The new Asus Eee PC has been released to many positive reviews and great consumer interest. A streamlined and customized Xandros and KDE interface combines with other free software applications, a slim form factor and an attractive price point. HotHardware.com was one of the very first sites to review the Asus Eee and report back on this new device. Read on for an interview with Editor-in-Chief Dave Altavilla and his thoughts on the Asus Eee PC and its value proposition.

Please give us the history behind HotHardware.com. (Reasons for site creation, etc).

That's a fairly loaded question there Wade but I'll try to be brief. HotHardware.com has been in existence now for over 8 years. My vision was fairly clear from the beginning but certainly has evolved over the years a bit to what we're all about today. In the early stages, I felt passionate about computing technologies (like many of our readers of course) and in a general sense have always loved the creative writing process. Mix these two interests together and you have the makings of a Tech Journalist I guess. In these earlier days of the net, things were just ramping up so it took a while before some of the major OEMs saw the value of Web Media. Our industry has come a long way since then; from our initial classification of being considered just "early adopters" and "enthusiasts", to now what many major OEMs consider as valuable trend-setters and critical "user expert" feedback resources, in addition to being very influential members of the press.

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