Mark - the keyboard is 75% the size of a normal keyboard. I touch type and can't on that keyboard - it's just too small. Everything else is good though.
On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 13:42 -0600, Mark Carlson wrote: > 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
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