ASUS Eee PC 1000H

[John Vetterli]

Damn you!  Now I want one!

JV


On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 12:29:59PM -0400, Madison Kelly wrote:
> Neil Watson wrote:
> >Hi Madi,
> >
> >Does this help:
> >http://support.mozilla.com/tiki-view_forum_thread.php?comments_parentId=11503&forumId=1 
> >
> >
> >Can we look forward to a review of your eeepc?
> >
> 
> That looks like it will do it, thanks.
> 
> As for the Eee, I can put something together. I fell ill before I 
> finished this:
> 
> http://wiki.tle-bu.org/index.php/User:Digimer#Ubuntu_on_the_ASUS_Eee_PC_1000H
> 
> Though I hope to finish it up later this week when I will make it an 
> "official" doc.
> 
> In the mean time...
> 
> I couldn't find a Linux version (grumble grumble) so I had to get the 
> windows version. I was in a pickle as my Thinkpad died and I needed a 
> new machine right away. That said, I now use the Eee as my "daily 
> driver" and I love it.
> 
> I always tell people when looking at buying something to ask people who 
> have it what they *don't* like first, so that is where I will start. 
> There are two things I found difficult to get used to:
> 
> - The touch pad is the same as the one in the Apple Air. It uses 
> gestures to accomplish certain things. For example, to scroll, you slide 
> two fingers up or down together instead of using a dedicated side of the 
> touch pad surface. To middle click, you tap the touchpad with two fingers.
> 
> - The right shift key is on the right side of the up arrow. This is 
> wierd, to say the least, and the one thing I'm still trying to get used 
> to. Along the same vein, the home/end and pg up up/pg down keys are 
> accessed by pressing fn+an arror key. This though, I am actually getting 
> used to quite quickly.
> 
> - Last, the screen's hight is still a little shy for some apps. This is 
> an issue with the class of machine though, not the Eee itself.
> 
> Now with that said, I absolutely LOVE this thing. When my boss got the 
> first version, the Eee 4G, I said that if they made they screen bigger 
> and they keyboard a little better they'd have a winner, and that is 
> exactly what they did.
> 
> Some key points I love;
> 
> - It's light. After years of trucking around Thinkpads, this thing feels 
> like it's not even there.
> 
> - The screen is a dream. Even in sunlight I usually don't need full 
> brightness. With the LED backlight, everything is easy to read. It 
> honestly boggles my mind how crisp this screen is. I hear that's a 
> benefit of LED backlight, mainly, but I love it.
> 
> - It can run warm, but not ridiculously so. yesterday I laid on the 
> couch with my douvet over me and the Eee running on top of it, and it 
> didn't complain. That's about the worse thing you can do, heat wise, so 
> I was impressed.
> 
> - It's very reasonably fast. It's no speed deamon, to be sure, but I 
> expected a much slower machine after using the 4G. This easily runs all 
> my apps, and I can have a LOT going at times. Ripping a DVD (legal!), 
> listening to OGG, running Apache2 and Postgres, running KDE apps in 
> Gnome, all no problem.
> 
> - With the new kernel installed, wireless and wired network work great. 
> I have no trouble grabbing connections at local hotspots.
> 
> - Battery life is decent, but not what is advertised. I suspect though 
> this largely has to do with Linux not yet fully supporting the Atom CPU.
> 
> In short, I'd recommend it. However, I'd suggest you try typing on a 
> demo unit first if you are serious about buying one, just to make sure 
> you are happy with it.
> 
> Madi
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