[hblug] eeepc

[Fraser Burns]

Hey you "guys",
those of you who didn't make it tonight missed out on a real treat to 
see Tony's new eeepc.

I hadn't seen such a tiny machine with some much capability. And it came 
of the box running Linux already. No question that the manufacturer has 
done some customising on appearance. It has definitely been set-up for 
non-nerds. If Tony hadn't said it was running Linux, I might have gone 
all evening without realising. The response, and look and feel was 
great. Instead of menu systems to contend with there was just a batch of 
about a dozen large icons that filled the screen listing all the likely 
things that people want to do eg mail, surf, play music etc. Then if you 
want to be a nerd you had to go in an bring up a more typical Linux menu 
system in behind.

In all - Tony is lucky that it was just a little too big for me to slip 
into my pocket - but only just too big.

Thanks Tony,

And Bill had some interesting puzzles with his machine. From spyware 
tying the machine up, to changing partitions and a CD that locked up.
regards
Fraser