>>>Those that are making the argument to get a bigger/faster computer: What exactly are you doing on them?

Heh-heh. Sitting in Bryant Park doing PhotoShop on an LCD screen during bright sunlight? I think not!

I’ve seen a lot of public notebook use (unlike JK, outside of Starbucks!). It’s all stuff that can be handled by the Asus EeePC 7xx: web use, word processing, playing music (well, OK, that last one would need an HD, ideally), playing video. This is not muscular use! In fact, that’s why Macbook sales are so big: no-fuss public web use.

Thank you Mike Cane, Exactly.

These computers come with a gig of ram, plenty for XP, decent processors for internet and Word, and 80-120 gigs of harddrive. The Keyboards are rated at 90-95%, some lower, and resolution is damn good on some. most are under $600.

Those that are making the argument to get a bigger/faster computer: What exactly are you doing on them?

>>>If you need a surfing device, get a Nokia n8xx or an HTC advantage or a Sony Mylo2 or… there are too many options to name at various price points.

Well there’s your primary error right there. It’s not a SURFING device to me. It’s a BLOGGING device. I’ve detailed more in that Acer thread.

And from what I’ve seen in public on my own, there are plenty of people using ginormous heavy notebooks just to surf. Overkill!

I just posted my rant on the eee thing under the Acer (anybody else that can’t keep Asus and Acer straight or is it just me?) article.

I reiterate, these things are not useful enough to have $600-800 price points. JKOTR is the only blog I have seen to put this out there in blunt language.

I want to know how many of these things will be collecting dust within a few months because people realize that XP with 512k of RAM and a tiny flash drive is not something they can use for a lot of their tasks. You have low processor power, undersized keyboard, resolution issues, inadequate storage and on and on.

If you need a surfing device, get a Nokia n8xx or an HTC advantage or a Sony Mylo2 or… there are too many options to name at various price points.

@Mike

I’ve killed the hijacking of James’ post, and moved to posting on your site.

I figured it’s a more appropriate conversation there, considering the original subject matter here.

OK. Good pics. However, I’d like to see the size of the woman attached to those hands.

Dead link.

It doesn’t look way bigger to me. It looks like some keys are, though.

JKK was linking to some of the only people who have had their hands on the machine, so I tend to believe people who’ve touched it over people who haven’t.

Really, we’ll all know soon enough. You and I discussing this, at this point, is as reliable as sitting a couple of three year olds in a room and asking them about it. None of us have laid hands on the damn thing,yet.

Damn. Mobile01 killed my direct links to their photos. I’ve had to clone the photos in my earlier post:
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/ton-of-new-msi-wind-photos/

See that larger keyboard, Nate!

@ Nate: jkk did not write that. He was linking to another site!

And look here:
http://attach1.mobile01.com/attach/200805/mobile01-519c52ffb756e9101511fa7e09b0d5a7.jpg

That is way bigger than the EeePC keyboard!

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?qp=crootcategoryid%23%23-1%23%23-1~~q2a~~cabcat0500000%23%23d%23%231i8~~ncabcat0502000%23%234%23%2328&usc=abcat0500000&nrp=15&type=category&lcn=All+Laptops&sp=%2Bcurrentprice+skuid&id=pcmcat138500050001

If they’re aiming for cheap, they aren’t doing a good job.