- Asus EEE

- N810

Date: 19 Dec 2007 10:53:26 +0000
From: Bill Hardman <address truncated>
Subject: Asus EEE

RE:
Date: 17 Dec 2007 15:06:02 +0000
From: Steve Morton <address truncated> Subject: ASUS EeePC Sub-Notebook....

I'm not sure if this machine has been mentioned on the Digest before, I only came across it myself recently. I've not bought one yet, but hopefully after Christmas!!

It seems a worthy contender as a replacement Psion 5Mx, although it's size is closer to the 7 I guess, I've not compared the actual sizes.

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I took the plunge and bought one last week (from Toys 'R' Us).  I am seriously impressed with it.  The overall size is very much on a par with the 7/Netbook but you get built-in wifi, 3 USB ports and an SD/MMC card slot. It runs an Asus modified version of Xandros Linux and I'm happy to leave mine in the 'Easy' mode with all the software accessible by tabs. It's easy to bring up a console if you want to get geeky. You can also fairly easily operate via the full KDE desktop if you want to. As I have a dual-boot desktop PC with Xandros Home Premium on it I can use that for the finer points of Linux.

One problem I'm finding is that the EEE is so close in size to the Netbook that I have to stop myself from poking the screen!

I rally think that this machine could be a serious contender as a Netbook replacement. Obviously converting existing EPOC data will not be easy, but for internet comms, emailing, networking and so on the machine is virtually unbeatable at the size and for the price. Actually getting a Netbook repaired is not far short of the cost of a brand new EEE PC.

Bill Hardman

Date: 19 Dec 2007 19:24:41 +0000
From: Ajai Khattri <address truncated>
Subject: N810

Ive just had my shiny new N810 for a little over a week. Its a very nice machine. Love the browser, PDF viewer and RSS feed reader. Just wish it had Psion Data :-)

Im looking into writing a simple database application (now that Im back working in software development again).

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Aj.