Re: Eee-PC 900 in AU?

2008-04-22 Thread Dave Hall
On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 15:52 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dave Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 14:01 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Warranty is issued by the manufacturer, Asus. Not the retailer. > You > > > do need proof of purchase i.e. date of purchas

Re: Eee-PC 900 in AU?

2008-04-22 Thread andremangan
No it isn't. Many of ASUS's notebooks come with a worldwide warranty, > the eee pc isn't one of them. This is a problem if you take your > Australian eee pc overseas on a trip and it dies. > > Remember the eee pc might have become a Linux geek must have toy, but > ASUS's marketing dept doesn't se

Re: Eee-PC 900 in AU?

2008-04-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 14:01 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Warranty is issued by the manufacturer, Asus. Not the retailer. You > > do need proof of purchase i.e. date of purchase. Warranty is > > worldwide and can be accessed in whatever countr

Re: Eee-PC 900 in AU?

2008-04-22 Thread Dave Hall
On Wed, 2008-04-23 at 14:01 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Wouldn't there be an issue with the warranty if you buy from > the US, or anywhere else overseas? You'd be covered, but > because the place of purchase is overseas, you'd need to send > the item back overs

Re: Eee-PC 900 in AU?

2008-04-22 Thread Cefiar
On Wednesday 23 April 2008 12:44:59 David Whyte wrote: > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Sebastian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've read on a new site that the upcoming Eee-PC 900 will sell for 549 > > US$ starting on 12. May. > > The 900 model hasn't been released in AU yet. It is the one

Re: Eee-PC 900 in AU?

2008-04-22 Thread andremangan
> > Wouldn't there be an issue with the warranty if you buy from the US, or > anywhere else overseas? You'd be covered, but because the place of purchase > is overseas, you'd need to send the item back overseas if you had to make a > claim. Very costly and time consuming, plus there's the risk of h

Re: Eee-PC 900 in AU?

2008-04-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That could well be the case ... applicable to items over a certain value. > > It may still be the most effective, as well as cost-effective way of getting > the new Eee PC. > > Ring the Australian Customs Service and ask them. > > You might even be able to buy

Re: Eee-PC 900 in AU?

2008-04-22 Thread David Whyte
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Sebastian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've read on a new site that the upcoming Eee-PC 900 will sell for 549 > US$ starting on 12. May. > The 900 model hasn't been released in AU yet. It is the one with the 9" screen I believe and the reports I re

Re: Eee-PC 900 in AU?

2008-04-22 Thread andremangan
Be careful of that idea, Items over a certain particular value will be > stopped by customs and GST/Taxes charged to you before it's released > to you. > > I've had this happen before with an order from thinkgeek... That could well be the case ... applicable to items over a certain value. It ma

Re: Eee-PC 900 in AU?

2008-04-22 Thread Senectus .
On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:13 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 2008/4/23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > On Wed Apr 23 11:40 , Sebastian sent: > > > > >Does anyone know where I can get one once they reach Australia? Where > > >did you buy your current EEE? I've did some sear

Re: Eee-PC 900 in AU?

2008-04-22 Thread andremangan
2008/4/23 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wed Apr 23 11:40 , Sebastian sent: > >Does anyone know where I can get one once they reach Australia? Where > >did you buy your current EEE? I've did some searching and there are > >not many online shops arround, maybe I was a bit blind tho

Re: Eee-PC 900 in AU?

2008-04-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed Apr 23 11:40 , Sebastian sent: >Does anyone know where I can get one once they reach Australia? Where >did you buy your current EEE? I've did some searching and there are >not many online shops arround, maybe I was a bit blind though... I don't know about online stores, but I know they w

Eee-PC 900 in AU?

2008-04-22 Thread Sebastian
Hi all, I've read on a new site that the upcoming Eee-PC 900 will sell for 549 US$ starting on 12. May. Both Windows and Linux version will have the _same_ price BUT the linux version will have 20GB SSD instead of 12GB! Does anyone know where I can get one once they reach Australia? Where did yo

Re: newbie

2008-04-22 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed Apr 23 0:07 , Lyneham Collins sent: >Any guidance for someone kicking off would be appreciated. Working > remotely is of particular interest (Project Management, software and network > support), Where I currently work, I've just installed EPIWare for our developers: http://w

Re: strange network problems

2008-04-22 Thread Sebastian
On 23/04/2008, Cary Bielenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sebastian, > If you go into windows & bring up a command prompt & type > ipconfig it will give you your IP settings if you write down the default > gateway it will probably be 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.0.254 then boot into >

Re: newbie

2008-04-22 Thread Senectus .
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:07 PM, Lyneham Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am an ozzie in Germany. Recently met someone who offered to install > ubuntu on my laptop, amid my plaint over Vista. > > But I would rather do it myself, so that I can't blame anyone else if it > gets a bit p

Re: newbie

2008-04-22 Thread Paul Schulz
Hi Lyneham, Thank you for your email. Welcome to the Community. Please checkout and join the IRC #ubuntu-au and #ubuntu-au-chatchannel (Applications -> Internet -> XChat or Pidgin). You'll be able to get immediate answers to your questions :-) This will also work from the 'Live CD', if you have

newbie

2008-04-22 Thread Lyneham Collins
Hi, I am an ozzie in Germany. Recently met someone who offered to install ubuntu on my laptop, amid my plaint over Vista. But I would rather do it myself, so that I can't blame anyone else if it gets a bit pear shaped. I would like to get up to speed with regard to Linux as it

Re: strange network problems

2008-04-22 Thread Sebastian Spiess
Cary Bielenberg wrote: > I have seen Ubuntu not add the default gateway in DHCP on some DSL > routers, does it show from ifconfig? > > > Cary > > Sebastian wrote: >> On 22/04/2008, Cary Bielenberg<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Sounds like either wrong/no default gateway or incorrect subn

Re: strange network problems

2008-04-22 Thread Sebastian
On 22/04/2008, Cary Bielenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like either wrong/no default gateway or incorrect subnet mask. > > > > Cary > > > Sebastian wrote: > > hi all, > > since yesterday I have network trouble with my feisty installation. > > I can connect to my router and see that

Re: strange network problems

2008-04-22 Thread Cary Bielenberg
Sounds like either wrong/no default gateway or incorrect subnet mask. Cary Sebastian wrote: > hi all, > since yesterday I have network trouble with my feisty installation. > I can connect to my router and see that the router is online/connected > but that's about it. > I can't ping or connect t

strange network problems

2008-04-22 Thread Sebastian
hi all, since yesterday I have network trouble with my feisty installation. I can connect to my router and see that the router is online/connected but that's about it. I can't ping or connect to a address outside my network. The thing is, I haven't changed a thing during the last 3 days, at least