Asus Eee PC with touchscreen: $465 plus some elbow grease
I'm not sure I'd favor a touchscreen in a standard laptop, i.e.: a non-convertible, but jkkmobile seems to be enjoying one since he added tactile input to his Asus Eee PC. He picked up a used touchscreen from eBay for around $65 and installed it in place of the standard LCD panel on the Eee. The end result is web surfing with a finger, but of course, you need to hold the unit by the sides of the keyboard. Less then optimal for everyday use and you won't get support for ink without the Tablet Edition of XP, but it again proves how versatile and hackable the little Eee is!
So ... next year we can expect the tablet /umpc version of the eee pc? That would be really cool.
Posted by: Marc | December 19, 2007 at 05:04 PM
I think the Asus Eee PC should win the award for the Most Hackable Device of 2007.
In fact, I second the nomination.
Posted by: Aaron J. Walker | December 19, 2007 at 05:49 PM
Ok, jkk gets the award for Hack of the Year. The guy's a madman (and he can curse in Finnish too!).
tnkgrl, you got competition!!
Posted by: Mike Cane | December 19, 2007 at 06:53 PM