'It's funny, really: Many makers of high-end notebooks don't even bother--simply tossing a PDF in the box--and yet this well-laid-out book covers all the bases.'
'Black is elegant, especially when you’re out on the town with your new Asus Eee PC 1005HA-PU1X-BK Netbook.'
'The Eee PC 1005HA-P is available in black and blue and both have a gloss finish lid that looks lovely but attracts fingerprints like mad.'
'The flat, wide keyboard, similar to what we saw on the Eee PC 1008HA, is among the better Netbook keyboards we've used, and the full-size right Shift key is one of those things you don't realize is very important until it goes missing.'
'While the other systems, the Intel Classmate and the One Laptop Per Child XO , are aimed at the educational needs of children around the globe and not generally available to consumers, the Eee holds no such highbrow pedigree--it's for sale directly from Asus to the laptop-buying public.'
'Its three USB ports are quite generous for a 2-pound system.'
'It's a little rough around the edges, but the Eee PC is a remarkably versatile machine for the price.'
'the Eee PC is the single most impressive notebook we've seen priced below $400'
'I found using Tablet PC applications and writing on the screen tough because of the size, and the feel unnatural.'
'laptops get smaller and PDA-style mobile phones get larger, a loose coalition of companies, including Microsoft and Intel, have been pushing a new category of mobile computing product, called the Ultramobile PC, or UMPC.'
'Simply using the included stand so the device stood facing me and then poking links with a stylus (the Asus R2 is a Tablet PC with touch sensitive screen) to navigate about was quite doable.'
'The advanced configuration makes the ASUS S6F as suitable for serious work as any other notebook while the full set of wireless interfaces helps you be in touch and connected wherever you go.'
'The body of the laptop has been colored in a gun-metal/brushed metal shade to keep the leather look consistent.'
