Yamaha Home Theater
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4.5 stars
"A lot of laptop in a small package."
Pros: Pre-loaded XP uses only 2Gb of 4Gb drive
Cons: Cannot think of any
Summary: I have been looking for a small laptop with Wi-Fi and Windows XP, that will fit inside the small safe in the staterooms on Carnival cruise ships. The Asus eee PC with XP is it! The Carnival safe measures about 10W x 9H x 8D inches; good for passports, medications, cash, PDA and other small items.
I did a lot of research on the Web, read reviews, and found some units for sale on Amazon, Best Buy, and other online stores. BestBuy.com led me to believe that the units were only available online, with no store pickup.
A few days ago, I was at the local Best Buy, looking for an unrelated part, when I discovered that they had some Asus eee PCs in stock. I bought the black eee PC 4G with pre-installed Windows XP. Their return policy was 14 days with a 15% restocking charge, if it was returned because I didn't like it. Seemed like a safe bet to me, so I bought it.
It was set up in minutes, most of the time performing the Windows XP user setup. The Asus functions as well as my other laptops, just with a smaller screen and no optical drive. Out of the box, the pre-loaded programs (Windows XP Home, Adobe Reader, Microsoft Works, Windows Media Player)use up about one-half the 4Gb space.
I wanted to download Motorola Phone Tools, so I copied the CD-Rom to a jump drive using another laptop. Then I plugged the jump drive into the Asus and installed Motorola phone tools. I can now use my Motorola Alltel phone as a modem.
The WI-Fi is so sensitive, that it sometimes detects a dozen networks while I am stopped at a traffic light.
I picked up a Toshiba SDHC 4Gb card at Sam's Club, and plugged it into the accessory SD slot. Works just fine.
I am very pleased with this unit. It is small, lightweight, highly portable, and does almost everything I could expect in a laptop.
