# Anyone own an EEEPC? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 12, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008 "2008-11-12T06:00:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/1 "2008-11-12T06:00:54Z")
How do you like it? Is it running linux or windows? Bestbuy has them for 275 these days, which is hard to beat. ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/2 "2008-11-12T06:22:16Z")
Ya I was playing with one when I was getting mine a few weeks back. They are way to small to do anything useful IMO. I guess if you want something on campus to carry around as an electronic notepad or something they are pretty nice but I cant deal with that screen on a daily basis and they are typically only celeron processors. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/3 "2008-11-12T06:22:41Z")
I’m about to for wireless security auditing :lol: :tup: ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/4 "2008-11-12T06:25:56Z")
I guess the new ones are coming with dual core atom processors and a 10" screen. LZ, lmk how you like it. I’m looking to use it primarily for photoshop sketching on the go and other BS stuff. Boxxa, which model were you looking at? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/5 "2008-11-12T06:29:47Z")
I would get the one with the 8.9" screen linux only though edit: consider this as well: [http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-9?c=us&cs=19&l=en&ref=lthp&s=dhs](http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/laptop-inspiron-9?c=us&cs=19&l=en&ref=lthp&s=dhs) pre-loaded ubuntu ftw ---
**Author:** ![boxxa](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxxa/32/5045_2.png) [@boxxa](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boxxa)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/6 "2008-11-12T06:37:56Z")
> [@Dr.Stevil](#): > > I guess the new ones are coming with dual core atom processors and a 10" screen. LZ, lmk how you like it. > > I’m looking to use it primarily for photoshop sketching on the go and other BS stuff. Boxxa, which model were you looking at? It was the small one they had at Best Buy. It had the celeron in it and XP on it. Was about the price range you said…like $275 or something. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/7 "2008-11-12T06:41:59Z")
I was planning on running BackTrack v3 on it when I pick one up shortly. ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/8 "2008-11-12T06:48:21Z")
> [@wiwi](#): > > Asustek executive Samson Hu confirmed on October 9, 2008, that they plan to release a touchscreen Eee PC variant for sale by Q1 of 2009 looks like you should hold out ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/9 "2008-11-12T06:49:20Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > I was planning on running BackTrack v3 on it when I pick one up shortly. live disk? hope you plan on booting that from thumb drive ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/10 "2008-11-12T06:53:46Z")
oooooo that would be pretty killer :tup: ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/11 "2008-11-12T06:54:48Z")
> **[Asus Eee PC](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC)** > > The Asus Eee PC is a netbook computer line from Asus, and a part of the Asus Eee product family. At the time of its introduction in late 2007, it was noted for its combination of a lightweight, GNU/Linux-based operating system, solid-state drive (SSD), and relatively low cost. Newer models added the options of Microsoft Windows operating system and rotating media hard disk drives (HDD), and initially retailed for up to 500 euros. The first Eee PC was a milestone in the personal computer business,... why get one of these… just for the size… ? ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/12 "2008-11-12T06:54:54Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > live disk? hope you plan on booting that from thumb drive I was planning on installing it to the laptop… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Stevil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Dr.Stevil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dr.Stevil)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/13 "2008-11-12T07:00:44Z")
> [@justa4door](#): > > [Asus Eee PC - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASUS_Eee_PC) > > why get one of these… just for the size… ? pretty much. Easy to lug around with you (my current laptop weighs about 20 lbs, sans bag/extera battery/ect) The price can’t be beat and it’s plenty powerful enough for most daily needs ---
**Author:** ![justa4door](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/justa4door/32/7259_2.png) [@justa4door](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/justa4door)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/14 "2008-11-12T07:02:15Z")
i played with on in toyRus last week and did not like it to much… but im sure it can do more then what i was doing ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/15 "2008-11-12T07:02:54Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > I was planning on installing it to the laptop… didn’t realize they packaged it that way pretty good setup for network auditing. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/16 "2008-11-12T07:11:41Z")
Backtrack always had the option/ability to be installed to disk ---
**Author:** ![BillysRevenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@BillysRevenge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BillysRevenge)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/17 "2008-11-12T07:23:02Z")
god I hate linux ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/18 "2008-11-12T07:25:41Z")
I hate you ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/19 "2008-11-12T07:38:38Z")
why not a UMPC? or is this the same thing / different name? [www.oqo.com](http://www.oqo.com) ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008/20 "2008-11-12T07:44:36Z")
$1299 != $275 [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-own-an-eeepc/58008.md?page=2)