Jesus, back to the "what kind of pants do you wear". I like sticking my EEE *AND* my 770 in this big trap of mine that I use to sound off given any chance.

Anyway.

I just got back from a road trip to Ottawa. The EEE was pleasant to use during Sunday's hangover and Monday's hangover. I played some songs, watched a few movies, played a few games. Battery life was around 3 hours though I only used it for about 2.5. I did have some webcam play on the highway. (This was my "I just booted Ubuntu on a highway, awesome" phase.)

Since last post, necessary codecs have been installed and overall it seems to be a very stable system. I think the install is complete as I can't think of much more I'd like to put on here or test out. Overall it was extremely painless and I didn't encounter any large problems; at least any problems that weren't quickly remedied by searching the EEE user forums / wikis.

Now. You guys need to settle down about being brand warriors. I'll give my two cents on the whole experience.

I don't have a cell phone, I don't want a cell phone. Canada has worse data rates than Rwanda (I'm serious), so I've no reason to get one. I also do a lot of offline stuff on my tablets like playing games or reading offline articles / eBooks, etc. Media's another big thing that doesn't require connectivity. My use case is probably radically different than all of yours.

The EEE makes an awesome mothership for the tablet. For light travel (ie leaving the house) the tablet will suffice perfectly. For heavier travel like leaving the city, the two work in tandem beautifully. I would pull out the 770 (which has a great standby battery life) to see if there were hotspots available. If not, I wouldn't even bother booting the EEE if it was connectivity I was looking for. (Pretty expensive WiFi detector I know, but ah well.) I was also able to copy media over to the 770 from the EEE's lush farm of USB ports. Hell, I could've even flashed a new OS to the 770 in a parking lot if I wanted to.

The EEE on it's own is great. I kept saying it was more of a sub-laptop - - perfect for the niche between tablet and laptop (which I didn't know existed, but hey). Now I tend to think I judged it too soon, with a full blown OS on there... well... it's a laptop. Not a beefy one, but I could seriously see people using one of these full time. It wouldn't satisfy my computing needs but for Joe Internet User it'd be perfect.

Overall I'm glad I wasted $399 on it. Much more satisfying experience than the tablet. As Andrew said though, the tablet is much more interesting. Definately a form factor I'd like to see brought further... but I don't think the 'ole stalwart 770 will see a replacement until they come out with step 5.