Ultra portable and ultra cheap

Asus has started releasing what are being called ultra-portable laptops.
These things, when closed, are about the size of an average hasrdcover
novel, and half the thickness, while still sporting a full keyboard.

Well, that's not entirely true. The keyboard is significantly smaller
than a typical keyboard in order to save space. It definitely takes some
getting used to. The specs aren't bad, 1.6 GHz processor and up to 2
gigs of RAM, depending on your model. It works because it runs Linux.

That's right. No Windows operating system. Instead, it's Linux. It, like
the keyboard, takes some getting used to if you've only used Windows.
But like the keyboard, it's that easy to get used to, if you're willing
to try.

The hard drive isn't very large at all (mine has only about 2 gigs of
space), but with an SD card slot and three USB ports, it's real easy to
expand the memory on flash drives and the like.

Now, here's the kicker. The retail price for an Asus EEE PC with a 1.6
GHz CPU and 512mb of RAM running Linux? Just shy of 300 dollars. To me,
that's the most impressive part of this whole thing.

That's a great price, considering it'll do just about everything my
desktop computer (running Vista) will do, minus run the games.

All in all, it's worth checking out if you're looking for something
portable to use for photo editing and MP3's and office applications.