Rating: - Asus Eee
First off, for the price the Eee would receive an easy 10. its ultra portable, doesn't lag to much, has office applications, pretty cool GUI, Pidgin Messenger, Games, and much more. all of which are located on a 2G solid state hard drive.
Price aside, I encountered two inconveniences with this laptop. First, its not the fastest; it does lag, but not horribly. when surfing the net the Eee seems to lag considerably if their is a lot of traffic, or if your 30 ft away from the router. The wireless card isn't the best but it still works. Second, 2G is really just enough, to allow the OS, and other Apps. room on the HD. I would personally go with 4G HD if i had to buy again.
Apart from these two negative aspects i would have to say that the very affordable price of the Eee would have to cancel these small problems out. It does for me anyway; i hoped this helped some of you.
Rating: - simple and functional
Well the only thing I can say is that Asus has done this little truly portable notebook the right way, it works!
If your looking for portability without the bulk of a traditional notebook this is it. The Eee is about the size of a small hardcover book and performs as promised.
I also added the 8 GB SDHC card for file storage. In the future as the SDHC format expands you could have truly unlimited storage at a reasonable price.
Rating: - A perfect little on the road computer
I love this little computer!
I would not want it to be the only computer in my life, but that is only due to its size. But I love having it in my life.. due to its size. Does that make sense?
It is loaded with linux. which just means that it is not microsoft. It has no effect on the user. It comes with an anti virus on board..it is wi-fi ready which means that you turn it on, give it a minute or less to find a connection and go. I did not have to link it to the network in my house, it found it and uses it. I have not had any trouble finding a connection outside of the house either.
Remember .. it is the size of a book.. the screen that you use for a browser is 7 inches. you can change the text size if you like. You might have to use the side scroll to see all of the page, but this has not been an issue.
As I said, I am glad that I have a traditional sized laptop, and for that matter y desktop. But for sticking in your bag when you travel, or are out for the day, I do love it. It is sort of the link between a phone where you can surf and check email and the regular laptop.
Do I need it? Absolutely not.. Do I love it? I do. I think it would be great for certain business folk, and just for people who travel a lot. It is a perfect little computer for kids. It is lightweight and simple simple simple to use. There is little or no setup needed.. you pretty much sign in and answer a question or two and go!
Do I recommend it? Absolutely!
The 2 gig is plenty. If you need more storage pick up an SD card and plug it in.. but for regular users, I doubt this will be necessary.
Rating: - Asus Eeepc 2G (Blue) is worth the price
I received this item today. I purchased it for our 5 year-old daughter who wanted a machine for games and for visiting sites like Noggin and PBS Sprout. I also bought it, selfishly, to use for casual web browsing at local wifi spots. The Eee PC can actually fit in my purse, with plenty of spare room, and it is cute and speedy and good for basic computer functions and web browsing.
I received the Eee PC at 4:55pm today. At 5:00pm, I broke the seal on the box. By 5:08pm, the machine was on, configured, connected to the internet via wifi and serving up a nickjr.com game for my daughter. Not since I opened my first ibook G4 have I had such a pleasing and effortless introduction to a new machine The Linux OS is easy to use, boots super-fast, and looks simple and attractive. The OpenOffice suite seems to work well, with the Word processor being adequate. I missed a lot of things about Word, but this program can get the simple jobs done well enough.
I was very surprised by the wifi card in this machine. I can pick up a total of 10 wireless networks from my house with the Eee PC, compared to only 2 from my iMac G5.
PROS: Price point, size, weight, nice wifi capabilities
CONS: Keyboard is tricky to use - I am having some trouble with typing accuracy, but, given the size of this nifty gagdet, what could I expect?
The Eee PC is a great mini notebook, and I would recommend it as a fun little toy with potential for grown up modding fun in Linux. I can't wait to try it out around town at wifi hotspots and see what it can do. And I can tell you that my little girl just loves it. It is perfect for little hands.
ASUS Eee PC 2G Surf (7-Inch Display, Intel Mobile Processor, 512 MB RAM, 2 GB Hard Drive, Linux Preloaded) Pure White Reviews
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