As others have said, the keyboard isn't that bad. Like anything else, it just takes a bit of getting used to.
Overall the machine has been rock solid for me, and everything works as advertised. Even my Thunderbird, with a connection to a 3gb imap account loads up in less then 3 or 4 seconds. Its very quick, and the whole unit feels just feels very refined and responsive. I should also mention, the screen is very readable and bright even at minimum brightness level. Anyone looking for a very very portable machine at a fairly decent price, should check this out. Kin Wong wrote: > Me 2. > While the price is attractive, the limitations are still a drawback. I > am glad this thread came up because it is reason for me to resurrect one > of my old laptops to do something similar. I still like my little > Fujitsu running the Crusoe Transmeta chip - it only consumes about a > Watt of energy compare to the 40-50 that even PIII use. So even with > it's small battery, it is good for 6 hours of use. > > I have heard from others that Ubuntu runs sluggish on it though a strip > down version of xp seems to be fairly reasonable. I am going to look at > DSL (Damn Small Linux) as it requires little resources to run. It does > have a reasonable hard drive, vga output, dvd, etc. Though I paid about > 1200 used 2-3 years ago and had maintained it's value for quite a while, > recently I saw it for about 500. BTW, it weighs about 2-3 pounds, so > fairly comparable and has wide screen - I think 1400 by 768. > > Out of the 2, the Fujitsu suits me better, however if it were around > 250, it would be a really nice toy to have. If DSL works, I will be a > very happy camper. > > 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 >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
