I owned an Asus Eee PC 901 within a month or two of its release. I bought it when I started my first job at Starbucks. I was super happy to be able to afford n

I owned an Asus Eee PC 901 within a month or two of its release. I bought it when I started my first job at Starbucks. I was super happy to be able to afford new tech that was so useful to me, as I moved a lot during this time. It's bulky now considering the original compact appeal. Backpacks nowadays are often designed to fit a 16" MBP better than the small fat irregular shape of a 9" Eee PC. After maybe four years and many travels and Windows updates, it ran constantly hot and the battery died. The touchpad became unresponsive too. That massive hinge also managed to crack. It lost its portability and ended up struggling with everything and break, but it served me very well. To replace it with something that could fill the same role, I got an even cheaper 13" Asus C300 Chromebook (2014). It was more elegant and efficient for my needs but not nearly as evocative today as the Eee PC. :)