Yea, if you think about the eee as "an oversized ipod", then it's a great gadget. You can do your email, skype, listen to music, etc. I had all my music on it and streamed to my stereo over bluetooth. But in the end I realised I had no real use to it. Couldn't agree more with Harvey. Just as a note, while doing my research I found that the "eee" was the best value for money at the time. Other netbooks with similar specs as the one I bought (I think it was the 1000h) were over $1000. The cheaper netbooks didn't have 802.11n or bluetooth, or large hard- drives. So you have to do your homework as usual.
Matias Gertel Freelance Web Development & Coding e: [email protected] m: +64 21 288 8840 p: +64 9 838 3367 On 1/04/2009, at 3:15 AM, Harvey Kane wrote: I bought an eee for running 32 bit apps that wouldn't run on my 64bit machine, and because 9" is somewhat more portable than 18". It's a great machine if you are using it as a secondary machine. Good for on the bus, on the couch, making small changes to sites, taking away on holiday etc. I had to use it as a main machine for a week when my big laptop went in for repair, and it just wasn't up to the task. The atom processor / 1Gb just can't cope with running too many things at once. I still think it's a really great product, providing you use it as a portable secondary. Harvey. Matias Gertel wrote: > I find that my 13" screen laptop (which is a Mac btw... but never > mind) has the perfect size, weight and features for all my freelance > work. I actually don't own any other desktop or use external > keyboards/mouse/screen. > I bought a 10" screen eee pc over xmass as an impulse buy and found > the screen and keyboard too small for any serious work. The atom > processor wasn't that speedy also. On the other hand, the weight was > about half of my macbook's! So if you're planning to carry it around > a lot, that's a benefit. But if you're gonna end up pluging external > keyboards/mouse and screens then what's the point? > My eee ended up on TradeMe 10 days after I bought it... > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
