Otto Berkes: Asus Eee PC Hits the Sweet Spot

Otto Berkes, considered the father of the Origami project and the architect of the UMPC platform at Microsoft, reviewed the Asus Eee PC in his site, Otto Berkes’ weblog -

He provided a generally positive review of the Asus Eee PC, but added some interesting insights, which though might not be new are worth repeating -

"The girls at the high school where my wife teaches think it’s really cute – a good thing if you’re Asus."

"What it does, it does well – certainly, well enough to make you think – “Hey, for this price, why not?!” It wasn’t designed as a replacement for a desktop or traditional laptop machine. It was designed to fill some of the gaps where a big bulky expensive laptop was inappropriate or unfeasible – for example, a kid’s computer, or an on-the-go companion device."

"The Eee adheres to some of the core tenets of the ultra-mobile PC – a low-cost, highly mobile, full-fidelity companion computer. In fact, the Eee PC hits one of the key UMPC targets dead on; there’s one place where all of the other UMPC products missed – price."

"Good product design is ultimately as much about what to leave out as what to include. And with the Eee PC, Asus got a number of things right...It’s small enough to toss in a backpack or bag, light enough to carry all day, inexpensive enough to afford as a secondary computer."

You can read the complete review here.