Asus Eee PC Hacks

The Asus Eee PC portable laptop computer was first released in Taiwan in October 2007. The original Eee PC, weighing in at just two pounds, featured a 900mhz Intel Celeron processor, a 7-inch LCD display and up to 2GB of DDR II SDRAM. The hacks available for the Asus Eee PC may come in handy for extending the original functionality of the device.

Asus has been lauded for making the Asus Eee PC much more powerful than one would expect for a laptop of its size and certainly of its price. The word on the street is that it's also easy to modify and upgrade, and that the less-than-$400 price tag is a particularly exceptional value once programs have been added and tweaks have been made.

This page contains links to advanced topics. Following these directions may cause unforeseen problems with your Asus Eee PC.

There are a number of ways to boost functionality of the Eee PC. Mods can be made to allow for the use a touchscreen display on the computer at a cost of about $70; other hacks can increase the Eee PC's storage capacity or even upgrade the processor. Hackers have also found ways to upgrade the original Eee PC to allow a user to surf the Internet on 3G.Electricpig: Top 10 Eee Pc Hacks! (August 4, 2008) Gizmodo: Simple Hack Gives Eee PC a Touchscreen for Just $70 (June 3, 2008)

Another hack for the Eee PC will essentially turn the computer into an eBook reader. One hacker figured out a way to install his Eee PC 701 in the dashboard of his car; a wireless keyboard was installed in the car's glove box.Gizmodo: How to Hack an Eee PC and Install it in Your Car Dashboard (October 23, 2008)

• Amiga Forever: Amiga Forever on Asus Eee PC (January 15, 2008)

• Tnkgrl Mobile: Modding the Asus 701 (Eee) - Bluetooth (November 28, 2007)