Asus Eee First Impressions
The Asus Eee arrived today. Here’s how it went down.
The Order
Ordered from Amazon on Sunday. Shipped promptly by Adorama Camera.
Delivery
Arrived in three days. This is the only delivery ever stated to arrive within 3-5 business days, coming to this address, that has ever arrive in three days. Wahoo.
Weirdly, UPS man arrived at noonish, rather than evening, as I was pulling out of neighborhood. Since I saw him I raced back to my driveway to sign for my new pc.
Packaging all in order.
Equipment
Instructions are clear. Wow, tech writers have improved. But don’t believe me. I’m a gearhead. Ask somebody who will read the instructions, all of them. I read four pages. Just the ones I wanted.
Plugged my new little gadget in for three hours and ignored him. Yes, it should be her, like ships. But this one is going to be a male.
Booted up like a charm. (Maybe I’ll call him Henri.) Easy initial setup.
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Networking
Wi-fi kicked right in and found every network in the neighborhood: except ours. I restrained myself from trying to login to the neighbors network by typing in the names of all their kids and instead sent DH a text asking him where he hid it. Of course he hid it.
Attempted to login to DHs network, while he pretended to ignore me, but asking, “Did you find it? Do you have it now? Now, are you on?”
Promptly logged into network, then failed to get dns to fire up. Disconnect, reconnected, tried various reconfigurations, then got smart and moved closer to the router. Voila!
Downloaded as much stuff as came to my head instantly: Firefox, Scribefire, Yoono, Google Toolbar, BBCode and Mapthis.
Screen Keyboard Mouse
The screen isn’t bothering me one bit. I’m totally fine with it.
The keyboard is going to take some getting used to. I must revert to shorter nails, which I have always found a necessity for laptops. The control and home keys are very close together. And the function key is something I’m needing to use a lot. I find none of these things to be a deterrent.
I thought the mouse would freak me out. But it doesn’t. I am slow with the right clicking. But other than that find it intuitive.
Conclusion
None of the things I’m having to tweak are more bothersome than any other pc I’ve ever configured. This laptop is doing what I want. And it fits in my purse. This could be love.
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