Asus EeePC

I first saw this at Scitech exhibition in Singapore. At that time there was a queue for it and retailing at S$500. By the time I got to the Point of Sale, the thing had already sold out. But the kind Asus people were good enough to let people play with their demo models. Mostly linux OS

Fast track

8 months later

So I have become a little addicted to those one-gadget-a-day-deal sites. I logged into Catchoftheday site and instinctively knew there would be a sale for me. After couple of weeks of logging in and following deals, bang; the Asus Eeepc for A$312 + $15 delivery. It came in a lime green motif, reminds me of those Japanese manga-based toys or a South Korean make up kit.

So finally, after a delay of 4 days between order and delivery, I played with it. The keyboard really is pretty poor but then this is supposed to be a better-Blackberry and not a desktop replacement. There is no optical drive, but 3 x USB ports, 1 memorycard port, webcam, built in mic and ready to go. No messy around - so easy to connect and skype ready. in fact within 2 minutes of power on, i was skyping away on webcam.

so all in a pretty good thing to take on trips and assignments.

D'oh! not a road warrior. just a suburbanpeasant after all.

Now I got to find a reason to have this thing....