It is small, barely larger than an A4 sheet, a few centimeters high, yet a full-fledged computer. The Asus EEE 701 4G. G stands for gigabytes and four gigabytes includes its built-in memory. The father of all netbooks is now almost two years after he unleashed a wave of copycat products no longer on the market. The little seven-inch monitor has made the Netbookstandard of 10 inches square. Also, the installed Linux with extensive applications and a complete OpenOffice package had the familiar Microsoft XP make room. But who needs a small computer to write texts, surf the Internet or watch movies with the original netbook still well served. In the Internet auction site eBay, many of these computers are now available.
for price 100-140 € the eBay buyer will receive today a device with Linux, sometimes with residual guarantee and often in very good condition. When the EEE came on the market, it sold "like hot cakes". Even if you sense he is not really needed - they gave out like 300 euro for the cheap novelty. Now these devices - some of them hardly used - sold again after reaching a new iPad with the hype the computer market. Also used machines with Windows XP have now been there to have. But who is true to the type designation EEE "Easy to Learn, Easy to Work, Easy to play" like that is well served with the original Linux version. Wlan and Lan, an SD card slot for memory cards up to 16 MB in size, three USB ports, port for external display, a built-in webcam and Skype, a complete OpenOffice package, some small games, Picasa from Google as well as an excellent media player are also on offer. Whom the admittedly poor battery life of slightly more than an hour is not enough that can extend with an accessory battery the run time up to seven hours.
My tip for all those long train journeys ahead of them: Record of save.tv interesting TV shows and then watch the downloaded movies on the media player of the EEE. Simple, productive and relaxing.
