Re:I don't use my iPhone as a computer
by jrockway on Tuesday September 23, 2008 @12:03PM
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How does it perform?
When connected to a monitor/keyboard/mouse, I don't really notice a difference between that machine and my real laptop. Obviously compiling the Linux kernel is faster on a real dual-core processor, but using emacs and firefox is just fine on the Eeepc. Even without the keyboard and monitor, the Eee is quite nice to use. The screen is actually brighter than my Thinkpad, and it's certainly higher resolution.
Anyway, I find his use of the term "the Asus" interesting. Asus doesn't even brand the eeepcs as "Asus" anymore. The only part on the laptop that says "Asus" is the serial number label on the back; everywhere else it says "Eeepc".
When connected to a monitor/keyboard/mouse, I don't really notice a difference between that machine and my real laptop. Obviously compiling the Linux kernel is faster on a real dual-core processor, but using emacs and firefox is just fine on the Eeepc. Even without the keyboard and monitor, the Eee is quite nice to use. The screen is actually brighter than my Thinkpad, and it's certainly higher resolution.
Anyway, I find his use of the term "the Asus" interesting. Asus doesn't even brand the eeepcs as "Asus" anymore. The only part on the laptop that says "Asus" is the serial number label on the back; everywhere else it says "Eeepc".