Hi, The eeePC screen res is 800x480, on a 7" screen. It's small, but that's the nature of this device - a portable computer that's even more portable than a laptop.
Not long ago I heard a rumour (can't remember where) that there was going to be a model with a 10" screen, but that the idea was scrapped due to the extra power requirements which would reduce the battery life to an unacceptably low level. But I find the 7" screen to be quite usable, although you need to remember your keyboard shortcuts to maximise screen real estate eg. F11 in Firefox. My uni-related use will mainly be for web access, reading .pdfs in class and checking over assignments. I might use the eeePC as a 'notebook' but I'm likely to just stick with good old pen and paper for that because I'm such a crappy typist :) I've just got eeeXubuntu installed on my machine and it's working great. I've got / on the SSD with /home and 550MB swap (for hibernation) on a 4GB SDHC card for some extra space. There's a great deal of configuration tips over at www.eeeuser.com if you didn't know already. Am Mittwoch, den 23.01.2008, 16:48 -0800 schrieb Andrew G: > Hi there. > > I have a close friend thinking about getting one. She is concerned > that the screen resolution will be too low (like 640x800). She likes > to view heaps of items simultaneously on her desktop... what is the > resolution like on the eeePC? I haven't seen one yet... may get into > Good Guys today.. I guess I'm wondering what it is like to work on a > PC with a small screen? Especially for things like typing up > assignments.. -- ubuntu-au mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au
