Fantastic When You Solve the (SMALL) Glitches | ASUS Eee PC 4G (7? Screen, 800 MHz Intel Celeron Processor,...

WONDERFUL | ASUS Eee PC 4G (7? Screen, 800 MHz Intel Celeron Processor, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB Hard Drive, Linux Preloaded) ...

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	• ASUS Eee PC 4G (7? Screen, 800 MHz Intel Celeron Processor, 512 MB RAM, 4 GB Hard Drive, Linux Preloaded) ... Asus Asus average customer review:based on 118 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Asus Eee Galaxy PC

I bought this PC because I wanted something small and lightweight for meetings. I've had both Palm and Ipaq units and I found them to be both difficult to read and enter data, they're price to performance is also lacking.

I've had the Eee for a month and I've yet to have any issues. So far, all the USB and SD devices that I've plugged in have been recognized without any additional software. The battery life is great, I've worked 2-3 hours on a charge. I found that turning off the Wireless adapter extends to battery life significantly.

The only function I miss is the synchronization of Outlook.

All in all, I am quite satisfied with my purchase.

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Fantastic When You Solve the (SMALL) Glitches

This is a purchase you'll love as long as you get by a few glitches. First, make SURE you buy on amazon, not a VAR. A few reviewers are complaining that they can't upgrade the RAM with the "better together" 2 gig card Amazon is offering. Here's how it's done: unscrew the two screws on the back of the ASUS (small panel). Older editions have a sticky tab you have to take off to expose the second screw: this was before ASUS recent decision to allow upgrades. Find the identical 512K RAM card you are replacing (some reviewers incorrectly said there was "no port" --all the units from Amazon have the 512, and the SODIMM is an UPGRADE, NOT an add! THERE IS NO SECOND PORT in this unit, you just unplug the 512 and plug in the 2 gig. Pull the two little white arms holding the original card to each side (right to right, left to left) and the original card will POP UP when freed. DO NOT try to unplug the old card with the arms holding it in, you'll break the little spring tensioned arms. It is very SIMPLE to unplug the 512, and plug in the 2 gig. On next boot, you'll see the system immediately recognized the new card (click the system icon). THESE INSTRUCTIONS DO NOT come with either the card OR the ASUS, so copy and paste them into a word document.
Second bitch/glitch: some reviewers are saying the can't access the web over a router. They are partly right. The built in wireless receiver requires reinitialization with each power up for some routers, like LinkSys. This is easy, just click the wireless icon, highlight, and click connect, and you're ready to go. WINDOWS IS A WASTE on this machine, as the Linux interface takes 4 minutes for a high school kid to learn, 10 minutes for an over 60 like me, but it is incredibly INTUITIVE AND EASY. Just click and go!
Everything else is AWESOME, and once you tire of the ooohs and aaahs, you can even check out the stars in your neighborhood with the built in planetarium. YES it does take broadband Verizon cards, and YES you need to use the USB, as there is no PC port. Just make sure Verizon is available in your area before committing to 60 bucks a month. It is also seamless with WIFI and every other protocol, and instantly presents a list of everything it's seeing.
IF YOUVE MESSED WITH POCKET PC'S BEFORE AND BEEN UNPLEASED, YOU WON'T BE WITH THIS LITTLE MONSTER. I play a lot of chess, and it crushes even the toughest algorithms. You will say "what?" on first boot, because the flash disk is so fast, it's ready before you put your coffee cup down.
AGAIN: BE SURE TO BUY ON AMAZON. Amazon won't like this but: this is a great little competitor for the Kindle, as it's got Wiki links on it, and with Sony's book software makes a great little reader, surfer, emailer... you name it...

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WONDERFUL

I really loved this computer! Everything I have always wanted. Keyboard was to small
to type on. If it had a standard keyboard, I would have kept it. Loaded with nice software,
automatically updated, wifi, no bluetooth, camera; etc, and good value. I just couldn't live
with the keyboard. If they ever do come out with a good keyboard, I will buy it again and
this time, keep it. Hated to send it back.

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How did I do with out this?

Super handy, rugged, portable, and fun. This little computer is an outstanding value. My only complaint is the keyboard. Granted, it is small and my hands are large, and I accept that fact. One must hit the keys really hard in order to type on this. I guess the keyboard sensitivity is so low to minimize striking two letters at the same time.

All in all, I think it is great.

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The pros outweight the cons

Back story
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I'm a cautious consumer of electronics. Unfortunately, some items (like this one) were not in any physical stores near me, and I didn't know anyone who had one. So even though I really wanted to buy an Eee, I hesitated and read as many reviews as I could. I read all the Amazon reviews and all the NewEgg reviews. I watched YouTube videos about the Eee. I read professional reviews and blog entries.

One thing I always wonder when reading positive and negative reviews is how exaggerated the positives are and how much the negatives matter (are they deal-breakers?). Unfortunately, one can't know until one tries it.

Finally, I took the plunge, and I don't regret doing so.

There are cons (life is pain, Highness). Anyone who tells you differently is selling something.
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* The placement of the right Shift key and the numeral 1 key is non-standard relative to the other keys, and that takes getting used to. Even though it didn't take me hours to adjust to the small keyboard, even after hours of use, I still sometimes hit the Up arrow instead of the right Shift key.

* The screen dimmer (lower brightness) key is too close to the key that turns the wireless on and off.

* The Control key and the mouse buttons are hard to press... or, rather, you have to press down on them rather hard in order to get them to respond.

* The keys in general feel pretty cheapy-plasticy compared to the solid build of the rest of the Eee.

* Security is terrible. No matter what username you think you're picking, the OS understands it as "user," and you can assume administrative privileges (using sudo) without password authentication, which essentially means you're running as root, which every Linux user knows is a no-no.

* As others have noted, if you connect through Wireless Networks, you will have to enter your key every time you connect. The trick to automatically connecting is to connect through Networks. How anyone would know this intuitively is beyond me.

* Battery life isn't stellar, but it isn't pitiful either.

Those are the cons. The pros really outshine them.
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* It's visually wow-ing. Even though the mouse button was a turnoff to her, my wife (a Mac lover) loved the look of it at first glance. I did, too. No matter how many pictures you see of it next to Nestle bars, larger laptops, large hands, or other objects, you will still be surprised at just how small and cute it is once you see it in person. Some people have described it as being the size of a hardcover book, but if it is, it's the size of a small hardcover book. (Think Sarah Vowell instead of Stephen King.)

* It gets right down to business. Even though it comes with a manual, you don't have to read it. Just plug in the battery, and while charging, hit the power button, answer a few questions, and within seconds you'll be up and running. The simple default interface is very easy to get used to, whether your previous computer experience is with Mac, Windows, or Linux.

* 800x480 is actually usable. I thought I'd have to do a lot of side-scrolling and squinting, but all the webpages I've visited have fit on the screen just fine. No one is going to say, "Hey, that screen's huge!" but it was a genuine concern of mine that the screen size would be unusable, and it is quite usable.

* The sound isn't bad. I'm not an audiophile, but I can tell tinny laptop speakers when I hear them, and these are not tinny. To most normal people, the sound quality should suffice.

* Things just work. Maybe this isn't a big deal to you Windows and Mac users who have always bought preinstalled operating systems, but to a Linux user who has had to download, install, configure, and troubleshoot every Linux installation I've done over the past three years, just having all this ready to go without tweaking was an amazing experience. Webcam worked (didn't have to enable it in the BIOS - must have been a problem Asus fixed from earlier releases), wireless worked, Flash worked, suspend worked. It all worked. I'm still allowed to tweak as I see fit (such is the right of every Linux user).

* Despite Asus' public statements that the sticker's message wasn't their policy, previous versions of the 4 GB non-surf Eee apparently had some sticker over the RAM door saying that removing the sticker voided the warranty, but mine didn't have that sticker, so that issue seems to have been resolved, so I upgraded to 1 GB of RAM, and the upgrade process was very smooth.

Bottom line
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I got it for the portability of it and the functionality of it. If you need a large keyboard, a DVD burner, a large screen, a killer graphics card, and a fast processor, then you need a regular laptop. If you need a portable and cute web appliance, you need an Eee PC.

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