ASUS Eee PC as my e-Book Device

Having no luck in owning a Kindle, I thought I'll just go ahead to get myself an ASUS Eee PC - which not only suits my budget but is of the perfect size and weight. Costing less than USD400 and weighing just about 2 LBS, I have been able to bring it any where I want! The 7" screen is not too small and surfing the web is just so convenient. The screen resolution could be changed from 800x480 to 800x600 with just a click. When reading ebooks, I would switch the wireless off to save battery power.

There are many books in the .PRC (Mobipocket format) and since I have converted my Eee PC into an XP, I have many ebook readers to choose from - and will test them out in the future. After optimizing the PC, I downloaded the free word processor ABIWORD and also a financial software BUDDI, both Open Source FREE programs. While I have several notebook PCs, they have never left the table because of their weight - but Eee PC goes in my bag all the time!

Now I might be getting my second Eee PC because the original came with the LINUX OS and have 40 pre-loaded programs which makes playing and working easy. One of the pre-loaded programs is an ebook reader. It also comes with the Open Office suite which can open, read and save documents compatible with Microsoft Office.

Currently my child uses a MacBook for school but it is too heavy. Eee PC would be ideal as it is robustly built with a solid-state memory FLASH drive!

Technical details:
Product Features
Ultra-compact notebook with full QWERTY keyboard and 7-inch display
Powered by 900 MHz Intel Mobile CPU and pre-installed Linux operating system (compatible with Windows XP)
- Over 40 built-in applications for learn, work and play
- 4 GB solid-state flash memory drive; 512 MB RAM; 10/100 Fast Ethernet; 54g Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
- Connectivity: three USB 2.0; VGA output; microphone and headphone; Secure Digital card reader