Impressions after the first few hours with an Eee PC

Damn, this thing is light.
Damn, this thing doesn't fit my pocket. It's a computer, not a phone.
The keyboard's tiny! How will I ever learn to touch type on it?
This thing is light. It doesn't stay put when I type.
Where's the keyboard backlight? I'm supposed to adjust ambient light now?
It froze! Thrice! Ah, the community forums have the answer. Something oddball with the wired network settings seeking a network. Turn it off. Who plugs in anymore anyway?
Why doesn't this thing just connect to my wireless network when I turn it on, like my Mac does? Why doesn't Apple make this thing?
It's so tiny, it won't sit on my lap like a laptop. I need new postures.
Look ma, it's so small, I can hold it with both hands and thumb-type! Just like with my phone!
I think I can get used to this keyboard. I typed this entire post on the Eee PC itself!
Eh, why don't my Mac keyboard shortcuts for extended characters work? How do I get smart quotes in this post? Why doesn't Apple make this thing?
I see major lifestyle changes happening.

Balaji Dutt at 2008-03-25 01:38

Nice stream of consciousness review :)

Which OS do you recommend for eeePC?

Divya Manian at 2008-03-26 14:02

Hola

I have my pinkeee :) and I wanna at least get some sort of textmate functionality and some mac features if possible! Which do you think suits it best?

Kiran Jonnalagadda at 2008-03-26 15:34

Don't know yet. I'm typing this from eeeXubuntu booted off a USB drive. It looks so much better than the faux-WinXP UI and the touchpad behaves just right without having to touch any settings, but the Fn keys don't work. All of them just raise the brightness.

When I have some time (this weekend?), I'll poke around the Xandros install to see how it works and attempt reproducing them in eeeXubuntu.

fleeced?

niyam bhushan at 2008-04-02 21:21

hey kiran,

how much did you pay, and for which model? i have heard some atrocious prices in the market here in delhi. what's the original price of the model you bought, in USD?
do lemme know, please.

thanks.

i am also going to buy one. I like the idea.

regards
niyam

Kiran Jonnalagadda at 2008-04-03 07:10

The US price is USD 399.