Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Impressions after the first few hours with an Eee PC
- Damn, this thing is light.
- Damn, this thing doesn't fit my pocket. It's a computer, not a phone.
- The keyboard's tiny! How will I ever learn to touch type on it?
- This thing is light. It doesn't stay put when I type.
- Where's the keyboard backlight? I'm supposed to adjust ambient light now?
- It froze! Thrice! Ah, the community forums have the answer. Something oddball with the wired network settings seeking a network. Turn it off. Who plugs in anymore anyway?
- Why doesn't this thing just connect to my wireless network when I turn it on, like my Mac does? Why doesn't Apple make this thing?
- It's so tiny, it won't sit on my lap like a laptop. I need new postures.
- Look ma, it's so small, I can hold it with both hands and thumb-type! Just like with my phone!
- I think I can get used to this keyboard. I typed this entire post on the Eee PC itself!
- Eh, why don't my Mac keyboard shortcuts for extended characters work? How do I get smart quotes in this post? Why doesn't Apple make this thing?
- I see major lifestyle changes happening.
Balaji Dutt — Mar 25, 2008 7:08:42 AM — # ↩
Nice stream of consciousness review :)
Divya Manian — Mar 26, 2008 7:32:31 PM — # ↩
Which OS do you recommend for eeePC?
Hola
I have my pinkeee :) and I wanna at least get some sort of textmate functionality and some mac features if possible! Which do you think suits it best?
Kiran Jonnalagadda — Mar 26, 2008 9:04:07 PM — # ↩
Don't know yet. I'm typing this from eeeXubuntu booted off a USB drive. It looks so much better than the faux-WinXP UI and the touchpad behaves just right without having to touch any settings, but the Fn keys don't work. All of them just raise the brightness.
When I have some time (this weekend?), I'll poke around the Xandros install to see how it works and attempt reproducing them in eeeXubuntu.
niyam bhushan — Apr 3, 2008 2:51:57 AM — # ↩
fleeced?
hey kiran,
how much did you pay, and for which model? i have heard some atrocious prices in the market here in delhi. what's the original price of the model you bought, in USD? do lemme know, please.
thanks.
i am also going to buy one. I like the idea.
regards
niyam
Kiran Jonnalagadda — Apr 3, 2008 12:40:20 PM — # ↩
The US price is USD 399.
Kaustubh Srikanth — Apr 11, 2008 7:42:47 PM — # ↩
17k in Delhi
I bought it at Trade Link Computers at Nehru Place in Delhi for 17000/- inclusive of taxes.