As part of my tax return I got a linux eee pc. I partly got one as it was both cheap and robust and more likely to survive a house that has 4 teens and three cats and a husband studying IT (who likes to "modify" things). It is wireless, plays music, streams video, has wifi and is the size of a hardcover book. We have since bought a couple more for family use. Why do you mention this on this blog? you ask. Good question. I just love it and wanted to share this with you. The use of an open source operating system greatly reduces the price of the system. I can see these being used by students as they are really portable and fully functional and have a much bigger screen than mobile phones who pretend they are really good mini computers but will give you eye strain trying to look at the really tiny screens.
It is also a great example of really good branding, especially with the new disney movie "Wall-E" about to come out.
For those of you who love your microsoft- you can also get versions that have xp as well
If you want, here's the wikipedia link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC
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I was interested in getting an eee pc. I love the portability but I always want more space. I ended up getting a tablet PC for a very tidy price on eBay, but from what I read during my research, the eee pcs are a good block of hardware.
I compute softly but I carry a big memory stick.
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