Anthony may not think that the Asus Eee PC is up to much*, but comedian, actor and now (possibly the only) celebrity-technology-journalist Stephen Fry disagrees. In his latest "Dork Talk" column for the Guardian he's proclaimed the Eee "a wonderful little friend who does all we need straight out of the box".

Our own review of the Eee largely agrees with Mr Fry - the Eee is an exellent  computer with all the software that many will need, but also one with important limitations that prevent it from being a fully fledged replacement for a "proper" Windows, Mac or Linux notebook. On the other hand, we are a little confused as to how his Eee was shipped with a working modem - all the models we've seen have had a modem port, but one that is blocked off and unusable. Maybe celebrity journalists get better review models.

Nit-picking aside, though, the review makes quite interesting reading, which seems appropriate.

* Anthony is of course half right - the idea of a tiny, low power computer is nothing new. On the other hand, I'd much prefer an Atari Portfolio, thanks very much :)