71 Degrees and the ASUS EEE PC
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I had to turn the AC on this AM! It's 71 and HUMID this morning. A front is supposed to blow in later, but now - yuck.
Today's the first day with the kids. We're reviewing for the district benchmarks, which we'll be taking the rest of the week. Joy. Then I have to race home, get the boy, race to another HS where he has tryouts for another battle of the bands. Oy. I think I won't cook today.
On Saturday, the dh told my son, “I’m thinking of getting your mom a laptop.” What he was talking about was an ASUS EEE PC, a Linux based operating system, which runs $300-$400. It’s got Wi-Fi and Open Office, which is pretty much all I’d need. It seems to boot pretty quickly. The reviews I’ve read have all been pretty positive. It has a 7 inch screen, but what I’m worried about is the keyboard. I don’t like my Alphasmart keyboard because the keys are too stiff. I worry this will be too narrow, and I don’t have small hands. Best Buy carries them online but not in the store, and I sure would like to see one or hear of another writer who’s used it over a period of time before I take the plunge.
Has anyone heard of these? Has anyone seen one? Bought one?
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5 comments:
Wow JD is showing up all over the place lately! You must be happy about that.
That ASUS EEE PC kind of looks to me like an AlphaSmart with a flip-top screen. But it does look interesting though I'd actually want to see one in person before buying.
Never heard of that PC... I wonder if, for the money, you'd be better off getting a $500 Dell something? $300-400 doesn't seem very cheap to me, if you are just using it for word-processing...
I bought an old, refurbished completely stripped down IBM thinkpad for $350, thinking it would only be for writing. I was never happy with it. I didn't pay for MSWord, used an old version of WordPerfect, and conversion between that and my desk top was a real pain.
I have an alphasmart now, and like it so much more (even though I can't use it for revising, just new stuff).
Mary, you might want to consider an Alphasmart Neo. I got one for mother's day last year. The keyboard is SO much smoother than the old 3000! It types like a dream, and the screen is a little bigger.
Kelly, yes, I'm very very happy ;)
The ASUS is an actual PC, with WiFi and programs loaded on it. It's just not very fast. But yeah, I want to see one, or hear a convincing testimonial.
Sarah, the dh is adamantly anti-Windows. The saving grace of the ASUS in his eyes is that it's Linux based. Our first computer was a refurbished PowerBook, and man, was that baby slow. I just hate the keys on the AlphaSmart - so stiff.
Natalie, I was talking to our Occupational Therapist today and she was talking about the Neo, too. The appeal of the ASUS, for me, was the WiFi.
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