Hmmm. I saw this post over at News.comau (“Little Laptops“) and was intrigued by the eee pc 900 – a subnotebook with a teeny tiny keyboard and a smaller sibling with a killer price. It looks like the new product will come here at about $650 (?) and arrive on about 18 May. I did some more research (whirlpool, trustedreviews) on this little baby.
I already have a nice big luggable desktop replacement, but there are times (like when I fly) that it would be nice to have a very small laptop. I went to Myer today to look at one and these things are incredibly light and feel fairly robust – the eee pc 701 is mostly shipped with Linux. The keyboard, though, is definitely not full size and there’s no way that they’re power machines. But most of the time – I am not playing Warcraft or using Visio, I am blogging or writing. I don’t need a mega machine to do that with.
This would be my luggable:
I am seriously thinking about getting one when the price comes down a bit – it will allow me to indulge my passion for Linux, experiment a bit, and quite frankly if it doesn’t work at $600 it might be useful to know that. The keyboard is very small though and it feels like a toy, but it also feels pretty rugged and will allow me to walk without bending over on those interstate trips where I don’t really need the full power of my vostro.