If you need a second PC for modest applications the ET1602 is a capable alternative to a full-size desktop machine.
Introduction
When considering a touchscreen computer with a $600 street price, you’d naturally expect compromises. But with the Eeee Top ET1602, Asus made only one that’s left us scratching our heads: Why’d the manufacturer leave out the DVD drive? It’s one thing to not have a disc burner, but the absence of even a read-only drive makes it annoyingly difficult to install new software (unless you buy downloadable versions on the Internet) or watch movies (unless you stream them from an online service like Netflix or rip them from disc and stream them from a server). Hence our mixed feelings about the unit, which you can read onward to find out more about.
by olivia on November 8, 2009:
“Brilliant computer for anyone but the only let down is no DVD drive. Luckily I can rip them of my laptop and put them on to a memory stick or download them of the internet!!!” More...