Great new toy

Perhaps "toy" is not the right word. "Tool" would be the better term. The ASUS eee PC can be seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMjIW5qyq3s&NR=1

I have only one complaint, and that is whenever I want to connect to my home wireless network, I have to type in the 32 digit WEP password. My Windows computers will store and remember the password.

Otherwise, I'm very impressed. The small keyboard means that I won't be writing my version of War and Peace on it, but otherwise, it's got all the features I need when on the road.

My music notation software doesn't work on it, but I think I can make use of my genealogy database while on the road, which will be nice to have at the anniversary party next month. I'll work on getting that organized this afternoon.

Battery life has been about three hours after the first charge, which is much better than my laptop. The attached speakers are pretty tinny, but the headphone port should circumvent that issue. It supposedly recognizes iPods, too. I'll try that a little bit later on.

More to follow.