Answers to questions, try on 800x480

I hasten to answer the questions asked in the first two posts.
There is a webcam. Located at the top.
The device has VGA and USB ports, to which you can connect a good screen (24 inches) and an external hdd gigov, for 500. Also, Bluetooth, if desired, can be connected via USB.

Linux will be available in a simplified mode (see for “switches”, like SUSE), as well as in normal mode. Obviously, it will be possible to erase everything and install Ubuntu (mobile).

512MB of RAM will only be in the "top" models for $ 349 and $ 369. Cheaper reward 256MB. Accordingly, the products of the first batch of Eee PCs, which will enter the market in the second half of this month, will be equipped with 512 MB of RAM and 4 GB SSD.
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In April 2008, the second generation of the Eee PC, which will run on Merom processors, will have a diagonal of 10 '. In addition to increasing performance, switching to new processors will reduce power consumption from 11 to 7 W, which will make it possible to abandon fans and switch to a passive cooling system. This, in turn, will further reduce power consumption and noise levels. (with ixbt )


Dimensions can be estimated by the attached handle.

about usability

We see the Mail tab. apparently this is a Thunderbird with a WinXP skin.

Word 2007 on eeePC

It looks like a Word on this machine. Let me remind you, the resolution is 800x480. Obviously, if the controls of the Word, the taskbar, are set to automatically hide the text, as a result, it will occupy almost the entire screen area.

Comrade turchinsky (http://turchinsky.livejournal.com) experimented with this permission and got the following results:
Desktop.


“But in LJ cramped. Because of the low height, comments will have to be scrolled a lot. ”


Gmail


Excel

Summary

it is quite possible to work with the device, to perform what is called office tasks. I am sure that toys like GTA3, NFS5, LFS, Su27, Descent 2 (hehe) will go without problems and pass the time on the road.
Another logical application is as an on-board computer in modern cars. MP3 storage (all ipod for evil :), replacing piles of discs for a DJ, the student will be helped to fill a lecture (even with complex mathematical formulas, even a lecture on literature).
Photoshop will go and it will slow down no more than on a similar desktop PC, and a lot can be done on Celeron 1000, 512mb in Photoshop. Vector drawing type Xara X, InkScape will go with a bang. There may be problems with Corel Draw.
Programmers will have this subnote with discharge - Visual Studio will not pull on it and they will just have to sit, listen to music and read Habrahabr from it.