2010 4:10 PM
    

    Leeky, TechSpot Moderator, said:

    Maybe, especially if she is already familiar with Linux. Ten to one this acer is going to come with a stripped windows version, and you will probably end up loading Linux yourself anyway.

    I'd definitely suggest going the laptop\netbook route for her so that she is portable. Desktops these days are really only for hard core gamers or developers that require tons of power and etc. Unless she's started writing her own rendering engine, she should be ok with a netbook :p

    That way also you could keep her near you when she wants to use her computer and it wouldn't be this big obnoxious box in the living room or wherever (since I def. agree 8 years old is too young to be alone on an internet capable pc).

    She's absolutely fine with it. She went straight from Windows XP to Ubuntu without even flinching. It was rather shocking really, as the next time I check her laptop to do some updates, she'd already done them, and had customised her entire desktop - menu's and all! LOL.

    I think Linux is the way to go with her, she loves it, and refuses to use Windows now anyway - The trick is clearly to 'convert' them young! haha.

    I agree totally - It worries me a lot more than it does my partner. I think mainly because I'm fully aware of just whats online, and how easy it is to find it. My partner is much more unaware unfortunately.

    She really only uses it for java games and speaking to family etc. I think a netbook is the best idea, just need to find one now.

    Any ideas on a decent 10" netbook (I'll be keeping her Ubuntu or she'd kill me!) thats competitive on price? I was just looking at Dell's. Christ, at the cheap prices!

    Have a look: [link]

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