At 17 Apr 2008 05:24:38 -0700 SMS wrote:
> Todd Allcock wrote:
>
> > I believe Larry is now selling N800s door-to-door... ;-)
>
> Yes, he was here yesterday.
>
> I think I'd go with the Asus Eee PC if I have to have two devices anyway.


I bought one a few weeks ago on sale from Buy.com- the 4GB version, and
after 15 minutes with it, installed XP over the included Linux distro.
(Asus made a virtual 800x600 driver for XP, whereas Linux was stuck at the
device's native 800x480.) VoIP works smoothly on it, even using the built-
in speakers and mic, and it's surprisingly snappy even on XP, despite it's
paltry 512k RAM and 900MHz processor supposedly underclocked to 600 to save
battery and waste heat (it gets warmer on my lap than either of my "real"
laptops!)

But despite it's faults (small display, terrible keyboard- not just because
it's cramped, but because some keys are bewilderingly placed, and the
spacebar only registers a "hit" if struck in the center) it's small enough
that it'll be my travel laptop of choice. I'll just remote in to my real
PC via LogMeIn.com.