Laptop for my mums birthday

[Kill Bill]

Do you think the Asus EEE PC 8GB HDD is the ideal gift Also those it have pentium M. It can't be celecron

 

[Gareth]

The eee PC is a Celeron 900MHz.

 

[Kill Bill]

I thought the 8gb was pentium m

 

[TEKKA]

If your mum Doesn't have a pc, this would be a great start.... Set up an email address, get her on the net.... But there arn't many apps for it... Unless you run windows or linux.

 

[Kill Bill]

My mum uses the shared pc in the hall some times. I was planning to install xp on it but I'm afraid the wi-fi appear afterwards but usually my mum uses it to chat on msn and look at carzone.ie

 

[Gareth]

I believe it is all Celerons, but I have a friend who just got one (4G), and installed Windows XP onto it, and is really pleased with it, he says its fast and is well worth it.

 

[just a noob]

yeah, people install windows on it with a 32gb flash drive from what i believe.

 

[Gareth]

My Friend installed it on the internal 4GB SSD and got a 16GB SDHC card for storage.

 

[Kill Bill]

Na. I don't do celerons. I'll wait for a pentium 4 with 2gb ram and 10gb to come out and I'll save money and get one for myself

 

[PabloTeK]

I've used an Eee PC and a Celeron is good enough, just because it's a Celeron does not automatically mean you can consign it to the 'rubbish' pile. It uses a very light Linux flavour so it doesn't need brute force. It probably boots faster than your laptop too.

 

[youtin]

When I saw the thread title, I immediately thought "eee PC"

Of course, when buying any gadget it's always best to think first of what it'll be used for. I'm sure you know about your mom's computer habits more than we do. Most older people (actually most people in general) are happy if they get to type documents, check their email, and visit their favorite sites. Which I think the eee PC is perfect for

Heck, I want an eee PC!!!! XD