I've had the opportunity to try notebooks before and have been unhappy with the little screen, little keyboard, and "cheap" toy feel. However, when given the chance to review the eCafe, I jumped on it. I'm a Mac user, but sometimes need a PC for work. That's where this comes in really handy.
The main reason I've needed a PC was so that I could do some remote work which required a PC. I'm happy to report that this netbook works great for that. Recently, a friend needed to use his printer at my house and we made it work most easily by using this PC. I've taken this PC to a couple of trade shows and it was all I needed. It is smaller and a little lighter than my 13" macbook and I was able to slip it into a little messenger bag. I have not tried to use it for heavy computing...just emails and web surfing. But, as an FYI, it doesn't meet the specs for online games such as World of Warcraft.
I had a little trouble getting the battery in correctly, but after a couple of tries, it is now working fine. I think the blue design with the bamboo is cute and the keyboard is a little better than other netbooks that I've tried. The netbook is about 10.75 inches wide by 7.5 and the screen is about 8.75 by 5 inches which is 10" on the diagonal. I haven't tried this one out yet, but I've also found netbooks great to take as a computer to show a presentation on when you have to bring your own projector and laptop.
I'm giving this 5 stars, because I think it is a good netbook. I'm not giving it 5 stars as a full powered computer. So for when you need a little PC, but not a lot of PC, the eCafe may be the machine for you.
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