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The big buyers for netbooks are people in Asia. I had a 1st generation Asus EEE, it was fun. However it had some limitations and when I got a new Macbook Pro I
by menloparkbum 18y ago
The big buyers for netbooks are people in Asia.
I had a 1st generation Asus EEE, it was fun. However it had some limitations and when I got a new Macbook Pro I stopped using it and sold it on ebay.
However, I'm now on vacation and really wish I had a netbook instead of my MBP. If you travel light the size makes a difference and the netbooks really are much smaller.
Now that they are sold at stores like Best Buy (when I got mine, only one specialty store in the Bay Area carried them) I would guess that almost anyone would buy one.
- hedgehog 18y agoI carried the EEE 701 over about 8 months of travel and it was great. Bump the RAM to 2GB and install your OS of choice and it's really a pretty capable machine. The screen is a bit small but the new round (EEE 90x and stuff from Dell and whatnot) look like they solve that problem. Two tricks I learned: - The 701 fits inside a one gallon zip lock, letting you transport it in the rain and on boats without too much worry. - There's a extension for FF 3+ called "Default FullZoom Level" which lets you change the default page zoom level. On a small screen that makes a big difference (think about all those 850+ pixel grid layouts on a 800px wide screen). - Compiz works great on the GMA950 and the Expose-style window switcher works really well for small screens. On GMA950 Compiz breaks GLUT but other than that I didn't run in to any problems (or: make sure your code builds _and_ runs before you leave town).