Asus Eee PC - My First Likes & Dislikes

Well my new toy arrived last Friday, February 29th 2008, right in the middle of a family illness. On Wednesday it was 911 time with my wife doubled over in pain for what was later determined to be a bowel obstruction. So between hospital visits and traveling back and forth to the hospital, I was fortunate enough to be home when UPS delivered the little laptop. It wasn’t until late Friday evening that I was able to play with the Asus Eee PC.

The first thing I noticed is what everyone else has complained about. The keyboard is small. But not to the point of being useless. I have used small laptop keyboards before and this for me was no different. It will just take some time and use to be able to type as well on the Asus Eee PC as a standard PC.

So this was a great time to test this puppy out in what I originally felt would be the sweet spot for a little laptop such as this. On Saturday I brought the Asus Eee PC to the hospital for my wife to use. It immediately connected to the Wi-Fi Guest account the hospital has set up for patient use. In a matter of minutes she was up and surfing the Net. She was instantly able to do e-mailings after I set up her account information. I left the system with her to play with and she did so until she came home on Monday morning.

What was her opinion? She liked it, plus enjoyed the super small footprint. The keyboard didn’t bother her much. Oh, yeah. She is A-OK now and the obstruction was cleared without surgery.

So now it’s my turn to try the little guy out. I’ll be reporting back in about two weeks or so.

Comments welcome.