I keep hearing that people say they make mistakes on the Eee keyboard, but it is hard to understand. Is it laid out differently or just smaller? Is it a big difference?
I've tried a "fabric" rollup keyboard myself, and it's nice for portability, but not even as nice as a typical laptop keyboard. And of most concern for me is that I felt that my hands were taking a beating from the hard surface below it. But maybe a nicer one with some simulated key action as an impact cushion would eliminate my complaints.
The Eee laptops are really compelling, espcially with Linux. I'd love to get one myself. Plus it sounds like the quality is great and the fan base highly motivated. Everyone keeps complaining about the newer models with higher price and better features, because they say you could get a full laptop for that price. But they are missing the point - you usually pay more to get a smaller form factor. The other regular laptops may have a bigger screen and even more function, but the most important thing is lost in a bigger size.
Or is everyone jumping on the Eee only because of the price? You know that would be a really great poll for Eee fans - are you attracted primarily because of the price or the size? And... if the price stayed the same, but the size was bigger, would you have still been interested?
I'd be interested to hear more after you've been using it longer. For some reason, this particular device line is incredibly fascinating to me!
