eee pc
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?
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?
In the end, I got an Elonex One+ [www.elonexone.co.uk] for £129, if you include the matching soft case. The One+ has even lower specs than the eee, but I got it because it was portability I needed, and not power. Having said that, it has a 400Mhz CPU [slow by today's standards - but read on for the positives], 512MB RAM, three USB ports, and a useable keyboard - even for someone hamfisted like me.
I've tested the battery life, and it seems to run fine for about 3.5 hours. The power supply is also the same size as a mobile phone charger, i.e. very small. The whole thing weighs less than a bag of sugar! It runs Linos, a special version of Linux that's already pre-loaded on the One+. It has an MS Office compatible suite, which means you can read and write between platforms. It also has built-in wifi which detected my home wireless broadband without problems - and surfing works like a dream.
Basically, if you want power - buy a desktop computer. If you want portability with power, I'd suggest a Toshiba Libretto L5 [I think that's the one]. But if you just want portability, you could get the eee for 2-3 times the cost of the One+. Neither will run intensive programmes anyway.
And the One+ comes in five colours... including pink and lime green for the girlies :-p
~ squodge ~
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