Just bought one of these, anyone have one?

metloaf · Nov 13, 2008

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220443

I have been looking for a small laptop for quite some time (about 2 years) and these netbook size PCs are just the thing I needed for travel. I was just wondering if anyone had any experience with them. :beer:

Essenar · Nov 13, 2008

The screen's resolution is kind of meh, the performance is good for typing up word documents, browsing the internet and maybe watching a downloaded video or two.

The keyboards are awkward to use. You definitely can't type as fast on a netbook as you can on a regular keyboard.

I think having a regular laptop is the first step before getting a netbook. It's like a Macbook Air. They're nice, but you should have a primary desktop and a primary laptop BEFORE you get one.

Theocnoob · Nov 13, 2008

Essenar said:
The screen's resolution is kind of meh, the performance is good for typing up word documents, browsing the internet and maybe watching a downloaded video or two.

The keyboards are awkward to use. You definitely can't type as fast on a netbook as you can on a regular keyboard.

I think having a regular laptop is the first step before getting a netbook. It's like a Macbook Air. They're nice, but you should have a primary desktop and a primary laptop BEFORE you get one.

I think if you've got a 'primary and secondary' mobile computer your priorities are skewed.

That's just me.

No Canadian I know of has more than 1 laptop...

We also don't walk around with a 'utility belt' of devices though... so I don't know...

I'd never buy an EEEpc... not yet anyways-- the UUUUULV (ultra ultra ultra ultra ultra low voltage) Intel Atom is really sucky right now. It has very few transistors and is just generally a crappy processor. Its only benefit is it barely uses any power. That 1.5Ghz is deceiving though. I seriously doubt a 1.5Ghz Atom can outperform even a 700Mhz first generation AMD Athlon.

An important thing to ask when reviewing a processors frequency is "1.5Ghz of what"

1.5Ghz x 2 billion transistors with gigantic cache and wicked fast FSB is gonna be better than like 1.5Ghz x 58 million transistors or whatever joke amount the Atom has, super lame cache and super lame FSB...

metloaf · Nov 13, 2008

Essenar said:
The screen's resolution is kind of meh, the performance is good for typing up word documents, browsing the internet and maybe watching a downloaded video or two.

The keyboards are awkward to use. You definitely can't type as fast on a netbook as you can on a regular keyboard.

I think having a regular laptop is the first step before getting a netbook. It's like a Macbook Air. They're nice, but you should have a primary desktop and a primary laptop BEFORE you get one.

I have quite a few computers in my house currently, desktops: Xeon, Q6600, E6400, laptops: Acer (I have no idea which model), and an old Compaq Presario. So that should not be an issue. I ordered this one for mobility for work/travel. I plan to mainly use it for internet and mild word processing and possibly some movies.

metloaf · Nov 13, 2008

Theocnoob said:
I think if you've got a 'primary and secondary' mobile computer your priorities are skewed.

That's just me.

No Canadian I know of has more than 1 laptop...

We also don't walk around with a 'utility belt' of devices though... so I don't know...

I'd never buy an EEEpc... not yet anyways-- the UUUUULV (ultra ultra ultra ultra ultra low voltage) Intel Atom is really sucky right now. It has very few transistors and is just generally a crappy processor. Its only benefit is it barely uses any power. That 1.5Ghz is deceiving though. I seriously doubt a 1.5Ghz Atom can outperform even a 700Mhz first generation AMD Athlon.

An important thing to ask when reviewing a processors frequency is "1.5Ghz of what"

1.5Ghz x 2 billion transistors with gigantic cache and wicked fast FSB is gonna be better than like 1.5Ghz x 58 million transistors or whatever joke amount the Atom has, super lame cache and super lame FSB...

I guess I will have to see how it does. I know they are not meant for playing games or anything remotely close but you can websurf and do word processing on a P2 and that only had 7.5 million transistors, and the Atom has 47 million if I read it right. So I don't think that's an issue. The main selling point for me was battery life with the 6 cell batteries they are getting around 7 hrs of usage. And that is possible because of the low wattage the Atom uses. I consider that impressive.
http://ark.intel.com/ProductCollection.aspx?familyID=29035
I will let you know how it works out. I was just curious if anyone else had any experience with them.

hafa · Nov 13, 2008

Theocnoob said:
No Canadian I know of has more than 1 laptop...

That's because they keeping loosing the smaller ones when they drop them in the snowdrift while trying to carry a twofour and thirteen doughnuts, eh? :beer:

Seriously, however, I know 2 folks who have EEE PCs and their main issue is very long startup times. I understand that swapping the mechanical HDD for an SSD takes care of the issue...

metloaf · Nov 13, 2008

I am actually considering testing it with both Windows Xp and Ubuntu Linux, just to see which one does better on such a limited and small platform.

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