For the clueless who do not know what I'm talking a few months ago launched his successful ASUS EEEPC, which is nothing more than a very small laptop. By time I address an article generated so much anticipation, I was reading news on the Internet since it started talking about it and then I read many reviews of its launch in USA while I suffered here as in Europe was much later. First promised in early December and was already on the waiting list for the German version of Amazon, then said they would be postponed one week but promised to be in time for Christmas, but did not comply and began to speak of early January, also revealed the numbers and it became clear that the first batch will not reach even for those who reserve in the Amazon, so decided to cancel my reservation and I would get to the warrior. Finally the final date was announced, the fourth week of January, the day of release arrives half an hour after the store that began selling (5 pm) and the employee looked at me smiling and said "Only 80 came from morning and were here a little nerds lining up, or had time to put them in the gondolas. More coming next week, will arrive on Thursdays. "Attempt two more times and finally got it in white because it was the only color he had.
The first impression one gets is that it is really small, lightweight nice. When you turn just ask a couple of things, including the password and in seconds this one uses. The EEEPC comes with a Xandros version of Linux specially adapted for the miniature machine. By default boots in a "Easy" or That is, the easy way. The easy way is very similar to the interface of a modern cell phone, menus with large icons and plenty of applications that one would not expect on this machine so small. However, the most advanced Linux users have the ability to spend the expert mode which is nothing more than a normal desktop KDE. The second change is the keyboard as physically comes with the keyboard layout for the German language but I am not able to use a computer if you have the English keyboard, but left the German as well installed in order to change easily when write texts in German and also the way I put that of Castilian. Log
the home wireless network was the easiest thing in the world, do not really understand the grievances of the people on the Internet saying it gives problems. The only thing surprising is that half say that default plays always enable the wireless network, without it, play each time entering configurarion network and activate it.
The screen is truly amazing, one would expect a 7-inch small screen of many visual problems, but the quality is very good and the brightness level is incredible, plus it's wide angle which still allows the visibility, it was a pleasant surprise, especially for a person with visual problems.
The keyboard is small and as such gives trouble getting used to, especially because the keys are very attached to each other to save space and is very easy to make mistakes. Has two design problems, the first is where they put the right SHIFT (on the right edge to the right of the arrow), this is quite atypical and makes one mistake a lot. The second problem is that the numbers were run toward the left one position, so the number 1 is glued to the left edge of the keyboard, so it's easy to make mistakes or typing any number of the marks when combined with SHIFT. But with a little practice you get used to and although the EEEPC is not a machine for writing long texts, the keyboard is quite usable. As in most notebooks, the arrows combined with function key to the page (page up and page down) and go to start (HOME) and end (END). This detail is very profitable in the EEEPC as it is much easier to navigate this text form.
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The touchpad is quite small yet very precise and detail that surprised me is that the right has a small area for scrolling, it's pretty funny how you put this detail in such a small touchpad giving the functionality with normal-sized notebooks. The click buttons are actually a bar only to him on the left click left click and run the same on the right, giving you click on both sides simultaneously run the center here. However, the buttons are uncomfortable to wear, especially the click of a center that is widely used in Linux to copy / paste. It is easier to direct clicks on the touchpad and is supposed to be doing here center on the touchpad directly if you use two fingers at once separated, but this does not work.
boot time of the EEEPC is extremely fast, in about 15 seconds the desktop is up and ready for use. Closing the EEEPC is put in standby mode and switch it on again it takes 3 or 4 seconds to be ready, however, the network connection does not return quickly and this takes another 10 or 12 seconds for my unwarranted by putting the EEEPC in standby, it would be better off completely when finished using, but the custom of many years of using normal notebooks, just shut it off and I forget, maybe it would be good to set it to automatically turn off when closed rather than being in standby mode. Another problem detected is that SAMBA connections are reconnected after returning from standby mode and also the File Manager will not work because it is waiting for them.
network functionality that includes the EEPC is pretty good, and comes with the clients required to basically any common protocol. However, navigation of Windows networks (SAMBA) is not very friendly and makes complicated the administration as the EEEPC runs under the user "user", ie if you have more than one computer in your network will be difficult to detect which is which mount to allow the correct folders.
The battery without aproxidamente wireless network gives a little over 3 hours of use and ASUS will launch soon a larger battery for users interested in having more capacity.
Overall I am very happy with the EEEPC, I have to admit that I bought nothing else to play and "experiment" with, since I have a 12 "notebook and my wife a 14", the excuse is that I needed to put it on the second floor of the apartment and so have access to a computer for fast things. However, many people who have bought this machine have been disappointed because they did not understand what the real use of it. A EEEPC not be bought to replace a notebook computer or to have it as primary, the EEEPC is a small machine whose first feature is the mobility, is to use when you normally not lead a normal laptop because of its discomfort. I would not take my EEEPC on a trip, but if you take her to a vacation where one would need the notebook for quick reference or to get photos from the camera and upload to the Internet or watch a few movies in the plane.
leave my EEEPC three forums for you to compare in size to an Apple TV, a watch and a wallet.
