Which OS are you going to run on yours?

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

I don't plan to install all that kinda stuff on it!

You can supplement the internal drive with a SD card too...

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[Guest Phil Lee]

I wonder how this would work as a photo viewer and downloader. I can see potential for using it to transfer photos from an SD card to an external USB hard disk.

[Guest tsutton]

Hmm, still think it's a waste of money unless you're a gadget lover.

Like someone pointed out, pay a little more, you get a "proper" laptop with bigger HDD, memory and faster CPU.

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

Yes, but I have a "proper" laptop. I want something small, light, longish batt life that I can have with me for web browsing etc. without needing my full (expensive) laptop.

There are often times when I don't want to take a laptop with me, but a small machine I can chuck in a bag would be useful. Those times when a Kaiser just isn't big enough ;)

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[Guest tsutton]

That's true... but then that's what MDA Vario III is for? ;)

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

C'mon, sometimes 2.8" QVGA just doesn't cut it ;)

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[Guest tsutton]

C'mon, sometimes 2.8" QVGA just doesn't cut it ;)

I think I'm going to win this one... use Opera Mini and its zooming feature. :(

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

I can still list a good few websites that don't render correctly and are not very usable on Opera ;)

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[Guest Subliminal Aura]

I think I'm going to win this one... use Opera Mini and its zooming feature. :(

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

W!NN0R :D

BUT

Here's the come back....

' Opera mini can't access sites on a private LAN ' ;)

Think I'm with Paul on this one 2.8"@320x240 pixels just doesn't cut it.

Mind you - looking into it in detail last night I came up with these 2 cons :

800×480 screen resolution might be a problem (note the 480 y-axis)

I Might wait for it to be released with the meron cpu and hopefully no fans at all.

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

A 10" screen'd eee pc at a similar price point would be REALLY awesome ;)

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[Guest J273]

Ive just read through the manual on mine ...and to my suprise theres a whole chapter on how to install windows xp on the thing and even how to optimize it to run on the eeepc.

Tuing off virtual memory.etc .etc.

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

Nice ;)

Wonder if there's a PDF version anywhere?

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[Guest J273]

http://support.asus.com/download/download....SLanguage=en-us

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

Good spot ;)

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[Guest J273]

Sorry that was a direct link...but didnt work.

Edited November 13, 2007 by J273

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

Full manual: http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePC/Eee...eePC701_web.zip

Quick Start: http://dlsvr01.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePC/Eee...eePC701_web.zip

[Guest James]

the full manual zip seems to be corupted.... anyone else?

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

Extracted fine for me.

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[Guest leonxki]

The full manual doesnt extract for me either. Paul, could you be so kind to host it somewhere accessible?

Also, looking through the quick guide, I feel gutted that Im gonna miss the voice command feature that Xandros has with my favoured XP install. Damn.

Thoughts?

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

Attached!

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e3509_15G06Q001001_Manual_to_TSD.pdf

[Guest Paul (MVP)]

Well, I installed XP, and now i'm back on Xandros!

I'm super impressed with their standard out of the box config...

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[Guest J273]

Well aint even switched mine on yet...Still undcided on which OS to go for.

So you guys who have used Xp / Xandros + other os's which do you prefer now youve used them for a few days?

Is Xp ok on 512 / 1gig ?

Does it run sluggish at all?

Thanks

[Guest Monolithix]

Running xp fine here! 1GB RAM but i've not seen usage about 400mb yet. General usage in XP is absolutely fine, any slow downs i've seen so far have been when the SSD is being really hammered, eg when installing everything from Windows Update! Office 2007 is fine, Outlook panics a bit though but i think thats more due to my 6560mb ost, my (modern) PC has similar issues.

So far, no complaints whatsoever!

(Posted from my Eee PC ;))

[Guest J273]

Ahh thats good to know....thanks

ill get Xp on it tomoz then once ive put the 1gig RAM in.

Do you have it installed on the internal drive?

[Guest Monolithix]

XP is *just* on the internal drive, after updates there was very little left though, ;)