ASUS EEE Netbook??

[HAL 9000 96]

HAL 9000 may be evaluating these for the wife.

Those of you that have them... what negative issues have you had, if any?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The main issues I believe are the screen resolution - its obviously lower than your normal laptop, so you have to do a bit more scrolling than usual.

You'll be able to do Office, the internet and some older versions of photoshop - though photo-editing is a bit pointless on a screen that low-res.

Also no optical drive - you have to download programs over the net or upload them by USB, unless you shell out another $100 for an external DVD drive.

Edited March 1, 2009 by Paul Daniels

[HAL 9000 96]

Yes... to be honest if I wanted something for myself that was ultraportable I may consider one of these as a backup... the uses seem quite sufficient for most remote applications anyway. The screen resolution is something to consider as well- perhaps not necessarily for image work but for long term spreadsheets and the like. I will have to take the Mrs to BB (yuck) to play around standing in front of one for a while to see how that goes.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Well the screen res is basically what desktop PC screens were at in 2000 (1024 x 768), though the native res is 1024 x 600.'

You can watch videos on it - up to 720p

Most of hte new ones ship with Win XP, I wouldn't mind swapping that out for Ubuntu - but there's no clear guide on how to do that in a way that doesn't screw up the laptop drivers.

[HAL 9000 96]

Much better than having to deal with Vista at least.

[I'm Gone 60]

, unless you shell out another $100 for an external DVD drive.

Ebay $30.00 is where I bought mine.. Used, but seems to work fine.

http://tiny.pl/b7rt

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Much better than having to deal with Vista at least.

Supposedly you can run Windows 7 on a netbook. Apparently.

The new generation of netbook chips - will be more powerful. There's Nvidia Ion which is a graphics card and CPU in one, and dual core atoms.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

, unless you shell out another $100 for an external DVD drive.

Ebay $30.00 is where I bought mine.. Used, but seems to work fine.

http://tiny.pl/b7rt

Pretty good price!

[spookyturtle 9,466]

, unless you shell out another $100 for an external DVD drive.

Ebay $30.00 is where I bought mine.. Used, but seems to work fine.

http://tiny.pl/b7rt

Pretty good price!

You can buy a new one at Newegg for 49.99. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827106248

[Flames9_RN 359]

Thanks all!! Like the 1000HE with the 9.5 hr battery life! $375 on Amazon.

[HAL 9000 96]

So it looks like the wife AND myself will be considering similar systems as extended-use backups sometime soon.

[I'm Gone 60]

, unless you shell out another $100 for an external DVD drive.

Ebay $30.00 is where I bought mine.. Used, but seems to work fine.

http://tiny.pl/b7rt

Pretty good price!

You can buy a new one at Newegg for 49.99. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827106248

The one I bought is about 1/2 inch thick and fits in the case I bought for the Netbook, That looks one a lot thicker.

Edited March 1, 2009 by I Quit

[I'm Gone 60]

If anyone wants to say a few bucks on the Asus Eee:

http://tiny.pl/b717

I bought my Acer from these people and it looks like new.

They have 100% Feedback with 2330 responses.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

, unless you shell out another $100 for an external DVD drive.

Ebay $30.00 is where I bought mine.. Used, but seems to work fine.

http://tiny.pl/b7rt

Pretty good price!

You can buy a new one at Newegg for 49.99. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16827106248

The one I bought is about 1/2 inch thick and fits in the case I bought for the Netbook, That looks one a lot thicker.

You have a slim one. They are more than the one I linked to. They start at about $70.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

The only reason to buy a slim drive is if you need it to be portable - but its not really practical for watching DVDs as you have to mess with the cable, especially in an airplane seat.

Mainly you'd just want one so you can install/reinstall software from CD, though it is possible to copy the program files to a USB thumbstick as an ISO file - or download them directly.