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Capable and Fun!
I already own a full-size laptop and was tired of lugging it around everywhere for business and personal use. I was looking for something on a smaller scale that could still perform the basic tasks that I required. Well, the Asus Eee PC fits the bill perfectly! It's compact, lightweight, but is still capable of meeting all of my requirements while on the road. It has built-in wireless-- which is a must-- and a video output so that I could still show power-point presentations. It also comes with a nifty built-in camera and the battery life, at 2.5 hours, is outstanding. The keyboard, obviously, is quite small-- you won't be writing any theses on it but, then again, that's not what the system is designed for. It's basically your PC on-the-go without the heavy baggage. It's available with either a scaled-down Windows system or, as I chose, the Linux system, complete with Open Office to run all of my word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation needs. It comes with 512 MB Ram standard, but I ordered a 2 GIG memory chip to go with it that was simple to install. I now find myself taking my Eee PC with me everywhere-- on the road, in the office, at home relaxing. It's great!

If you need something mobile, cheap, and versatile
I've been using the 4G Black eee PC for about a month now. Initially, I had a lot of concerns about the size of the monitor and the keyboard, but I'm glad to say that all of these concerns have been relieved! If you have large hands, please don't get this laptop; the keys are small, but for average sized hands, you will probably get used to the size rather quickly. Furthermore, the keyboard has a nice amount of spring to it.

I've been very pleased with this purchase. The laptop is extremely small and is about the size of a thick planner. Bootup takes only a few seconds. Furthermore, the eee is extremely functional. I haven't had any problems or felt any limitations with web-browsing, using openoffice programs, running email client, using Skype; there are a good set of programs already on the machine, but with the eee forums available, you can pretty much install whatever you may need. One feature that I've been particularly taking advantage of is the ability to resize the windows of programs to exceed the area bound by the monitor and then to move the window around by holding alt and dragging the window with the mouse. The speakers on the eee are surprisingly good.

I have noticed some minor things that I wish would be remedied. First, charging the battery is extremely slow. Second, placing the computer on standby is completely not worth the power trade-off; the machine consumes too much of the battery during standby (although with the fast bootup, this really isn't a big deal). Third, the touchpad can be unresponsive at times. Also, it can be too small at times. But this can be easily fixed with a separate mouse.

Great Item but problem recognizing network print server
I concur that this is a great little machine; however, I have been unable to get the Eee to recognize my printer which is connected to a Linkys router via a Buffalo LPV3 print server. I have called both ASUS and Buffalo and both have been absolutely no help. I have also looked at many "help" sites on the WWW, including the ASUS help site and have found nothing that even begins to address this issue. The machine may go back as I really have no desire to attach a printer or use a printer through my "main" computer.

Best laptop
Out of the box, Skype and the camera worked allowing for smooth video calls. In addition, thanks to the excellent support community around the Eee PC, I was able to customize it so that multible people can share the laptop with their own SD cards. The SD card is then acting as repository for personal files and programs. In addition, the on board flash drive is left in read-only mode increasing its longevity. I highly recommend this laptop.

asus eeepc
A wonderful little computer. I use it all the time for email. Buy an SDHC card for it to put your music on. Asus now has one with a bigger screen 8.9 inch. I would recommend that.