I Want Eee!

I know what I want for Christmas! An Eee! According to Asus, Eee stands for "easy to learn, easy to play, easy to work". Just by hearing the name one can recall a similar product the Nintendo Wii. Maybe it was named as such to conjure the novice-friendly approach of Wii into computing.

Just look how small it is.

Specifications

According to reports the Asus Eee PC 701 specifications are:

• 7-inch display
  
• 802.11b/g WiFi
• Ethernet
• modem
• webcam
• 900 MHz Intel Dothan Pentium M CPU
• 512MB of RAM
• 4 or 8 GB flash drive
• and a Linux OS

This thing runs Linux.

What about the price?

This is the reason why I want this gadget. Price starts at $199 for the 4GB model and $299 for the 8GB model. Imagine that! For less than PHP 10K I can have a spanking brand new, powerful, and very ultraportable laptop-lite.

The Market

Students or someone who just wants a laptop to:

• browse the web
• check emails
• instant messaging
• video conferencing
• jot down notes
• create simple office related tasks
  
• upload and download files

This machine is heaven-sent. With Palm Foleo just around the corner, it will be an interesting year for laptop-lites. Hoping to grab one in stores by the year-end. And again hoping that Filipino tech shops won't overprice this thing.

* for a very thorough review of this thing, click here.