Thread: EEE PC or Laptop
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2008-01-20 , 21:17
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#13
Originally Posted by Hedgecore View Post
... Ok seriously, the main difference between a laptop and an EEE aside from size and power are: Laptops don't have solid state HDDs. The EEE doesn't have PCMCIA slots or an optical drive. So far as it being a toy goes, have you used one? If you have and you stand by your opinion, I for one, think you are on crack, sir.
That screen is just too tiny to do anything seriously productive on. I mean light editing or surfing might be alright, but there simply isn't a replacement for screen real-estate. Not to mention the abysmal battery life. On the "mobile device continuum" it's more powerful than an n800/810 but not as powerful as even a budget laptop. If you compare mobile devices to golf clubs, with the mobile phone as a putter, and a desktop replacement laptop as a driver, the eee is a 54 degree wedge. It's certainly useful, but if you have to drop one thing from your bag when you travel, that's the first thing I'd get rid of, given that I had an n800 and a laptop.