Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Dude, where's my Netbook?

Asus has unveiled their new Eee PC (Yes, another one), and this one is actually worth the effort of looking at.

Asus has crammed the gizzards of an Eee Netbook (including what is thought to be a full Atom chipset) into a keyboard and then put a little 5-inch touchscreen on the right-hand side. Oh yeah...

People walk into the room and wonder what the f*** you're doing typing into a keyboard with no computer attached. And if you were really dedicated, you could even buy yourself a nice 22-inch wireless LCD monitor and confuse your mates more, while attracting the green-faced envy of every geek who's sure that the cables surrounding his desk are actually breeding...

This is one of those really great ideas, that probably won't catch on, cos nobody could be bothered. Anyone remember the laser projector keyboard? The little thingy that made a picture of a keyboard on a desk and somehow worked out when you were 'typing', what keys you were hitting, and then folding into a package the size of a small ballpoint pen... Way cool, yes. Popular, not so much...

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