I just ordered an ASUS Eee PC 12G (8.9″ Screen, 900 MHz Intel Mobile CPU, 1 GB RAM, 12 GB Solid State Drive, XP Home) in Pearl White from Amazon. They were out of black, and not really caring all that much about color I went with the available alternative. I also ordered a 16GB SDHC card to give the unit a total of 28GB solid state disk space.
I’ve been very interested in the Eee line for quite some time, but definitely decided not to go with the original Linux devices. Now that Asus is offering multiple XP models I though it might be interesting to compare one to my Kohjinsha SH6. With the faster processor and XP instead of Vista, it’s even possible that the Eee might replace my SH6 UMPC, especially when teamed with either of my portable USB hard drives (I have 80 GB and 120GB models). In any case, it will be a fun new toy to play with for not too much money!
June 30, 2008 at 11:09 am |
Sometimes I wish I spend my money on one of these instead of the MacBook Air.
June 30, 2008 at 8:49 pm |
Bill,
What’s wrong with the MacBook Air, other than the price?
Michael
July 1, 2008 at 2:29 pm |
Michael,
I’d be interested in hearing what you battery life experience is.
Greg
July 1, 2008 at 3:00 pm |
I’ll surely be posting a review that will cover battery life as well as much more. Stay tuned!
Michael
July 1, 2008 at 6:14 pm |
J&R has it only in white too:
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/06/28/ulcpcsubnote-news-from-jr/
Why did you go for this, when the MSI Wind offers much more for less? And a better keyboard too!
July 1, 2008 at 7:00 pm |
Mike,
I picked the Eee 900 because it’s actually available for purchase right now. I could have waited for lots of things! Anyway it’s not a lot of money to spend on a PC and if I don’t like it I’ll give it to one of my kids (both working in the computer field like their dad) and I’m sure they’ll love it!
Michael
July 1, 2008 at 7:01 pm |
Mike,
Forget to mention, the small keyboard is not an issue for me. I’ve gotten used to a smaller one on my Kohjinsha SH6 and I can type full speed on it.
Michael
July 2, 2008 at 4:08 pm |
>>>Forget to mention, the small keyboard is not an issue for me. I’ve gotten used to a smaller one on my Kohjinsha SH6 and I can type full speed on it.
Holy cow. Are you a mutant or did you just deform your fingers by doing that? Haha!
Yeah, I understand what you mean about waiting. I hope you’ll do some posts to brag ^h^h^h^h enlighten us about how you play ^h^h^h^h use it for Very Serious Work.
July 2, 2008 at 4:48 pm |
Actually the small keyboard just takes a little getting used to. In any case my heaviest keyboard work is usually at a client site where I’ll be using a KVM switch to connect a full-sized keyboard to my whatever little computer I’m currently using, such as shown here: http://mconnick.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/busy-busy-busy/