[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo Upgrading] eaglesteve:
When you were hostile, you called that straight to the point. That's not the same thing. I've always been straight to the point, but had avoided hostility so far. To show you the difference between the two in case you have doubt, I'd show you an illustrarive hostile post. Note all the unpleasant adjectives, anger, down putting, lack of respect, and capital letters in this post below

---- start of an illustrative hostile post-----

When I made the point:

"Just because I have not used an EEE does not mean I have not used a product with similar concept. I've used a few such devices running windows 98. The most recent one being Toshiba Libretto. They are all subnotebook with tiny screen and less than full size keyboard running full OS, and are more transportable than a normal notebook."

You responded with:

"I have never Met anyone who uses architectural SOFTWARE fullstop!

What percentage of the worlds computer using population actually do?"

Are you STUPID? Have you even READ my response before replying?

Whether or not you have met anyone who uses architectural software is irrelevant. The point is, I am not as ignorant about subnotebook as you think. In my job as an IT consultants working on client projects in 15 countries, my need to have an ultra portable is much more real than yours, and I threw out a few of these subnotebook very quickly and gave them to my employees, who also refused to use them very quickly because of tiny screen, small keyboard, and slow processing speed for the work that we do. I later gave these subnotebooks to charity missions in Cambodia.

You have also made UNFOUNDED assumptions on what is needed to run software that you don't have any intelligence to use.

The lack of dual sim offering just made it more attractive to have a convergent device, making it more connectable. With Athena, I can have the device giving me alert the moment a share price reaches certain level, or exchange rate hit a certain value. All on a respectable size screen. You don't get that using a eee connection with wifi. Can't you even understnad the difference in the two level of connectivity, you stupid head?

Just because you have in your stupidity carried Athena with a bag does not mean everyone have to follow that stupid act and make it in the same category of mobility as eee. For a dumb ass like you carrying Athena with a bag to a party, of course everyone laughs at you and you FULLY DESERVE it. For me, it is a good conversation piece, and many simply are wowed by what this device is when I took it out of my shirt pocket (if belt pouch is an objection). For most people, they simply use their bluetooth headset and that does'nt even require you to take out the device.

You have chosen to distort the truth just to put fourth your SILLY points and keep changing the points. You claim that your battery time hasnt run out on you yet, and that the longer life battery last 5-6 hours. Of course you never run out because you use it in the office, connected to the BLOODY POWER SOURCE! The bigger battery life is NOT 5-6 highly EXAGGERATED hours but just 3.5 if you look at this website:

http://eeepc.asus.com/global/product.htm

Not everyone wants to go through the hassle of ripping movies. When I watch my rented DVD, I simply put them into the DVD drive and start watching. I do NOT want to have to rip the movies. Wheather or not you TEND o use it largely at work or you infrequently use it outside has no ****ing difference and would not alter the fact that it makes it harder to justify using eee PC as compared to say a notebook. Why do you have to keep repeating this stupid point?

You said"...so you have to TALK TO YOUR WRIST? THATS 2 DEVICES! or possibly 4 !"

It is only 4 for people who CAN'T EVEN COUNT. For the rest of us, the BT wrist simply replaces the regular watch and add no additional item to carry.

Just because it is very cheap, therefore selling very well does not make it a good solution. One day, One Laptop Per Child may outsell every device on earth. Does it make it a good solution? Toyota corolla outsells Royce, but does it mean it's the better car? May be to a childish person like you it does! Different product are designed to target a different consumer group! What a stupid point you have made!

---- end of illustrative "hostile post". Direct, but hostile-----

Feel how much anger and resentment this post generates? It does not lead to productive, enjoyable and fruitful discussion. I apologise if this illustrative post stirs you up, but I'm doing it only to explain what an angry, emotional, and hostile post is. I don't mean to really write a post like this. It has nothing to do with being direct, straight to the point. Your post is not as hostile as this illustrated one, but is hostile nonetheless.

If your next post's tone remain hostile, I will not be responding to that post.

Have a nice day.:)