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If you're the type that needs everything to be on the
desktop and the 20GB of flash storage is not enough, there are three
USB ports that you can use for an external hard disk drive, flash
memory stick or external optical disk drive.
Of course, the Eee PC 900 is not supposed to be just a work machine.
Although they don't interest me, Asus has made quite a reasonable
attempt to package some science, maths and language educational
packages that would probably appeal to school students up to junior
high level. As one Linux advocate I spoke to recently said, the Eee PC
is something that high school students would probably go nuts over
because it's so easy to just chuck in your bag and use anywhere.
As far as the "play" features of the Eee PC 900 are concerned, the
games are pretty basic stuff. However, the lifestyle features are good,
with the popular Amarok music organiser pre-installed as well as
inbuilt 1.3 megapixel webcam, sound recorder, media player, photo and
video organisers and so on. Of course, being Linux, there's no iTunes
but, if you're not hung up on using the iTunes store, Amarok devotees
will swear it doesn't matter.
In my last story about the Eee PC 900, I gave Asustek Australia a bit
of curry for setting the price of the Linux version at $649 compared to
$599 for the Windows version, when overseas both machines carry
identical price tags. However, it should be noted in Asus' favour that
for once Australians are paying similar prices in their local currency
as their counterparts in the US. It's nice to know that we're not being
price gouged for technology as is the case with other vendors.
The real question of course is whether the Asus Eee PC 900 Linux model
is worth the money. Before answering, I want to once again
differentiate between the Linux and Windows versions.
I like the form factor of the Eee PC 900 and the more I've used it
writing this, the more comfortable I've felt with it. However, I don't
think it was designed for Windows – it's not powerful enough to deal
with the added overheads, especially security.
On the other hand, looking at the Eee PC 900 with this particular
packaged version of Xandros Linux, the question springs to mind what
other sub-notebook is available at this price that is comparable. The
answer is none. So is it worth $649? Hell, yes!
David Bass
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