eee pc

[aster13]

So..a rather large number of people seem to be squeeing over these, and a number have actually bought one.

My laptop is not as healthy as i'd like it (keeps overheating - any advice?) and also very heavy.

I confess to being tempted by the cuteness (it's called eee ffs!)

What i would like to know is - what CAN'T the eee do?

Comments

[drdoug]

I have a (work) Eee and I like it for carrying around, but it doesn't blow me away. It's nice as a mobile/second computer, but I really wouldn't want to use it as my main machine.

There's the physical limitations people have mentioned already - storage, physical size, no CD/DVD etc. For me those are fine tradeoffs for the portability, but I do want a home machine that has more than that.

There's also the choice of Linux or Windows XP. Mine is a Linux box. In a nutshell, the Linux version means you can't use Microsoft software or iTunes or similar things, but the machine runs a lot faster. There are plenty of alternatives; I've only had a couple of annoying missing features. I've not seen or tried the Windows version, but it's reportedly quite slow.

The battery life isn't fabulous, and it drains away even when entirely powered down. But it's good enough for an hour or two's light use.

I'd recommend trying typing on one before buying - they keyboard is small and some people can't get on with it at all. (I find it acceptable for small/medium usage - e.g. a post like this - but certainly not for all-day writing.)

I was enticed by the cuteness but it's not wowing me in use - unlike, say, the iPod touch which I am still blown away by.

[reddragdiva]

Wine works perfectly well on the Eee, if you have that one thing you really want to run it's worth a try. (iTunes doesn't yet, sadly.)