My new Eee pc!

I have no trouble whatsoever seeing this little device becoming indispensable to me. Out of the box, it comes with more than enough software to satisfy the needs of the 80%-ile. (Internet, productivity, media management/playback and games are all well represented.) I thought the "friendly" UI Asus developed would be the first thing I turned off but there are a few things it does right that eventually sold me on it:

- The applications I use the most are maximized by default and can't be made smaller - Firefox, OpenOffice, etc. Asus specifically tailored the experiences of these applications for it's new platform and done it well.
- The little home key automatically minimizes everything instantly so you can see the dashboard. (It brings up the last application you were working in if you hit it again. Again this is instantaneous.) I use this all the time to start new applications.
- My favourite apps couldn't be easier to find. (Web browser, word processor, presentations.)

(Compare that to the advanced view: 1. Apps wouldn't maximize on their own - I found I was doing this myself all the time. 2. The home key brings up KDE's start menu. 3. Applications were harder to find buried as they are in the start menu under multiple levels of submenus I'm not familiar with coming from Windows.)



Thanks Asus!