ASUS Eee PC
How much do I love this PC? So much my husband should be jealous. Seriously.
Thee Eee PC has some very low specs, it comes without an optical drive, and it looks like a toy. But what other laptop can you buy for a mere $500 and carry around in your handbag/manbag/backpack like a hardcover book?
In fact, you can even take this baby through airport security without taking it out of your bag (on Virgin Blue, anyway - Qantas are all finnickity).
Those low specs include a mere 4GB of storage, 512MB RAM, and a made-to-order Linux operating system. However, the operating system feels just like Windows, its wi-fi works superbly (wi-fi 802.11b/g), and the whole computer system boots in 20 seconds.
Plus, you can easily boost its memory with an SDHC card or a USB stick, its memory is flash-based so it’s quite rugged, it has a built-in webcam, its battery lasts for 3 hours, and it weighs less than a kilogram (92g). It also comes with more than 40 open-source programs that fill the role of the most frequently used Windows apps (though you can get a Windows Eee PC model if you really must).
The Eee PC certainly won’t fill the role of your sole computer, but for travellers, geeky types and gadgeteers who love to show off in public, this ASUS creation is a beautiful and useful toy.
UPDATE: The 4G model now comes in pale pink at no extra cost. If only I could have waited…
Greed good: Super-cheap, lightweight, ultra-handy laptop.
Greed bad: Not a fully fledged computer, small screen.
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