I finally bit the bullet and bought an EeePC to take to Europe. This is the
2nd gen EeePC. I love this thing. No hard disk. 40 giga bytes!!! Count em 40
giga bytes!!!! of solid state storage memory. One gig of user RAM. You can
throw this thing across the room and it will still work. Shock proof. Three
pounds. Ten inches by seven inches by one inch thick. Six! count em! six
hours of battery life. No hard disk ... no hard disk motor to suck down the
juice. Linux with two dozen programs for free. Thunderbird, Firefox and Open
Office to name just a few pre installed programs. There are hundreds of
other Linux programs on the web that can be downloaded and installed with
just a few mouse clicks in seconds.

I had this thing up and running my email in just a few minutes. It was the
easiest computer I ever connected to an email provider. No viruses. I have
been using Linux for ten years and I never had a virus.

Three USB ports. A video connector for a large monitor. Built in camera. SD
card slot. Ethernet connector. Wireless. Blue tooth. Mic and earphone
connectors.

Not cheap. I paid about $800 with CA tax from a local computer store.
You can get it cheaper on the web.

Boots up quick and shuts down quick. Asus has an excellent rep in the
computer biz.

This is perfect for use in a light airplane at altitude as hard disk fail at
high altitudes. You can also get USB data acquisition systems for monitoring
engine parameters.

I love it.

Paul Lamar

Thanks for posting this Paul.  My sister and I have been mulling over
what to buy for my parents, and I think this one might be it.  We were
considering the 901, but think it might be a little small for my dad's
hands..  I'll be interested in hearing what you think of it after the
trip.


Regards,

Matt-

I would say the keyboard size is about 7/8th full size.

Way back when I had a lot of time to play computer games I liked the version of
Solitaire In Windows. The Solitaire in Linux was not as good. You could only
turn over the stack several times. The version that came with the EeePC is back
to being great. Once you get the game to where everything will line up it does
it for you :)

Another great program that came with the EeePC is Star Map or Stellarium. You
put in your Lat Long and tell it what direction you are facing and it shows you
what the night sky looks like and names the stars and planets  at that very
second. I wish I had this when I was learning to navigate using s sextant. The
only way it could be better is with a plug in GPS and a compass :) This free
program alone is worth the price of the EeePC. http://www.stellarium.org/

The computer Store owner where I ordered it was so impressed he decided to stock
it. His main biz is selling and fixing laptops. If anybody is in my neck of the
woods it is called Advanced PC 1928 E. Main in Ventura CA.
http://www.advancedpcrepair.com/

Paul Lamar