Comments on: Asus EeePC

By: Cees

Cees — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:49:18 +0000

YouTube says they’re fine for farming in World of Warcraft, but bigger battles lag.

Also, the Firefox browser comes with a built-in spell checker, msilver.

By: Cees

Cees — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:46:51 +0000

Last i checked, an 8GB SSD 512MB RAM one with Windows XP + 30GB external laptop drive, cost 239 euros in The Netherlands.

By: Lucy Foley

Lucy Foley — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:17:10 +0000

Thanks for your interesting tips, msilver!

By: msilver

msilver — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:36:59 +0000

*hangs head in spelling-error shame*

By: msilver

msilver — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:36:37 +0000

ok It’s called Xandros, not xandros. my bad. a good place for reviews or info may be liliputing.com (sorry to plug some other website) as they’re devoted to such devices.

By: msilver

msilver — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:34:21 +0000

I have been looking at these “netbooks” for a while. they’re pretty slick. You can find some good customer reviews at your favorite computer-stuff websites.

They typically come with either Windows XP or some variant of Linux (EEE PC’s use Xandrox. I have a friend who just put Crunch Bang’s EEE variant of linux on his EEE PC and he likes it a lot.

There are some netbooks that you can even squeeze hacked versions of Mac OS X on, though it takes some doing and definitely would be outperformed by a macbook pro. But if search around you can see that they can be a great second computer or main computer for lighter users. I would say that you should avoid it if you do any audio or video editing or graphics work. I want one mainly as a PDF viewer for looking up instructions while working on other stuff. The iPhone is not a great reading device (yet?) and the kindle is too closed for me.

By: Phil Bebbington

Phil Bebbington — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 13:30:49 +0000

I have a tiny Sony Vaio which is great for travelling, it looks about this size I must say.

By: Lucy Foley

Lucy Foley — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:23:06 +0000

It’s weird, they don’t have a store section. In the only shop I found on the site, all they sell is font packs. I just wanted to find out what operating system they use and how much they cost. I see that they offer either linux or windows. Does anyone know how much they cost?

By: Garrett

Garrett — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 05:01:07 +0000

Exactly. I should have said that this is a second computer for my dad, and my brother is a very light computer user.

I also recommended this computer to a friend who only really wants a computer for internet access and email. He loves the asus.

If and when I do my big bicycle adventure trip, I’ll most likely be bringing one of these along.

By: Andrew Simone

Andrew Simone — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:48:27 +0000

Michael pretty much covered what I was thinking. But, if you want a cheap laptop that is UBER-portable for basic web/email stuff and they occasional writing, its great. It shouldn’t be a persons only machine, however, if they are doing more than that.