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I just ordered the Kohjinsha SH8 UMPC

fuzzybabybunny

fuzzybabybunny

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I've been looking at this laptop for a LONG time, and I finally pushed the button today.

At $1150 shipped from Japan, it's not that cheap IMO, but I guess we'll see.

Basically from my experiences with laptops and PDAs and PDA phones over 5 years, I've concluded that I need these things:

LIGHT: sub-3lb, I feel a BIG difference going from 3lb to 4lb.
Tablet
Touchscreen
Price as cheap as possible
Small

I use my PDA phone FAR more than my laptop, which is ~6lb and has a 1920x1200 widescreen and basically just sat on the floor of my apartment for 5 years. And then died.

Now, I know that there are going to be ~$500 sub-notebooks in the near future, but how many will offer a convertible tablet touchscreen? As far as I'm concerned the closest competitor to this thing is the Fujitsu P1620, which is $1700, uses a slow 1.8" HDD, and the upgrade to 2GB of microDDR2 RAM is $350. The Fujitsu U810 is very comparable in specs and cheaper at $1000, but the keyboard is stupidly small. Don't think there are really any other options.
 
i've actually seen someone mod the eee with a touch screen.. didnt look that difficult

hmm come to think of it, i think the new eee coming out will have one built in. granted the one you just bought has bigger hard drive and led



 
Originally posted by: clandren
i've actually seen someone mod the eee with a touch screen.. didnt look that difficult

hmm come to think of it, i think the new eee coming out will have one built in. granted the one you just bought has bigger hard drive and led
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It's got a LOT bigger HDD... 120GB vs. 8GB? It's also got tablet functionality which is pretty huge for me and yes, a brighter LED backlit screen.
 
You wouldn't want to know how bright the Eee PC screen is when it's at its absolute max brightness. Believe me, I have to wear shades to look at that screen. (25% brightness all the time for me now)

But that aside, the bigger HDD and built-in tablet functionalities are really huge pluses. 🙂 I think you've made a good purchase.
 
Originally posted by: clandren
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Originally posted by: clandren
i've actually seen someone mod the eee with a touch screen.. didnt look that difficult

hmm come to think of it, i think the new eee coming out will have one built in. granted the one you just bought has bigger hard drive and led
Click to expand...

It's got a LOT bigger HDD... 120GB vs. 8GB? It's also got tablet functionality which is pretty huge for me and yes, a brighter LED backlit screen.
Click to expand...

which i guess was worth the extra 5-600 😛
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Without these features the Eee laptop wouldn't even be in the running. I mean, by default it's not even going to be considered. It's like I need a truck with a bed to haul around an ATV but you're pushing for a sedan.
 
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Originally posted by: clandren
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Originally posted by: clandren
i've actually seen someone mod the eee with a touch screen.. didnt look that difficult

hmm come to think of it, i think the new eee coming out will have one built in. granted the one you just bought has bigger hard drive and led
Click to expand...

It's got a LOT bigger HDD... 120GB vs. 8GB? It's also got tablet functionality which is pretty huge for me and yes, a brighter LED backlit screen.
Click to expand...

which i guess was worth the extra 5-600 😛
Click to expand...

Without these features the Eee laptop wouldn't even be in the running. I mean, by default it's not even going to be considered. It's like I need a truck with a bed to haul around an ATV but you're pushing for a sedan.
Click to expand...

Well, it's cheap, for one thing. You can get one for $400.
 
Originally posted by: runawayprisoner

Well, it's cheap, for one thing. You can get one for $400.
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But it doesn't have what I need. Where do you hope to go with this? 😕 I mean, while you're at it you should also recommend me a $400 desktop with a free monitor. Even if I got an Eee for free, I would sell it and use the proceeds to fund the purchase of a light, sub-3lb convertible tablet laptop with a touchscreen...
 
1024 x 600 touchscreen display, 120 GB, 1 GB RAM. Looks very nice and the resolution is comparable to the $549 9" eee.

Where are you getting it from? Dynamism.com has it for $1249.

Please update this thread with impressions once it arrives, of the build quality, keyboard, etc.
 
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
1024 x 600 touchscreen display, 120 GB, 1 GB RAM. Looks very nice and the resolution is comparable to the $549 9" eee.

Where are you getting it from? Dynamism.com has it for $1249.

Please update this thread with impressions once it arrives, of the build quality, keyboard, etc.
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Sure will. There are three places that you can get it from:

Dynamism: Most expensive, but has operations in the US, meaning you don't have to ship this thing to Japan for repair if something happens.

Kabatek: Second most expensive / cheapest

Conics: Cheapest, about $200 cheaper than Dynamism. You have to ship to Japan for repair, but shipping is $70, and since it's already $200 cheaper than Dynamism...

I got it from Conics.

$1,115 shipped: standard battery + extended battery, Vista Business (I have XP already and will install it onto this system), white, US keyboard

Going to be getting a 2GB stick of RAM myself and possibly an external mini DVD-RW drive. There's a version of this lappy that has an internal DVD-RW drive, but it's about $250 more, doesn't really offer anything in addition to this, and the HDD is downgraded to a slower 1.8"drive.
 
FYI if you have a spare internal DVD and don't need a travel DVD, newegg has a bare adapter that works with every kind of drive:
# N82E16812156102 - newegg - nifty

(It's not clear from the images, but for IDE 3.5" HD and 5.25" and optical drives you connect the power brick directly to the drive's power connector.)
 
Originally posted by: fuzzybabybunny
Originally posted by: runawayprisoner

Well, it's cheap, for one thing. You can get one for $400.
Click to expand...

But it doesn't have what I need. Where do you hope to go with this? 😕 I mean, while you're at it you should also recommend me a $400 desktop with a free monitor. Even if I got an Eee for free, I would sell it and use the proceeds to fund the purchase of a light, sub-3lb convertible tablet laptop with a touchscreen...
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Nothing. Just telling you why more people would buy Eee over the other alternatives. 🙂 I already said that you'd made a terrific purchase, right? In the end, a $1000 laptop with all those stuffs are definitely more valuable.

I'd love to know how "small" things will look on that screen, though. On my Eee, 800x480 is already too small.
 
Fuzzy, I think that is an outstanding device. It weighs 985 grams with battery installed. That is only 2.17 lbs! Awesome. And . . . it has a C/F media slot which is almost not seen at all in mainstream lappies.

Looks like you got yourself a super travelling darkroom.
 
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