The future is small

I think at the moment it still depends what you want to do with it. We had a look at getting some EEEPC machines for the business, so we bought one and created a XPE build that did what we wanted, but the machine was just not powerful enough to perform well with the applications we needed. I like the physical size, but for us it seems there will always be times that the power of core2 and heaps of ram is needed.
If you are only planning to use it for mail and reviewing spreadsheet the EEEPC is the one for you, but I find the screen size a bit limited when it comes to creating spreadsheets.

Thanks for the info!
 
I don't get the concept. If you need excellent mobility why not get a smartphone? They tend to have better processors and more memory (thanks to cards) and they combine your phone too.
 
oronte said:
I don't get the concept. If you need excellent mobility why not get a smartphone? They tend to have better processors and more memory (thanks to cards) and they combine your phone too.
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The best smart phones will only keep up with a pentium one. This is great for a phone, but it can't match a laptop.
 
Useful

I am using an Eeepc to post this. Bloody useful little things, good for basic work and watching episodes in bed. They keep your chest nice and warm as well:D

Bad bits, the screen is tiny, which makes spreadsheets in office 2007 not too much fun, but great if you make an access database with a front end suited to the screen size.

The power is not bad at all. I have deployed 2 brand new machines the past 2 weeks, desktops, and decent ones. Windows XP which i installed myself starts up faster than both those new computers. What I am saying is, don't underestimate them, but don't overestimate them as well.

i pretty much remote desktop into my computer when roaming with the Eee when home, and watch videos shared on my home network. But I have done some auditing with this baby and i loved its usability.
 
As long as the price is lower than the conventional laptops, then there will be huge demand for these " netbooks" for years to come.

I think the concept is great, and companies with cramped working conditions can get one for each of their staff :D.
 
Workhorses..

Don't get me wrong, they are certainly not work horses. They are good for quickly doing something someplace where a laptop needs to be held in 1 hand and on the move...and it fits in your hand/man(if you are that sort of fellow) bag...

But for hard core work, i need a bigger pc.
 
The only thing that puts me off the EEEPC is what I have read about battery life and that some models come with solid state drives which cannot be removed. Flash memory has a limited number of read and write cycles.

Perhap a price of R1500 will make it more affordable.
 
I'd get one if it does not have intel inside. AMD and VIA makes processors and chipsets that are a lot more power efficient.
 
What superfly said. Things are not getting cheaper, we're just getting a more diverse range of products across a more varied price scope available to us. And to DDV_TECH and the others who voiced their complaints about the unit not having enough punch, that's very relative to the OS you run on it. A nicely tweaked Linux installation (like the default XandrOS which comes with it) or any other combination of *nix works extremely snappily.

Albeit I can understand the frustrations of using it in a Windows/Microsoft environment, since your entire interface is visually locked with no (really useful) console alternative like available on other operating systems.
 
Love da Eee

This reply is being typed on an Eee 701 w, that I got for R2600, in Capetown from the airport using my Vodacom 3G usb.

If you keep the default OS (Xandros), this thing works like a dream. it has everything I need, from a E reader so I can read my ebooks waiting for flights to movie player to keep me occupied while on the plane.

It also has music player so I can listen to my mp3's stored on my 8gig SD.
Best of all it has a video out that I used on a projector for the meeting I just been to, to show my power point presentation, and all this under 1 KG and not taking up my bag space on my carry on.

Over the weekend I used the Eee to align my wi-fi antenna on my roof.

During the week I use it to test network equipment and clean viruses from an infected XP pc that refused me to log in.

To put it simply, the is the best R2600 I have spend in a loong time

Go Asus
 
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