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thephilosophizer · April 4th, 2009, 11:45 PM

Ok, so I just got my wife one of these. It's an asus (I don't think in my right mind that I could recommend anything else) a 1000he I think (either way, the newest 10" version, 160gb hdd and xp). The thing is pretty nice. She has office 07 pro, and can even use access and power point without any trouble (upgraded the ram though).
Drawbacks: small right shift key drives me nuts (has the nice sony/mac style raised keys though). Also has a small screen (used to 24" and 13.3") and it is slow as hell. Now slow don't matter so much for web and simple word shit. But from my rig to the asus it drives me nuts. My lappy is a mac (it was her's too but the asus was "cute" and small, also, who can argue against 9 hours battery, my phone can't match that, tmobile g1).
Short answer hers does the trick and she loves it, and it was cheap ($350 at the egg), but it is slow, the screen is small, and I would rather write out my excel sheets by hand thanuse it.

April 4th, 2009, 11:45 PM	#3 (permalink)
thephilosophizer Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 638	Ok, so I just got my wife one of these. It's an asus (I don't think in my right mind that I could recommend anything else) a 1000he I think (either way, the newest 10" version, 160gb hdd and xp). The thing is pretty nice. She has office 07 pro, and can even use access and power point without any trouble (upgraded the ram though). Drawbacks: small right shift key drives me nuts (has the nice sony/mac style raised keys though). Also has a small screen (used to 24" and 13.3") and it is slow as hell. Now slow don't matter so much for web and simple word shit. But from my rig to the asus it drives me nuts. My lappy is a mac (it was her's too but the asus was "cute" and small, also, who can argue against 9 hours battery, my phone can't match that, tmobile g1). Short answer hers does the trick and she loves it, and it was cheap ($350 at the egg), but it is slow, the screen is small, and I would rather write out my excel sheets by hand thanuse it. __________________ Intel i7 920 @ 4.0 ghz, ASUS P6T 6gb Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600, EVGA 275 GTX 896mb, CM RC-690, WD Raptor 150gb, WD 2x1tb cav green. Last edited by thephilosophizer : April 4th, 2009 at 11:53 PM.