Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 25th Apr 2008 21:12 UTC
When Asus released its Eee PC, praise was almost universal. People loved the device's size, low price, and the fact it came with Linux appealed to many geeks. Consequently, the device sold rather well, and was a hit for Asus. However, the device had two major shortcomings: its small screen (7" 800x480), and its relatively short battery life. Asus took the critcism to heart, and came up with the Asus Eee PC 900, which has a 9" 1024x600 screen. So, what's the verdict?
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2006-10-08
Yes, it does, but I may tell you what I miss:
1. The device has a glidepad. It would be great to have an option to buy it with a trackpoint instead. Furthermore, I miss the middle mouse button which is sooo important if you want to run your UNIX / Linux GUI stuff in an adequate manner.
http://www.cnet.co.uk/i/c/rv/e/laptops/asus/eee_pc-901/story_2.jpg
2. Is a german keyboard layout available, too? Can the "Windows" keys be removed? :-)
http://www.trustedreviews.com/images/article/inline/7344-IMG3341s.j...
It really seems to be a nice device, worth contributing to my development hardware, especially when visiting customers - a cool portable computer to demonstrate things, for diagnostics and for inputting source code that comes to your mind when you're not at home.
If I see it correctly, the device would be approx. 500 Euro in Germany (I didn't check its availability in fact) - still too much money for me. But I may continue dreaming.