eee pc

[aster13]

So..a rather large number of people seem to be squeeing over these, and a number have actually bought one.

My laptop is not as healthy as i'd like it (keeps overheating - any advice?) and also very heavy.

I confess to being tempted by the cuteness (it's called eee ffs!)

What i would like to know is - what CAN'T the eee do?

Comments

[reddragdiva]

A USB external CD drive should work.

I think playing a DVD would be pushing it with that processor.

I can't type on the things. I've got my eye on an Acer Aspire, though.

[aster13]

But where did you get it from?! I can't find one - i bought a gel mat thing but it doesn't seem to make much difference.

[anonymous]

::whispers quietly:: PC World :: feels guilty ::

[syllopsium]

The Eee is a netbook/sub notebook - it is not a laptop. The storage space is limited, the screen and keyboard are small, and expansion is sparse.

Basically it's a relatively cheap, fairly rugged, pick up and go device with a fixed set of functions. It is possible to hack it to do more but there are tradeoffs.

There are cooling docks it's possible to put a laptop in to prevent it overheating. It may also be possible to underclock the processor if that's the root cause.

Alternatively if it's still under warranty it's worth complaining.

[drdoug]

I have a (work) Eee and I like it for carrying around, but it doesn't blow me away. It's nice as a mobile/second computer, but I really wouldn't want to use it as my main machine

[reddragdiva]

Wine works perfectly well on the Eee, if you have that one thing you really want to run it's worth a try. (iTunes doesn't yet, sadly.)

Elonex One+

[squodge]

I considered an eee, mainly because I wanted something ultra-portable to go with my bloody heavy law books when I go into uni