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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Yes and no. Pressing buttons 1 + 2 does a middle mouse click, which usually outputs the edit buffer at the current cursor position. Pressing the physical middle mouse button enables the mouse wheel function - you move the mouse in Y direction and you get a much smoother mouse wheel. Having both functionalities on buttons 1 + 2 at the same time isn't very attractive. Just imagine a double middle mouse button click.
I'm a programmer. We usually estimate values bigger than neccessary, so we won't run into trouble later. Regarding prices, they seem to be much cheaper than we feared. :-)
I'd really like to get such a little helper, but still, 400 Euro is much money here in Germany. And I don't get much money at my current job so it's still "too expensive" - at least for me.