Ladeees and gentlefolk, let me introduce you to my new travelling companion, Emmeee! Since my old laptop is with someone else I thought I’d get myself a laptop for times where I’m travelling, visiting folks, or wanting to kill infected zombies and go on instant messenger at the same time to talk about said killings.
I decided that laptops arent really the way to go for me, mainly because I tend to carry all my camera gear and whatnot along, so something light and portable was the key. In comes netbooks. These inexpensive yet portable laptops match all my outdoor needs and will hopefully ensure that I’ll stay both productive and multitaskable throughout the day…. oh and it’s white haha.
She’s called Emmeee after the late great Emmy the Great (she’s not dead but I love using that phrase to describe people). So yeah, if you catch me mentioning the name Emmeee, you’ll know its her 
Caution: Geeky stuff
I also called her Emmeee because she’s an Asus EEE PC 901 netbook. I got the Linux edition which comes with 20gb SSD, 1.3mega pixel webcam, Intel Atom 1.6ghz CPU, 802.11b/g/n wifi and loads moar! I upgraded her a few days later with 2gb ram and have installed Windows XP (nLited for that extra lightweight goodness) on her as well as reenable boot booster (which shaves 5 seconds off boot time making it load up in 25 seconds). She’s loaded up with all the opensource/freeware apps I’ve grown to love including Pidgin for IM, Firefox and Chrome for browsing, dropbox for file synching, notepad++ for blogging, VLC for videos and music, picasa 3 for photo browsing and google desktop for widgets and whatnot. It’s all nice and light and perfect for blogging or browsing on the go (mainly blogging since it’s rare getting free wifi). There’s also other apps including Skype and Microsoft Office for the proprietary goodness.
The battery life on it is amazing (can take it out and use it for a proper day without worrying that the battery will die on you). I’m still coming to terms with the teeeny tiny keyboard, I get loads of typos but most of the time I’m pretty good and all. Multitouch is also a good addition to the netbook since I can do all those flashy things I love in the macbooks like going forwards and backwards pages using a 3 finger swipe, rotating and other bits and bobs.
I’ll write more about it when I’ve got to know it a bit more, but for now, that’s about it
