Asus EEE

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I'm not sure if anyone has already started a discussion about this thing, but what do we all think? http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/06/06/asus_shows_wee_eee_pc/

 

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i will be 100% purchasing 1 or 2 :P

 

AH good, not just me then :P

 

I rarely ever used my PDA... so for me, this would likely get used less.

My wife's already got a tiny little tablet PC... so I'll not likely be getting one anytime soon. Cute little box, though.

 

If it comes with the women in the photo, i'll be getting 5 or 6.

 

its ideal for college to be honest and perfect for students who are at UNI and on a budget, or for someone that just wants a laptop to play around with.

 

This is what I'd recommend for train journeys and riding shotgun:



Small, light laptops are for wusses.

 

The EEE does look interesting, but I just purchased a used Dell laptop that has more power, a bigger screen and more space for less money. I don't need "small" so I'm not an ideal customer for the EEE.

 

We've had one of the EeeeeeeeeePC's in here for evaluation.

It looks quite nice from what I have seen of it, and are ideal for basic use. From what I know Asus are shortly to be releasing a Windows version of it.

Personally when I tried using it I found that the keys were hard to type with because of their size. Ideal for children though.

 

For small and light laptops just look here :-

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObj...39BD6F7&node=home/shop_mac/family/macbook_air

and here :-

http://store.apple.com/Apple/WebObj...co=7B723663&node=home/shop_mac/family/macbook

and no I'm not a mac fanboy ! I have a rather large heavy power hungry dell !

 

Two suggestions:
1) Get the faster 7200 RPM drive if you can afford it.
2) DEFINITELY get a larger battery - I'd recommend the 9-cell. Yes, it'll make the laptop weigh more. But what good is a laptop that doesn't stay powered up for long?

Personally, I'd also get the video card upgrade... but I'm just wired like that.

 

I used the HP NC2400 on my last job. Its ideal for the train - doesn't weigh much at all, even with a beefy battery that gives about eight hours' useful life. Awesome lappy - best I've ever had for 'the job'

 

From the reviews I've read about the EEE, not only does the 6'2" second line guy have no excuse, he probably won't be able to type on it; I've heard it's pretty hard too type on if you're used to a full-sized keyboard! I'm interested in hearing your review of the little guy.

 

So did you go with those suggestions? Or did you ignore me like everyone else does?

 

Guy at works got an Asus EE, I was not that impressed overall, good for the money, but more of a toy, I'd have gone for

Macbook
Dell XPS
HP

in that order from what I now know after seeing guys Macs at work and lugging my XPS M1710 around.