The Asus Eee PC (aka RM MiniBook) is a terrific little portable for the price, but it has some major drawbacks -- especially, for me, the horrible keyboard. If I had one, I'd certainly be interested in replacing it. In Taiwan, I might be able to do it. DigiTimes reprts that "a budding industry has begun to emerge in the Taiwan market with vendors offering Eee PC modification services to satisfy consumer demands."
One of the most popular mods currently equips the Eee PC with touch screen capabilities which along with the installation of Windows XP Tablet edition enables the system to support handwriting input. The total cost of the mod including labor is only around NT$2,000 (US$62.08).
As it also points out: "the range and popularity of the mods being tried at this time may have given Asustek's technicians ideas for future Eee PC models."
No doubt the mods will also give ideas to the half-dozen other companies producing similar machines....
