Asus Eee PC: Day 3 Comparisons
Check out this picture. My Asus Eee PC
next to a 12-inch PowerBook. What’s really crazy is that the Eee has a faster processor. I had total flashbacks today seeing these two computers next to each other. The 12-inch was my *favorite* Mac of all time. I built a blog around blogging about that machine (3650 and a 12-inch), and that site led to my freelancing for O’Reilly, which led to several books.
In any case, I’m still loving the Eee. I’m using it now to post this (and to do as much of my not-at-my-desk and mobile computing as I can). Since yesterday, I’ve shrunk the default system font to 8 to maximize screen real estate. I’ve successfully had a skype chat with video (w00t) and installed a bunch of cool stuff that I’ve yet to use.
I like being untethered by OS X or Windoze. Being on a free platform is pretty damn cool.
Now if only I could run iTunes and sync my iPhone with the Eee, I’d be all set. 
Recommend on Mahalo
December 7th, 2007 at 12:21 am
Ship date
Dec 6, 2007
Estimated delivery
Dec 7, 2007
Destination
SANTA MONICA, CA
Service type
Ground-Domestic
Weight
5.6 lbs.
=D
December 16th, 2007 at 12:59 pm
you said you wanted iTunes?!
give “songbird” a shot it is made by the Firefox dev team.. apparently.. very nice code, enjoy!
the interface is basically an iTunes clone.
(songbirdnest.com)
December 16th, 2007 at 1:34 pm
I wnt iTunes, specifically so that I can sync my iPhone with the Asus Eee. I *may* try getting iTunes for Windows running in Wine…
December 16th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
just spotted this half way down the songbird
home page…
“iPod Touch and the iPhone are not supported at this time.” i would expect that means that they will both be supported in future revisions, i think your covered (soon…ish) i don’t fancie running a BAD win32 port of iTunes in wine..
anyways good luck whatever the outcome.
December 22nd, 2007 at 8:14 am
“I like being untethered by OS X or Windoze. Being on a free platform is pretty damn cool.
Now if only I could run iTunes and sync my iPhone with the Eee, I’d be all set.”
With Apple being the closed source and hardware company that they are, these two sentences don’t really mix up, do they?
I’m just dying for the Neo1973 to be alive. That’s a really nice open PDA/phone that would fit the Eee so perfectly (without Xandros, which is not open either, BTW).
This little puppEee is doing a lotta good.
All the best.