Asus Eee - is it a good idea?

A few weeks ago at work, a coworker told me about his new purchase - an Asus Eee.

It sounded too good to be true; a small, lightweight PC that ran linux and had all the functionality you could want while on the move.

I look a look at the Eee in my local Selfridges store - it seems nice, well made and with 100% solid state storage a good portable device. However the screen is small at just 7" and the keyboard is a bit tight if you have FFS (fat finger syndrome). Its not really a small "PC" more of large "PDA".

It is really a good buy - I don't really think so.... take a look at alternatives such as the Dell Insprion lappy with Ubuntu pre-installed. Its a full size lappy with a 15" screen, more memory, a bigger HDD and only £299 - just £80 more, upgradable and Dell has so many offers on the hardware I'm sure you could get it even cheaper.

Ubuntu comes with all the software you need - Firefox, Thunderbird, lightning, Open Office, VLC..... and on and on.

Its a nice idea and I'm sure if the screen was bigger and it had more storage I might change my view - hang on, if that happens it will just be another laptop. Oh well.