On 11/2/07, Jesse Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To the people that have already purchased one of these, > > Do you think that the Eee PC offers good value for money? If so, why? I > must admit that they look attractive and if the price point was around > $250, I probably wouldn't think twice about buying one. The $400 price > seems reasonable, but I was looking at laptops awhile back and for $400 > you can buy a decent used laptop with much more horsepower, more RAM, a > way bigger hard drive, and a removable media (CD/DVD) drive. If you're > looking for something small, you can probably get a pretty nice PDA for > the same price. So, I'm trying to figure out if these things are > actually worth buying.
I, too, am wondering some of these things... The things that attract me most about the Eee PC are: (in order) - Price < $500 - Runs Linux - < 1kg - Full size keyboard - Screen resolution is barely wide enough to read PDFs reasonably (I think, haven't tried it yet) - I can use nethack.alt.org The competition: PDA: - Price < $500 [possible, but doesn't get you to the rest of the required features usually] - Runs Linux [hard to find, if possible at all] - < 1kg [oh yeah, even less than that] - Full size keyboard [not possible without a bluetooth or IR kb] - Screen resolution [I've tried reading PDFs on PDAs... it's not worth it, even a little] - I can use nethack.alt.org [see lack of keyboard...] UMPCs: - Price < $500 [if this is possible, i want to know!] - Runs Linux [not sure] - < 1kg [check] - Full size keyboard [might be hard to find] - Screen resolution [probably] - I can use nethack.alt.org [only if the full size keyboard is there] Cheap or used Laptop: - Price < $500 [possible] - Runs Linux [possible, but often there is the MS tax] - < 1kg [not at $500... even old x series thinkpads weigh more] - Full size keyboard [check] - Screen resolution [check] - I can use nethack.alt.org [check] So, as long as the keyboard isn't a total writeoff (read: somewhat better than those crappy keyboards that are on PDAs/phones,) I'm definitely going to get one. -Mark C. _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
