<div>On 25/01/2008, Chris Jones <<a href="mailto:chrisjones@comcen.com.au">chrisjones@comcen.com.au</a>> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> IMO, the Asus EeePC is simply too small for the price. Considering for less than $200 extra, you can get a full featured Windows notebook with much better hardware and more importantly, more screen real estate. Obviously, it serves its purpose well being such a small device and all. But I simply don't think it's worth its $500 for the hardware that's inside.</blockquote><div> Why compare apples to oranges? The EeePC is great for what it is.  No-one has claimed that it is a substitute for a main laptop or desktop. The advantage of its small size is that it is light, readily portable, easily fits into a ladies handbag, is about the same size as a Harry Potter book and introduces its owners to Linux. As to pricing, it is cheap enough but looks even cheaper in American dollars. Cheers </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> -- ubuntu-au mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-au </a> </blockquote></div>