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.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Otto Berkes: Asus Eee PC Hits the Sweet Spot
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