I need to put down the weed. Damn, dandelions!
I recently ran across the Wee PC and if it hadn't been for the guy selling one locally that upgraded it & had one at a good discount via Craigslist, I probably would never had got one. But, needless to say, I couldn't resist getting one and playing around with it.
If I didn't have an iPhone, I'd probably be more impressed with it, but even having an iPhone, I must admit, the little sucker, while it looks and feels like something my 3 year old would get from Toys R Us that speaks "Welcome You Got Mail" over and over and over, under the cheapness is a pretty slick little product.
It runs a version of Linux and comes with OpenOffice, Firefox, Skype and all sorts of things. Supports 802.11b/g, Ethernet, Modem, and has three USB 2.0 ports. The screen is a mere 7 inches, but has a surprisingly awesome picture, and very bright. It runs absolutely silent, just like my iPhone. The only exception is if you have it on and it's charging, it starts to heat up and a barely notecable fan comes on to keep the cheapness from melting.
It's white, like a MacBook/iBook. It has been hacked by others to run Mac O X (10.4), although I don't see the point in doing that. Everything on it just seems to "work" which is nice. The keyboard is small and hard to type on, so no long typing sprees on it.
It is really surprising fast and fluid. Granted, I'm not running Windows on it, so hard to tell, but what seems like a toy, is a very useful tool and is one of those things that you buy and then you figure out what your going to do with it.
Ideas I have is using it for Geocaching info lookup, Street Navigation with GPS hooked to it, or as a "in the field", darn, my pager went off, a server is down, I need to fix it now and then just tether my iPhone (I didn't say that did I?) to it and get the job done. Plus, I can use it to look up the latest weather info on a larger screen when storm chasing.
The system I got had a 4GB drive, 1GB of RAM and an additional 1GB SD card in that slot.
The thing is super small and weighs like 2lbs and was less than $300. Sure, I'd prefer a MacBook Air, but $300 seems much more attractive.
At the end of the day, it may not be practical and I might opt for a used iBook or something, but for now... it's kinda cool and I kind of want to show it off to people, although they will be stunned that it's not a Mac... in fact, they might think less of me... so I might just keep it my little secret.
I recently ran across the Wee PC and if it hadn't been for the guy selling one locally that upgraded it & had one at a good discount via Craigslist, I probably would never had got one. But, needless to say, I couldn't resist getting one and playing around with it.
If I didn't have an iPhone, I'd probably be more impressed with it, but even having an iPhone, I must admit, the little sucker, while it looks and feels like something my 3 year old would get from Toys R Us that speaks "Welcome You Got Mail" over and over and over, under the cheapness is a pretty slick little product.
It runs a version of Linux and comes with OpenOffice, Firefox, Skype and all sorts of things. Supports 802.11b/g, Ethernet, Modem, and has three USB 2.0 ports. The screen is a mere 7 inches, but has a surprisingly awesome picture, and very bright. It runs absolutely silent, just like my iPhone. The only exception is if you have it on and it's charging, it starts to heat up and a barely notecable fan comes on to keep the cheapness from melting.
It's white, like a MacBook/iBook. It has been hacked by others to run Mac O X (10.4), although I don't see the point in doing that. Everything on it just seems to "work" which is nice. The keyboard is small and hard to type on, so no long typing sprees on it.
It is really surprising fast and fluid. Granted, I'm not running Windows on it, so hard to tell, but what seems like a toy, is a very useful tool and is one of those things that you buy and then you figure out what your going to do with it.
Ideas I have is using it for Geocaching info lookup, Street Navigation with GPS hooked to it, or as a "in the field", darn, my pager went off, a server is down, I need to fix it now and then just tether my iPhone (I didn't say that did I?) to it and get the job done. Plus, I can use it to look up the latest weather info on a larger screen when storm chasing.
The system I got had a 4GB drive, 1GB of RAM and an additional 1GB SD card in that slot.
The thing is super small and weighs like 2lbs and was less than $300. Sure, I'd prefer a MacBook Air, but $300 seems much more attractive.
At the end of the day, it may not be practical and I might opt for a used iBook or something, but for now... it's kinda cool and I kind of want to show it off to people, although they will be stunned that it's not a Mac... in fact, they might think less of me... so I might just keep it my little secret.
