Deanna Hoak

8 Responses to “EEE PC?”  

1. 1 Nika May 26th, 2008 at 6:28 pm

   My husband got (begged me to let him get, heh) an Eee PC a few months ago. He LOVES it. Cannot praise it enough. Can hardly pry it out of his hands, in fact. It’s very handy and portable. He’s a big guy (6′2″) and has no problems with typing… he does say it takes a bit of getting used to but it’s not anything to worry about, he certainly has never complained about it bothering him. When I mentioned I was going to reply to you about it just now, he said to tell you that you might want to look into an MSI Wind as well, which is similar but with a bigger screen and hard drive for the same price, although it has a traditional hard drive instead of a solid-state, so it’s not as durable as the Eee.

2. 2 Cheryl May 26th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

   I have one. The office software is very straightforward, and I’ve been able to transfer documents back and fore between Open Office on the Asus and Word on my Windows machine. There are annoying things about the very simplistic interface that comes as standard, but I believe that you can get a proper interface if you switch it into advanced mode (instructions online) - I just haven’t got round to doing that yet.

   The issue is going to be typing. I can manage to type on it. I’m not a touch typist, and my hands are fairly small. Kevin wouldn’t be able to type on it. I suspect that an 18-year-old male would have difficulty, unless his hands are below average in size. I only use it for typing when I’m on the road. Otherwise it is just used for web browsing when my main machine is busy.

3. 3 Chris Billett May 26th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

   Would he be looking to use the machine for a lot more than note-taking? Or would he have a desktop machine that he could do other studenty things (like games! :p) on?

   They are pretty cool. We tested one at work recently, and installed Windows XP on. Which might explain all the bad karma I’ve been getting lately… heh. But yeah, they do what they say on the tin.

4. 4 Deanna Hoak May 26th, 2008 at 7:04 pm

   This is all great information, guys. Thanks for taking the time to let me know!

5. 5 May May 26th, 2008 at 9:03 pm

   I’m a first year at university, and whilst the EEE was on my list as a possible replacement for my current one (which is five years old), it dropped off because it’s too small (screen size-wise) to be my only computer, given how much time I spend reading PDF files on the screen.

   The other thing is that if he’s in a course like mine, which has loads of graphs and equations, then quite frankly, most non-tablet laptops will not be much good for note-taking.

6. 6 Angela James May 27th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

   I have one of the new Asus Eee 900s, which just released here in the US on the 12th. I had mine ordered and delivered by the 15th and was able to take it on a business trip this past weekend. I love it. The reason I got the 900 was fr the slightly bigger screen, as well as the Windows XP option. I think the most important thing to know is that if you buy with the XP option, the hard drive is actually two hard drives–4gb on the main C: drive and 8gb on the D: drive. This is important because running Windows takes up most of the C: drive so you want to install all of your other programs either on the D: drive, or on an SD card you use for memory upgrade. I do this, and also have a 120gb portable hard drive (had it previously) that I can also run programs on and store info on.

   Did I say I love it? I really do. It’s light and small and amazing. It is a little difficult to get used to the smaller keyboard, but I did editing on it, and had no problems with that or the smaller screen. I have no regrets at all about the purchase and it made traveling through airport security a heck of a lot easier, and lighter.

   There is an online community of Asus Eee users, which makes it very easy to get help or answers with any questions. I highly recommend it as a travel/portable laptop. I did a lot of research before I bought, and this is the one that gets consistently high reviews/scores from users and techies alike (a peek at Amazon will confirm this).

7. 7 John May 28th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

   A lot of schools expect or require the students to have a computer with a certain amount of power and the ability to run certain types of software. If this is his only PC you need to check on that. If it’s a second machine I’ve heard good things about it.

8. 8 Deanna Hoak Jun 2nd, 2008 at 6:14 am

   Yeah, he has an older, bigger laptop that would be his main computer. I like the notion of an Eee-type portable for him to toss into his backpack, though. I think I’m going to check out that MSI Wind that’s supposed to come out tomorrow….

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