Apr 16 2008

My mini-laptop arrived

Published by Dougal at 5:55 pm under Computing, Life, Reviews

I’m sitting on my comfy sofa right now, typing this post in a Firefox browser window, on a cute blue Eee PC 4G Surf. It’s very small — about the width and length of a hardback book, and a couple of centimetres tall — and incredibly light too. I haven’t had to travel anywhere with it yet, but I don’t think it would be a hindrance. (It comes with a little black pouch that feels a bit like a wetsuit.)

The typing is still a wee bit awkward, but I don’t do a great deal of high-speed typing as it is. By far the biggest bottleneck is in my head.

I set up the Skype stuff last night, so I might get to chat with my brother in China before long. I’ll have to remember to keep it on though! It even has a webcam built in, so I might even be able to use that (maybe video conferencing from here to China would not be very effective; I don’t know).

Er, not sure what else to say. Haven’t really done much with it yet. I’ve changed the hostname from the default of eeepc-owner (where owner is the username you first put in on setup). It’s called barnacle to keep in with the sea theme of all my computers. (I’ve mentioned this in previous posts though I can’t remember where. Even our wireless network is named after a sea…)

More information when I can think of something to say! Or if you’ve got any questions that would be good.

3 responses so far

3 Responses to “My mini-laptop arrived”

  1. # Robert Hulmeon 16 Apr 2008 at 6:50 pm

    plz post bonnie++ benchmark

    kthxbai

  2. # solrizeon 17 Apr 2008 at 10:21 pm

    There are two 4G models, the 4G Surf (which does not have a camera) and the 4G (which has the camera and costs a little more). If yours has the camera you have a 4G. Check out the user forums at eeeuser.com (especially the hardware hacks forum) for amazing things people are doing with these things. I just got a 4G myself and it’s way cool. I personally think the 4G is worth the extra cost because of 1) the camera; 2) comes with a carrying case; 3) longer warranty. However the machines are really very similar.

  3. # Dougalon 17 Apr 2008 at 11:02 pm

    That’s good to know, Solrize, I didn’t know the difference between the Surf and non-Surf varieties.