Guest Paul (MVP) Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Vote now ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 XP has to be my primary OS, although i do feel like i'm cheating on the community a little by doing so! If i can i think i'll look into installing xandros or ubuntu onto a memory stick so i still have it available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Subliminal Aura Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Now I'm very interested in this device. I'll probably build a custom linux distro for it : Everything stripped down a bit of busybox, stripped down inittab/rc.d, daemontools.. Something similar to the router distro I built years back. Will see how the SSD runs otherwise I'll run a high percentage of the filesystem in physical memory - cut all the disk io to physical disk out and hey presto - 1 fast sucker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Someone managed to get Vista to install (;)) on their EEE. Of course it only got a 1.0 experience score, but the SSD got [edit] 4.1! (see below!) [/edit] or so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Subliminal Aura Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 I just read the specs and avoided wetting myself ;) http://www.ebuyer.com/product/135074?gclid...CFQ4iQgodAQwDAQ Flash based SSD : FOR CRYING OUT LOUD ! Do I read this right ? 512Meg max DDR2 ? Hmmmmm Gonna have to get some LIGHT linux apps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 The Xandros built Asus used only recognises up to 1GB apparently, but XP should be good for 2. I have a 1GB hopefully in the post with mine ;p Don't forget expansion via 3xUSB 2.0 and the SDHC slot too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 512MB out of the box, people have had 2GB working no problem by just swapping out the (easily accessible) standard module. Flash based SSD, yus, many people are also having success running the OS from a SD/SDHC in the provided slot! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Note that replacing the memory invalidates the warranty btw ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Yeah, what's THAT all about. Do you think that would be strictly enforced? I also note from when I was reading about the device earlier, Asus include a TWO year warranty (6 months on battery). Impressive! ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=1875 The SSD got 4.1! Amazing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 I see he gave up with Vista in the end tho, as it kept bloating itself up. Wuss ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Subliminal Aura Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Note that replacing the memory invalidates the warranty btw :( I can't believe you just said that ! ;) @Paul : Thanks mate. It really is looking attractive... My Sony vaio is making whirling sounds from the fans so this could be an excellent choice Looking at the pics of the bundled OS the apps could well be lightweight :| http://eeepc.asus.com/en/product.htm Goes away to investigate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 I'm gonna try it ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Subliminal Aura Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 GAAAAaaaaaaaaaaawwwd look at you guys ! - It's like the first time you've seen a nudie mag thread. ;) PHOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRRWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaahhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 That post was far too hard to read for this time of night ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 And now for some porn... ;) lol! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Monolithix Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Subliminal Aura: You haven't seen our MSN conversations from the past few days, they're just *dirty* ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J273 Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 wish id of gone black now ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Subliminal Aura Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Going out for a smoke. These boys are hardcore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Haha! I'm sure white is luvverly too ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest J273 Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Heres hoping i like white :( .....If not ill return it and get black ;) And heres e thinking black looked cheap...grrrrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest leonxki Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 /defends white If similar screeny, white would look like, Nicole Scherzinger in a white bikini! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul (MVP) Posted November 12, 2007 Report Share Posted November 12, 2007 Black reminds me of a Toshiba subnote I used to have. ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Subliminal Aura Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 (edited) Looks like Xandros have done a good job. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhuoXoU9kbE Booting the BIOS to POST is slow but then the Kernel boots then a couple of inits and straight into X... awesome speed. However I did notice the lag on opening firefox/openoffice so I'm wondering how fast that processor is. Goodnight all - sweet EEE dreams EDIT : Wants my vote changed to Xandros for some bizzare reason ! Edited November 13, 2007 by Subliminal Aura Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tsutton Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 4GB HDD? What's the point? Install a few app (i.e. Office) and it will be filled up pretty quickly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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