I was taking a short cut through an electrical goods shop at a shopping mall last weekend and was intrigued to see a very large group of people crowded around something in the area where the shop sells its laptops. When I went over to have a look at what all the fuss was about, I found one of the sales assistants demonstrating the Asus Eee 4G PC. The Eee had finally arrived in the Emirates and was causing quite a stir.

Asus Eee 4G

I returned later on the way home to have a play and to show it to my wife. I have to admit to being a little underwhelmed at first. I think the small size of the screen was the main cause of this, however the Eee obviously worked fine and after playing with it for a while it was obvious that screen size was not really an issue. The demonstration model was logged on to the store WiFi and using Firefox I was able to view and use websites effectively. OpenOffice is preinstalled and opened quickly and easily and worked well and did not appear to tax the processor at all. The keyboard while on the small side for adult hands was perfectly usable and for kids would be fine.

Reactions to the Eee 4G

My wife was completely smitten and was immediately talking about buying one for our seven year old as his first computer, and if he didn’t want for some reason it, she would love to have it! This sort of reaction is probably one of the main reasons why the Eee has become so popular and remember this is before the exceptional price is discussed. It is a very powerful combination and the price was a tipping point for my wife and we bought one on the spot.

Eee 4G user experience

After a few days of having it at home, the experience with the Eee has been really good. I configured the system, the WiFi for the home network and installed our printer in minutes. My son is overjoyed with it and my wife uses it for email and surfing once he has gone to bed. I don’t think either of them has noticed it is not using Windows, the only comment I have had about the interface is how nice and easy to use it is. So my conclusion is that the Asus Eee 4G lives up to its reputation as a fun, easy to use and cheap ultra sub notebook.

Do you have an Eee? What do you think of it?