As a mobile road warrior the Eee PC does not require a top-end specification. If you want to run processor and memory-intensive applications stick to a well specified and relatively expensive machines. At approximately two pounds in weight and just over £200 in price (about $400(US)) this is an ultra-portable laptop that undercuts virtually all of the opposition in both categories. It’s dimensions (8.86”W x 6.30”d x 0.79”h) mean that it is sufficiently small to fit in a very small briefcase or a ladies’ handbag. It comes (currently) in Galaxy Black or Pearl White, with four more colours to follow, with a BIOS, speakers and a webcam built-into the lid, a seven inch LCD screen (800x480) which is crisp and bright and with keyboard options to adjust brightness and volume levels, three USB(2.0) ports, a VGA out connection, a Kensington lock, a slot for SD cards, R11 and RJ45 connections and headphone and microphone sockets and a configured touchpad. The cooling fan is very quite and rarely kicks in. The keyboard is of course small but once you have used it for a while it becomes easier.
The processor is an Intel Celeron mobile-M ULV 900MHz (in reality running at 630MHz due to the speed of the front-side bus setting but this can be changed), complimented with a default 512MBs of DDR memory and a 4GB solid-state flash drive (with 8GB model to come). The factory default comes with a customized version of Xandros. The Easy Mode default boot time is fifteen seconds. Yes, you read that right, and even after you have enabled the Advanced Desktop the boot times are still very fast—about thirty seconds. Shut down, approximately 10 seconds.
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