On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:07 PM, Sean Crago [email protected] wrote:
I have had one suggestion so far that the screen size makes this _not_ a good machine (even) for casual coding.
The EEE looks mighty tempting, but I'm waiting for the PC900 iteration for precisely this reason. That said, it's still more screen than your brother will ever need if he's comfortable with a TTY-style environment. If not, you might be better off investing the same money in a clunky & hefty old refurb P4 with a real screen.
Price and size are really also another issue. Old laptops fail (normally) both of these. Anyone know of a brick and mortar store that stocks EEE Pc? I suspect it would be best to actually open a text editor on one of these. $300 is a fair price, but eyesight is important.