Yeah the EeePC seems to have started a trend. I got a 700 early this year (had to send it back as it kept locking up after 20-30 min use) and liked the small size and low weight. The 800x480 resolution was too small for my taste but I'm sure the 8.9 inch screen would be much better.

IIRC it had no problems connecting with my external HDD's (either USB or WiFi): worked fine with pics and vids although it seemed it had to copy the whole video before watching it...maybe a linux thing?


CBR