I just bought an Asus Eee PC 900HA. I bought it from Amazon on Thursday and it arrived Friday without me paying for expedited shipping, so I am rather pleased with Amazon right now.

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A friend of mine had me considering a Dell Mini, but the Asus is less expensive, has more storage, and was ready to ship. The last point was an important consideration because of the workshop I am giving in November in Chicago. I really didn’t want to lug a laptop around anymore.

Operating System: Genuine Windows® XP Home
Display: 8.9″ LED Backlight
Intel CPU & Chipset: Intel Atom N270
Wireless Data Network: WLAN: 802.11 b/g
Memory XP: 1GB (DDR2)
Hybrid Storage: 160GB HDD
Camera: 0.3M Pixel
Dimensions: 8.86 inches, 6.69 inches, 0.79 inches
Weight: 4.2 pounds

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So far, I quite like it. The keyboard will take some getting used to because of the size. The spacebar is short and I keep hitting the ALT key instead. I’ll need to work on my aim. It does not have a cd/dvd drive, so I spent some time this morning downloading tools. It comes with Microsoft Works which is a lot more robust than the last time I looked at it, but I still went with Open Office. Also downloaded Firefox 3. I haven’t taken the jump to 3 yet at work or on my home PC, so this will give me a chance to play around with it. Also did a little research for free anti-virus software and chose Avast. I never tried it before, so if anyone has any insights about it, I’d love to hear them.

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