ASUS Eee PC 8G - Pearl White Intel Mobile CPU 7" WVGA 1GB Memory 8GB SSD NetBook - Retail

sweet little machine

Reviewed By: 0verdrive on 5/6/2008

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: awesome little machine. definitely a headturner, ive gotten so many people commenting on how tiny this thing is. i was nervous about the small keyboard and touchpad, as i have fat fingers, but everything feels comfortable. quick and great for basic needs; ie word possessing and internet use. however if you need it for anything more, id recommend something else. has successfully handled pretty much anything ive tried to do on it, although...

Cons: the things you can do on it are quite limited. i find xandros to be really limiting. after a while i find xandros to be TOO easy to use, and lacking in flexibility. im not a linux nut, but i find it difficult to function without windows, as i have to find a linux compatible distribution of whatever program that i need, and sometimes i cant find one. will try a windows install this weekend. lack of optical drive may also turn some off. also, every-once-in-a-while the keyboard wont register when i press a key. i also found the wireless interface, although easy to use, to be a bit of a hassle.

Other Thoughts: the eeepc does what it meant to do exceptionally well. its supersmall, portable, and very userfriendly to those who are unfamiliar with computers. however, regular computer users might eventually find xandros limiting. xandros and minor issues ultimately made me drop the 5th egg, but still a solid product that id recommend to someone who is looking for a ultraportable 2nd computer or new to computers.

btw, newegg is freaking awesome, paid regular shipping and got it the next day, i was amazed.

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Impressive so far

Reviewed By: Bruneauinfo on 4/6/2008

Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: Small, light, and powerful. Small and light? No really... it's small and light. People who compare this computer to equally priced 12" and larger laptops are in error. I own a wide range of laptop sizes and this thing is small and light compared to them all. To me its the same magnitude of smaller and light as my larger laptops are to my full-sized desktop computer. Power? Fantastic. Compared to a 600 MHz P3 desktop of yore this thing is more like a 1.2 GHz of that age. The SSD and 1 GB DDR2 really makes a difference. I'm running Ubuntu Gutsy and this thing flies along. The optimizations with Ubuntu are mostly to shrink things down to fit the screen. Otherwise I'm using a fully functioning Gutsy Gibbon.

Cons: Hard to find any so far really. The keyboard is manageable. I won't be typing a thesis on this. This is a laptop that is more portable than a laptop. It has a nongeek appeal because when you're on the move people don't know you're packing one - like standard laptop backpacks and satchels scream.

Other Thoughts: Ubuntu needs to some out with auto Eee PC detection and just apply the necessary optimizations for this thing at install. Otherwise getting Ubuntu on here does take some computer know how beyond basic install instructions.

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Reviewed By: majahack on 4/2/2008

Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week

This user purchased this item from Newegg

Pros: I am really enjoying this laptop. It is small, lightweight, and gets the job done. I installed XP Pro onto it and it runs great. I installed the full version rather than stripping the install down using NLite. It takes up about 1.5GB of the 8GB. For me this is not a problem and I don't have to deal with a stripped down version of XP. I liked the default O/S Xandros and it was pretty intuitive for my kids.

Cons: I liked Xandros and would have liked to have kept using it but I couldn't get the Wi-Fi to connect to my WPA enabled wireless router. Nothing I tried would fix it. I installed XP and it was able to connect perfectly. Xandros wouldn't recognize my 16GB USB thumb drive but did recognize my 2GB. Both work in XP.

Other Thoughts: I wish the black one was available when I made the purchase. I plan on buying a 16GB A-Data SDHC memory card today to give me some additional space for data and backup.

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