First thing to notice is the response-times the machine gives. For a 800 or 900MHz it’s incredibly responsive and fast.
although the keyboard is small, typing can be done at reasonable speed and ease as well. I am amazed, even so after having played with it for more then a day now. the potential it has is great, and right now it is realizing that just fine :)
The only thing I miss is the option to increase the actual connection-possibilities. think along the lines of a mini-pci, or pci-e card. even PCMCIA… but right now, the device does support USB-modems apparently. if that turns out to be the case, it would make the ultimate lightweight portable and affordable solution for lots of people, including myself. I just need to get some things running on the default Xandros Linux installation and I will be good to go.
First things on the list are a USB-CD/DVDROM drive and a bigger SD-card. That would just make things a lot easier. Especially if I indeed do go over to Windows XP at one point or another.
I can really see myself using this device more then my laptop. Apart from the nerd-factor it also just does what I need it to do. And of course, it’s the new toy. So that always is more preferred then the old toys ;-)
I do notice that I will need to do some trimming and configuring on the power-saving, or that could just be me.
Overall I am very pleased with this purchase, and I look forward to continue using it. The only gripe I have was the fact that it came with an UK power plug, which doesn’t work in the wall outlets outside of the UK of course ;)
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