eeePC comes to Kochi

ASUS eee PC has reached Kochi. Here is my eee PC placed over my IBM think pad lap top, just to give you a size comparison. eee PC falls into the sub laptop category and already 50 million pieces are sold out worldwide so far. I have been using one for the past four months and I am really delighted with it. When I bought it the price was 17,000 Rs (I bought from Bangalore). Today I enquired with a dealer at Kochi, and the price shquoted is Rs.15,000. The model I have ASUS eeePC 4G comes with a 4GB solid state hard disk, powered by intel Atom processor,the battery life comes to around 7 hours and weighs less than 1 kg, which makes it very handy to carry. It comes with a WiFi connectivity and the intenet browsing spped is much much better than a windows machine. It does not have a CD drive, at the same time comes with three usb ports and a headphone socket.

From the software angle, it comes with open office (it can open, edit MS office documents and the documents created using open office can be opened with MS office). Then there is skype with audio chat, thunderbird email system. I miss google talk and chrome on eeepc as the linux versions are still not available.  Since the linux loaded on eeepc is proprietory (Asus), I am unable to download and install third party linux applications, unless they are provided by ASUS. This is a handicap. Since it runs on linux, there is literally no virus threat. The booting time is less than 10 seconds (trust me). 

When at home, I connect it to a SAMSUM monitor, and to a logitech mouse and key board. There is nothing to beat it then. Of I forgot to tell you, it comes with a built in camera and two speakers. 

I give lot of presentations to my corporate clients and normally I carry only this computer these days..and power point presentations are a breeze using this machine. Sometimes I am tempted to load windows on to this machine, then I am scared of loosing speed and virus attacks. 

I recommend this machine if most of your work is related to internet browsing, emails,chatting, providing presentations etc. 

They have a winows based version, which comes with windows and the screen is slightly bigger (yes, on my machine sometimes I long for a bigger screen). This model is priced at 25K at Kochi. There are Acer models which are equivalent to this model. 

About the dealers;

As usual, the dealers in Kerala lacks professionalism. Thir only objective is to sell the product to you, and that is the end of it. If you ask any doubt, aprt from the price, they dont understand and will always say 'Sir is in a meeting, please call later'.  Here are some of the contact numbers;

Asus Sales representative Siraz Basheer - 9895180957

Dealers at Kochi Itnetinfocomm 2360820, 9895336171, Accent netwares 9847065671 / 2207257,  Cyberpark 9895200490, Positive systems 9847707620, International marketing company 9249437268, Camry systems (Aluva) 9847174196