I purchased one of the early Asus EEE-PCs.
I have had it well over a year now and generally love it.
It may not fit everyone's need but it fits mine just as a came from
the factory with Xandros Linux and what not. Mine has 1 gb RAM,
4 gb disk, a web cam, etc.
I use it as a travel computer. I like it because it is light (1.5 lbs)
and small and easy to carry and runs Linux. (I even used it while
back packing in Mali.) Mostly, I use it for connecting to the
internet and using ssh to contact my servers and for doing web
browsing and email while traveling. I also use it to do a bit of
writing using OpenOffice and to give presentations.
I have been super happy with it, but nothing is perfect.
My EEE-PC's faults include:
- The key board is small.
It is much better than a PDA or cell phone or whatever, but it
isn't very comfortable to type on. I have to type slower and
much more carefully than normal.
- The screen is small and the resolution is low as one would expect.
It is sometimes hard to read text on the screen and is not good
enough to display photo albums and things like that. On the other
hand, the screen is quite good enough for technical presentations.
- Asus kept the weight down by installing a small battery that will
power the machine for 2 hours at most.
Still, by and large it is a fine machine. I never take my laptop with me
anymore. The EEE-PC is so much more convenient for me.
As I said, I got mine as soon as they were on the market. Asus has
added improved models and there are a host of other competing
machines like the Acer that Larry mentioned. If I was about to buy
another machine, I would consider all of these. Still, I would probably
give extra points to an EEE-PC since it comes with Linux, so you
know for sure everything works right and you won't find yourself
stuck with a Windows machine.
Sincerely,
David Mandel
560 SE Alexander
Corvallis, Oregon 97333
(541) 752-3769 land
(541) 730-5285 cell
On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 6:01 PM, larry price <[email protected]> wrote:
> well, yes and acer, not asus. but that is a matter of opinion. :-)
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Jim K <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Actually I would recommend both storage upgrade and a different Linux
>> distro.
>> Jim K
>> larry price wrote:
>>> you could always install something that took less disk space.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 5:47 PM, Jim K <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I just saw an Asus eee 8.9" 1GB ram 4GB SSD for $199 at Best Buy with
>>>> Linux. I don't know if anyone would do a price match -5 or 10% on it.
>>>> You will probably want an 8GB flash card of some type. My understanding
>>>> is once you run the update the hard disk is pretty full.
>>>> jim k
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