"Easy to learn. Easy to work. Easy to play."
The eeePC comes from Asus. It is a sub-compact laptop running Xandros Linux.
Several models are available. So far, they all use SSDs instead of traditional hard drives. The base models have 7" screens, while more recent models have 9" screens. I've seen the 7" model in the wild, and it is very cute.
The eeePC reclaims the notion of personal computing, in part be integrating developments from the past five to ten years. The internet has matured and wifi hotspots are practically ubiquitous. The eeePC has built-in wireless, giving it internet access wherever an open hotspot can be found. It thus becomes a portable email terminal. Combine online services such as Google Docs or Citrix farms and you get a $300 terminal that will slip into your purse. Additionally, because it is based on Xandros Linux, it is not susceptible to the bloated operating system sizes of Windows and OS X, and not nearly as vulnerable to malware and viruses as Windows can be.
The eeePC is a simple, portable, computing terminal, the opposite of the bigger, faster, hotter, and higher-maintenance laptops and desktops that tend to drive personal and corporate IT budgets.
There are other ultraportable machines out there, but few match the ease of use and feature set of the eeePC.
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