Eee PC hands on?

[Paul Lussier]

Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> writes:

> Remember the MIT "borgs". These guys used to walk round with eye
> pieces, portable computers and twiddlers.  One former MIT grad student
> who spoke at both GNHLUG and BLU is Thad Starner, still a "borg", but

Not that it matters much, but I work with Thad's college roommate, who
is neither a borg, nor considers himself important.

Thad and his fellow "borgs" are of a completely different ilk than
those with BT earpieces.  Thad and co. we true geeks, in it for the
pure geekery of it all and love the adventure of pushing the envelope
of the Human/Computer interface..  The BT earpiece droids do it
because they think it's cool to show off that they have a phone that
costs way too much, and has more features than they can possibly ever
figure out how to use.

> I think in a generation,  fully portable computers the size of PDAs,
> with WIFI eye screens, and some interesting new input devices will
> start to become common place. 

Let's hope so, and let's hope they also figure out how to make it less
dorky! :)
-- 
Seeya,
Paul