I've used an Asus EeePC for about a year now, which I purchased new for about £160 from Clove Technology (www.clove.co.uk). It came loaded with a Linux OS and 'Open Office' which I used for some weeks. I then wiped it and loaded Windows XP Home and Microsoft Office because I favoured the more familiar OS and Office, which I used for several more weeks but then reverted to its original build of Linux.
The reason I put Linux back on it, was primarily down to Linux ONLY taking about 15 seconds to boot up and about the same when shutting down, absolutely great. I also like the feature, where I can just close the EeePC screen shut and it puts it into a standby mode.
'Open Office' is one of the very best free programs that I've ever seen and used. It's basically a software suite which most Linux users have but there is a PC version too. 'Open Office' comprises of a word processor called 'Write' that defaults to Microsoft Word DOC format, a spreadsheet called 'Calc' that defaults to Microsoft Excel XLS format, there is also a PowerPoint program; a trio commendable for being free.
I use the Asus EeePC as my primary portable computing device utilising the Word Processor, Spreadsheet, Firefox Web Browser and Firebird Email client. With the bigger capacity battery, the EeePC runs for about 4hrs! If I turn the screen brightness down I can even push it to last for 4.5hrs.
Linux is a simple free OS with an intuitive user interface. It also contains a traditional 'File Explorer'. The EeePC has a 7" Colour Screen, 1GB of RAM, 3x USB sockets, SD card slot, Wi-Fi, external keyboard/display sockets and an ethernet/LAN socket.
I was recently surprised to see UK High Street store Maplin (www.maplin.co.uk) selling 'returned' EeePC's for only £80! Not everyone will like this small notebook but for £80 it's an absolute bargain.
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