A bit more on the EEE PC 1000HD

From a comment on my previous post I noticed that I was remiss in not mentioning how this incredible little computer performs when used to play media. I shall now strive to correct this omission.

For music I have to say it performs exceptionally well. I have used it with Apple's iTunes to listen to some music while I worked and it certainly performs that job well enough. To be truthful I never really doubted that. More impressive was the performance of the computer on running full screen movies. It does so flawlessly.

I've added to my home tool set an external LG DVD burner which connects through a USB connection. Through this drive I was able to play movies perfectly. I've also connected the EEE PC 1000HD to a 22 inch LG TV monitor getting excellent picture.

Since installing XP on my netbook I was able to get much higher resolution on the external monitor than with the Linux distribution that comes installed. This was, actually, the only restriction I had to the installed Linux, other than not running Morfik (a Windows only application).

All in all, I guess you can consider the EEE PC 1000HD to be quite equal to the task of playing all kinds of media.

Moving onto a small notebook

For many years I have considered that really small notebooks are impractical. I know several people who have been using them for a long time, paying obscene prices for the privilege.

When the Asus EEE PC came out it caught my attention and I have been following all the releases by different manufacturers as netbooks became all the fashion. A run in with a 10-inch EEE PC quickly brought me to the decision to buy one. It was as small as the Vaios most of my friends were using but costing less than a third the price.

I was very positively surprised with how good the computer is. It looks great, though it is a bit prone to registering your fingerprints on the top of the cover, and it works even better. I've always considered that netbooks are second computers and I find my self having this confirmed but in an oddly different way. I decided right from the start that I would not store personal data on the netbook, carrying with me only the data I needed to accomplish the tasks at hand. I find this keeps my data safer as it does not really leave my home. I maintained that the netbook would be perfect to always carry around while at home I would prefer to use a larger more confortable computer.

To my surprise I find myself turning more and more to my EEE PC 1000 HD, which is nothing more than a celeron 900 MHz and leaving untouched both my Core Duo and Core 2 Duo notebooks.

The light weight and lower temperature at which the EEE PC operates makes it my obvious choice to use on my lap. After 2 weeks of experience with the EEE PC 1000 HD, I highly recomend you taking a closer look at it. I imagine that the 1000 with a solid state drive instead of the traditional hard drive and with the Atom processor should be even more interesting.