# Eee PC **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [November 28, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392 "2007-11-28T07:25:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/1 "2007-11-28T07:25:40Z")
7 inch screen, linux desktop, built in wireless, and weighs less than 2 pounds ![http://www.desktoplinux.com/files/misc/asus_eeepc_hand-thm.jpg](http://www.desktoplinux.com/files/misc/asus_eeepc_hand-thm.jpg) check it out: [http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5557994061.html](http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5557994061.html) ---
**Author:** ![Djs87](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/djs87/32/5132_2.png) [@Djs87](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Djs87)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/2 "2007-11-28T07:30:08Z")
gay ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 7:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/3 "2007-11-28T07:54:37Z")
[quote=“Djs87,post:2,topic:39392"”] gay [/quote] yea, an extremely compact, almost pocket sized fully operational laptop for sub $200 is extremely gay. what idiot would ever buy that ? edit: re-read, sub $400, still fucking great imo. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 7:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/4 "2007-11-28T07:55:37Z")
thank you ---
**Author:** ![Jskrapper](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jskrapper/32/7570_2.png) [@Jskrapper](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jskrapper)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/5 "2007-11-28T07:57:49Z")
Actually they say it’s more like $400. But still a good buy if thats what you are in the market for. ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 8:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/6 "2007-11-28T08:00:24Z")
yea, i edited, newegg has the non-webcam and smaller battery one for $350 ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/7 "2007-11-28T08:01:22Z")
yeah i think its super practical for doing minor shit like checking email and surfing the web on the go and i could never complain about carrying it. ive always wanted a really small laptop ---
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 8:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/8 "2007-11-28T08:02:18Z")
reminds me of that one 7" sony or toshiba laptop, minus the mega price tag, and probably a fuck load faster ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 8:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/9 "2007-11-28T08:04:40Z")
yeah, with the SSD, this thing boots in 15 seconds ---
**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 10:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/10 "2007-11-28T10:38:22Z")
If you travel alot, you will want a ultra portable laptop, and this thing might be nice. When your running around airports, you will absolutely hate lugging around your full sized laptop bag. Trust me it sucks. When you get to the hotel, all you want to do is get on the net for a minute, and check some directions and stuff. But you don’t want to do it on your cell phone. This would be perfect for alot of people like that (including myself). ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/11 "2007-11-28T11:01:52Z")
[quote=“JustinH,post:10,topic:39392"”] If you travel alot, you will want a ultra portable laptop, and this thing might be nice. When your running around airports, you will absolutely hate lugging around your full sized laptop bag. Trust me it sucks. When you get to the hotel, all you want to do is get on the net for a minute, and check some directions and stuff. But you don’t want to do it on your cell phone. This would be perfect for alot of people like that (including myself). [/quote] i was thinking the same thing. cell phones screens are annoying and too time consuming to actually get anything done on. I would assume as well that this thing can get to the command line for ssh sessions on the go, which for unix people, rocks. ---
**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 28, 2007, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/12 "2007-11-28T11:12:59Z")
Most excellent. ---
**Author:** ![Clean\_Baldy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/clean_baldy/32/7308_2.png) [@Clean\_Baldy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Clean_Baldy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 11:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/13 "2007-11-28T11:48:56Z")
My boss has one. I was playing with it yesterday. Pretty much as minimal as you can get… and to me, would serve no real purpose other than browsing the internet. Not worth the cash, but with its ability to have two usb devices and an external monitor, would be a pretty cool Internet Kiosk station, easily hidden pretty much anywhere. Oh, and you cant set any type of power settings. I wanted to close the lid but have it stay on for the external monitor, but it doesnt. There is also no way to set it. It all depends on what someone would use it for… but I didn’t like it. Oh and there IS NO COMMAND LINE POSSIBILITY. :tdown: ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/14 "2007-11-28T11:50:35Z")
[quote=“Clean Baldy,post:13,topic:39392"”] Oh and there IS NO COMMAND LINE POSSIBILITY. :tdown: [/quote] There has to be… If you can get to the CLI on IPhones you can get to the CLI on this… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 11:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/15 "2007-11-28T11:54:45Z")
yeah, and if not, reinstall an OS that does have that ability. There has to be some way to enter a command into the OS, and if you can , just enter xterm, and voila, command line. almost all linux distros have ssh by default ---
**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 28, 2007, 11:58am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/16 "2007-11-28T11:58:18Z")
[quote=“FormulaLS1,post:14,topic:39392"”] There has to be… [/quote] agreed, there has to be a way to do it. and I could actually use one of these. It’s a great value for the $$$ I find laptops to be pretty annoying to work on a lot of times, so mine has never come close to seeing heavy use. This would make an astounding replacement. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 12:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/17 "2007-11-28T12:07:50Z")
[quote=“boardjnky4,post:15,topic:39392"”] yeah, and if not, reinstall an OS that does have that ability. There has to be some way to enter a command into the OS, and if you can , just enter xterm, and voila, command line. almost all linux distros have ssh by default [/quote] You can just fuck with the boot loader and make it boot to single user mode or something fun… ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/18 "2007-11-28T13:25:34Z")
yep, theres probably more then a handful of ways to get a command line ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/19 "2007-11-28T20:17:06Z")
tsure beats spending 1500 bucks on a super mobile dell… this is exactly what i want!!! ---
**Author:** ![Krud](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krud/32/5143_2.png) [@Krud](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Krud)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 8:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392/20 "2007-11-28T20:33:43Z")
this looks like a good present for my GF, she needs a basic laptop for collegee [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/eee-pc/39392.md?page=2)