Asus Eee 8G

Customer Reviews:

Really Happy [Posted on 2008-04-07]
Is the perfect PC for you to carry around. It has all the programs you normally use. Powerful Wifi.

Awesome Computer! [Posted on 2008-04-10]
I have the 8GB Pearl White Eee and I absolutely love it! Weighing less than 2 lbs., this is so much easier to lug around that my 7 lb. laptop was. But that is only one of the advantages of the Eee.

If you need more hard drive space, you can connect a USB external hard drive. When using this computer at home, if the keyboard is too small for you, connect a full size USB keyboard. Want a larger monitor? Connect a USB monitor. Need more USB ports? They have some cute little USB Hubs available for that purpose.

Mine came with Linux. I had planned to get rid of Linux and install Windows XP instead, but I ended up liking Linux so much that I have kept it and am planning to set up XP as a secondary operating system and dual boot. Linux is just so quick and easy to use, and the system boots up so much more quickly than a Windows system does.

In short, not only is this a great little lightweight computer to take on the road with you, it can also become your full size "desktop." It is becoming very popular on college campuses because it can be hooked up to monitors, hard drives and keyboards in the dorm rooms, then disconnected and taken to class for notes, homework, etc.

A great place to go for information on the Asus Eee is eeeuser.com.

Great Little Toy [Posted on 2008-04-12]
I have had this for 2 days, which is not technically long enough to know if I love this or not. So far, I think this is great (I'm typing on it right now), though it certainly won't replace my regular laptop because I'm a writer, and the keyboard is just a little too small to use for hours on end. But this is great for taking to work to use on break, or taking on a plane. I can live with the tiny keyboard for a couple vacation days.

The reason I'm writing this so early in my ownership is to offer some advice to people who have no intuition when it comes to computers. I fall into that category, and I wish I had known some of this first.

There is an e-reader that has a eee pc manual already installed. I'm sure there's an easier way to get to it, but I found it under the Work tab - File Manager - My Documents - My Ebooks - manual.chm.

This comes with all sorts of pre-installed software, which means some of it is already out of date. If you want to update your software, anti-virus, etc, go to the Settings tab and click on the Add/Remove Software icon. It will check for updates and let you know what needs to be updated. SET UP YOUR INTERNET FIRST! It looks online for the updates.

So far, Xandros Linux seems to be easy-ish. As I said, this stuff isn't intuitive for me, but this isn't too difficult to navigate. I had been told that the eee pc uses Ubuntu, so I bought a book on Ubuntu. It didn't help. :) Thankfully Xandros isn't hard.

I can't help out much on setting up your internet because my professional geek husband (everyone needs their own personal help desk!!) made that work. If you're searching for a command prompt line so you can find something to set up your internet, the manual says to hit ctrl-alt-t. You can also go into the settings tab & go into Diagnostic Tools-Details-Ethernet. There's some number under there that we needed to get our router to let my eee pc use the internet.

The processor is a little slow, but then you're buying cheap. This laptop won't let you play Diablo. But if you want something light to drag around, it's a great thing.

Great idea -- poor execution [Posted on 2008-04-17]
I really wanted to like this machine. I've been looking for something like this since I first saw a TRS 80 Model 100 2 decades ago. Unfortunately, the keyboard is terrible and the trackpad unusable for writing on the go, which was my reason for buying the machine. I'm returning it.

Asus eee 8g [Posted on 2008-05-02]
Love the product. Nice and compact to bring on trips. More than enough memory. I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a compact computer. The price is also a plus for what it is.

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