For years now, my obsession with even the most ridiculous of techy gadgets has gotten the best of me.  I’ve found myself even scraping by with a few coins clinging in my pockets for the mere satisfaction of holding yet another invention of post-modern evolution.  Over that past few years though, I’ve grown; matured if you will.  I’ve learned that I have responsibility and my love of these purely inanimate objects can ruin my financial well-being…and so I’ve foregone many new creations.

When the “netbooks” came out, I was all but too unimpressed with them.  Nothing about an 8.9″ screen bedazzled me.  After months of reading of their hackability and ultra-über mobility, I started taking them a bit more seriously.  After all…they were cheap; dirt cheap!

I finally reasoned with sanity and thought, “Well if nothing else, my kids can use it.”  So I sold an old iBook I had that was laying around, and now I am the proud owner of an Asus EeePC Model 1000H.  For the moment, I’m strictly running the pre-installed Windows XP Home Edition (SP3) but may sooner than later, dual boot Ubuntu as well.  I have wrestled with the idea of hacking MacOS X on here as well, but given that my current MacBook is completely successful in all it’s day-to-day activities, why bother.  I will be using this pretty much strictly as a work laptop.  No, it’s not replacing anything, but when I’m at home, it will be used for work functions with the often necessary loafing-while-surfing function.  At $329, it’s cheap enough to toy with and at worst, I’ll claim it for business use and be done with it.  Plus my kids will enjoy it since the keyboard is just perfect for their tiny little fingers.

Newegg.com has gratiously provided me with a 2GB RAM stick to upgrade from it’s default 1GB (associated with a $21.99 cost of course).  I’m not much for reviews (mostly because I’ve never done one) but know that I’m highly happy with the lil booger in it’s first 4 days.