Asus EEE PC

[Luke -Jr]

On Friday 25 April 2008, Arthur Pemberton wrote:
> I need your help justifying purchase of a new computing device. Do any
> of you have experience with using the Asus EEE PC (mostly likely 2G)
> in a mostly unconnected role as an educational tool? I am interested
> in introducing my brother (high schooler) to programming type
> activities (esp. python). However, since the machine is being marketed
> as a "surf machine" I am wondering how well it would fit that role.

To fully use the Eee PC, you must run a proprietary OS.
I would look for something else suitable.