Yeah I picked up a Eee PC. For those unaware, the Eee is product of ASUS or Asustek. It's a little computer like a small laptop, some folks call them "netbooks". Mine is a model 700, known as a "2G Surf", mostly white in color except the back of the display which is baby blue.
Some models of the Eee come with Microsoft Windows, but mine did not. It runs the Eee PC 1.0.2 system. The system is a Linux based system, with some parts of it from the Xandros version of Linux, and finally customized by Asus. This allowed Asus to use free software to build their product, and be competitive with Windows based products. It is really cool technology.
The really cool part is that if you are a programmer or systems person, you can actually make changes to the system *any way you want*. The code for all of the programs, including the operating system kernel and even device driver code, are all freely available. You can edit them in any plain old text editor!
But if you aren't really interested in that kind of thing, but rather want to email, surf the internet, watch YouTube videos, or watch a movie from a file share or similar, you can just do that too! It is designed for ease of use. My fiance is not a technical person, but she doesn't have any trouble using the Eee.
I am also very pleased that I snagged mine in brand-new condition for $106.00 on eBay!
It's like the future is here now; a $100 computer that doesn't need any help from Microsoft. It won't be long now before inexpensive computers that are built without Intel or Microsoft can become the norm.
I gotta run but I posted this from the Eee! Maybe I'll post some technical tweaks and tricks soon!
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