You are aware that if you can in fact type at 180+ words a minute then you're probably the fastest typist in the world? The world record holder can only manage a sustained speed of 150WPM. If you're managing better than that on the tiny Eee keyboard then I take my hat off to you.

On my work computer at work, they tested me and it was between 165 and 185 words a minute... and this was also including medical terminology. Haven't tested myself on the Eee PC yet.

But... I don't seem to have any problems using the Eee PC's keyboard. It's small, but is very useful.

Some bad news : it seems that the latest batch shipped to the UK do NOT have the mini PCIe slot built in anymore, like the demo units and first batch had. if it's not a bug, there goes the only expansion path for these nice little machines... (and just when the first mini PCIe SSD cards are coming to market, too !).

Actually the N810 and Asus EEE have clearly different uses. The VGA output on the Asus EEE (at resolution of 1024 x 768 or higher) is its key advantage over N810. One can use the EEE at conferences/meetings for ppt presentations and last minute chages to presentations (a killer application for some). The N810 is better suited for things like GPS navigation and listening to music or reading ebooks (longer battery life). Both are so small that one could easily imagine carrying both for their different strengths and applications.



[QUOTE=pipeline;93162]Yes different form factors used for similar things...

yeah, I see them as totally different as well.

But with some overlap. for example, I prefer to use my N800 for taking notes in a meeting, instead of using a laptop. Laptops become little barriers on the table that separate users from each other (the physical half-barrier becomes a psychological barrier). My N800 doesn't do that, yet I'm able to take notes, I could use the camera app to take pictures of the whiteboard, and I could even record audio if I wanted.

That's one of the reasons I wish the N810 had a picture cam instead of a chat cam ... and why I hope whatever comes next has a decent quality picture cam. As it is, the N810 is going to make the "take pictures of the board" part harder, but the "take notes" part easier.

The GF decided to take the Linux plunge a month ago and it's been nonstop battles with her crappy ATI video card ever since. Anyway, we picked up a $40 one with an nVidia FX5200 chipset which did the trick (she's playing with compiz now). I walked by a glass display case and it was almost like someone hooked me around the neck and stopped me dead in my tracks.

A shelf full of EEEs. That was the noise I made too, EEE! Then something in me snapped. I have a 770, which is my pocket-form-factor internet device. I've brought it on trips and it's sufficed (somewhat) and even bought a bluetooth keyboard to get around the horrid input methodology. But there in front of me was something else I could bring on trips. Hell, it'd even fit nicely in my cargo pockets. Ubuntu (real Ubuntu) seems to run pretty quickly on it, and even (not like I'd ever do something that dumb) XP does!

I don't want a $500 N810 anymore. I want a $400 ASUS EEE.

I should mention I didn't buy one because all they had were 2GB ones in pastel blue, pastel pink, and pastel green. I want a 4GB Galaxy Black w/webcam.

(And no, I don't feel the urge to carry every shred of media I have everywhere I go. (Besides, I've got a 40GB mp3 player to do that... and it'll connect to the EEE without me soldering a USB power injector.))