[Gllug] ASUS Eee PC

[Richard Cohen]

On 16/04/2008, Richard Cohen <vmlinuz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 14/04/2008, Mick Farmer <mick at dcs.bbk.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Dear GLLUGers,
> >
> > I'm thinking of getting one of these for work away from home
> > or office.  Anyone used this box for serious work?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mick
>
>
> I have one - got it pretty much the weekend they came out in HK - and I'm
> pretty happy with it.  My flatmate made me take her to buy one a few weeks
> after I got mine, and she has been using it while she travels this year with
> no problem.  I'm heading to the UK on Friday night and I intend to leave my
> 2-year-old Dell laptop at home and just bring my Eee.  I'm running FF3.0b5
> on it now, which apart from issues with plugins (flash and java) is nicer,
> since the footprint is smaller and the full-screen mode is very
> full-screen.  When you've only got 480 pixels, anything you can do to
> maximize them helps...
>
> Allegedly the 9 inch model is available in Taiwan and HK this week - I
> might pop down to the computer mall this afternoon and see if there are any
> to be found.  If so, I'll report back - anyone need one handshipping to the
> UK? :-)
>
> Cheers
> Richard
>

Sorry, folks - I did go to the computer mall yesterday, and there was no
sign of the 900.  They could appear any day, but since I'm flying in approx
23 hours, I'm pretty unlikely to be doing any Eee shopping before I leave...

Cheers
Richard
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