The Asus Eee Pc, My love for it has gone
By Mike Skuse in Reader
Posted in Uncategorized on January 27, 2008 at 4:00 pm
This is the Asus Eee Pc, I’m sure many of you will have seen it before, its been discussed a lot recently, in real terms it a proper laptop for around £200, which I think is a bargain, however after a trip to a local well known Pc shop I decided that I no longer like it.
Previously, I had thought that its amazingly small and is a very cheap alternative to a full size laptop - perfect for those who dont use them that often or don’t need any power - whatsoever, however I now feel that they arent as good. Whilst they can have xp installed on them which I think is a strong plus point, I cant imagine how fast it would run - is it practical?
Next to the Eee was another laptop - it was just under £300 and had a much better spec than the Eee, and if memory serves correctly, it wasnt too much bigger, this left me to the conclusion that I dont like the Eee anymore. The screen isnt really practical, the os isnt really ideal, the specs arent up to much and I wouldnt use it … at all, so thats a bubble of mine burst completly.
Has anyone else seen the Eee?
Rated: 36% (5 votes)
Loading ...Comment by Donald - January 29, 2008 on 9:01 am
I’ve had an Eee since November and at home generally use it in preference to my laptop. The small form factor and fast startup time outweigh the small screen and keyboard. For checking e-mail and quick updates it is great. For real work, however, the limitations are overwhelming. Great for a children’s first laptop or looking up recipies in the kitchen. Putting XP on it would seem to negate all the advantages of a fast-start, nimble, cheap machine.
Comment by Rob Lyons - January 29, 2008 on 10:10 am
I think this misses the point. Most laptops these days are used at a desk, they weight 2-3 kg and provide a full range of software services. If that’s what you want, get a full-size laptop, nuff said. However, if you want to surf websites and have them look ‘normal’, read emails, work on documents - but don’t want to lug such a beast around all the time - then an Asus EEE is a good option. There’s clearly a market for that kind of form factor, otherwise Palm would not have devised the Foleo. But a Palm add-on is rubbish compared to a fully-fledged laptop with wi-fi for half the price.
Comment by Clayton Hallmark - January 29, 2008 on 4:54 pm
Do yourself a favor, get one of these historic PCs.
Soon pocket PCs will sell for under $100US in discount stores. There will be dozens of brands from dozens of manufacturers. HP, Dell, and Sony are in Big Trouble. Their contractors — Asus, Wistron, etc. — and others are going to undercut them in a vicious price war.
Here’s the entrants (and proposed competitors of Eee) already:
Everex Cloudbook (for Wal-Mart)
HCL Mi Leap X (India)
e-Way Technology Systems (Taiwan) $150, 7″ PC
Gigabyte Technology (no details yet)
Cybertron CM900 Mini-PC
Micro-Star International ultraminiature Due July-Aug 2008
So get an Eee. It’s the Model-T of computing, and it will some day be seen as historic, after some of the leading brands like Dell are humbeled. Remember, S-C-E: Small-Cheap-Easy, the winning combo.
Comment by nyari duit di internet - February 11, 2008 on 8:56 am
that’s a nice notebook
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