Comments on: Coffee break- EEE PC in the wild

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:59:35 +0000

I use my EEE for transcripting my interviews (I am a student doing research for my thesis). I actually like the small keyboard a lot for touchtyping (if that is what we call ‘blind’typing). Not much EEEs in the wild here though.

Why I like it: size and price.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:24:49 +0000

An ‘EEE PC in the wild’ is newsworthy? I thought they and their netbook brethren are the runaway success of the season… so is it that shocking/surprising to actually see one out in their natural habitat?

For what it’s worth, sitting at a gate at Las Vegas airport last weekend, I saw some student-looking guy with a white EEE PC walk by, and then a “suit” passed me with an HP MiniNote (undressed) in his hands. All the while I was typing away on my own HP MiniNote…

By: Warner

Warner — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 10:08:39 +0000

I’ve never understood why so many people say the eeepc is not touch-typable. I have no problem at all on my 900 and, as a poster a coulpe up from me said, the only key that even sometimes gives me trouble is the ‘ key. Touch-typing on my Q1UP, however (which i managed to peck this response out on), is another story… ;)

Warner

By: maximilian

maximilian — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:54:09 +0000

James,

I think the price point of many of these devices is realy a huge selling point. But even though it sounds like a cliché, to many of my female friends the “purse-friendly-size” is by far the biggest plus. My gierlfriend actually does touch type on an eee 701 but then again she will be a pediatric surgeon and may thus have a odd fascination for all things tiny ;-)
And lastly I think that quite a few of us geeks are just too satiated with mobile devices to realy apreciate how great a tool even the puniest netbook can be to our more “under-mobilized” brothers and sisters…

By: bobm

bobm — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:42:26 +0000

Can’t touch type? Dang, I’m doing that right now on my eee 701. It’s not perfect but moving from my fullsize keyboard to this one only takes a couple minutes (the ‘ key gives me the most trouble).

If the 700 series had a decent battery time with the lid closed it would be a killer but I can’t just shut it and run like I do with my macbook without worrying about the battery life.

I even tried XP to get hibernate but that takes as long as a full boot and way longer to invoke.

By: Alexh

Alexh — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:24:16 +0000

I'm also a student but I use a Samsung q1p to take notes, film my classes, and write assignments. The problem lies in price, when students in my classes asks me how much I paid for my it, they become disinterested because of price. The UMPC is the perfect device for college students but the fact that it was priced so high to begin with, played against it. This is where netbooks are really making a difference because they are all over campus now. Is too bad that so many people won't know what a UMPC can do for them, and be stuck with netbooks to fill the gap.