Asus Eee PC 1000HD purchase

It appears that the convincing I attempted to do in talking down the Asus Eee PC didn't work the other day, for I now have one in my possession from Best Buy after selling my Toshiba 17inch P305. After being with the bigger laptop for a while, there was no doubt in my mind that the netbook was the way to go. My one mistake from day one was not taking into consideration my full reliance on my MacBook Pro for all of my daily computing needs. Upon my search for a suitable school computer, I spent money on something that was supposed to be a comparable match to my Mac and found a good portion of it wasted in my usage. I found that my PC laptop was only preferred for when I had to write a term paper with MS Office 2007, and there was nothing else I would consider doing on it that wasn't surpassed by my MacBook Pro. Another factor was the bulkiness of a 17inch model whenever I had to travel with it to school for study groups or to a local coffee shop for further schoolwork completion. When I tried to bring my laptop to school for note taking I found it's size to be distracting to other classmates...and I hated having to tote that thing around campus. Honestly, I bit off a lot more than I could chew with my first PC purchase. Instead of looking for a simple, cost-effective model with the basic necessities I was mistakenly in search of a Mac replacement. I remember that it was the DESIRED specs that drew me to both the HP TX2110 tablet and the Toshiba P305, not the NEEDED specs. Instead of getting my money's worth in both PCs via tasks that surpassed email, Internet and word processing, I had short changed myself by going overboard in what I actually needed for schoolwork. All of the casual web surfing, video editing and multimedia managing is done flawlessly by my MacBook Pro and I need no replacement from Internet Explorer, Windows Movie Maker or the Zune Marketplace. What that in mind I sold the 17inch for close to $400 and used the money to get the Asus Eee PC 1000HD from Best Buy for $379.99.

Running Windows XP Home Edition with a 900MHz Intel Celeron M processor, a 120GB hard drive, and 1GB of RAM, this is just enough for writing notes, term papers and occasional web access. It's 10inch screen is of course a far cry from the glory of the P305, but it's absolutely more portable and efficient for traveling. It didn't take long to get everything setup with my personal wifi and a free download of avast for virus protection (paying $80 to Norton is sickening to me), and I had no trouble in downloading and activating Office 2007!!! Of course this is a trade down quite similar to my move from a 2007 Wolfsburg Jetta to a 1999 Honda CR-V, but it is more sensible for what I need in a PC right now. With it's small form factor and inferior specs Eee is not for leisure like my wonderful Mac, but I am confident that it will get the job done with my schooling.

TRENT
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