Re: EEE PC gets windows xp..
Was unable to get into my office last week (OFSTED inspectors in the room next door, and I wasn't allowed through), so started doing this on one of ours (we've got 2 4gb jobbies to play with). Home time before I got to play with it, but XP Pro is on it, the drivers are installed. Just need to switch her on and have a play myself now. Just as painless on any other PC so far, and driver installation was, as you say, a breeze. :)
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I installed nVidia purevideo on it last night - and now i can use it to watch tv recorded by the media centre wirelessly.. I could pop one of these behind the telly in the bedroom and use it as an extender (almost).
Also come across a driver hack that lets you run > resolution than the lcd screen natively supports.. Going to try this once i've imaged the drive for a backup.
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dangel do you have the hack running on the XP build on the eee to get the larger screen res etc? I know you can take it up to 1024x768 and seen a few that will take it to 1200x900 i think it is.
Just waiting on the 8gb version myself before I buy one but the 800x600 res would be a nightmare.
EDIT: Just seen your post, can you let me know how the driver hack goes with the screen for the larger resolutions :)
Does anyone know if the eee pc 10" screen is actually happening as Asus are saying there is no plans but some of the stories I've read show their German operations manager saying there is one on the way.
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Yeah no problems - i just want to back it up (now it's running perfectly) before I try anything dodgy ;) I'll report back here (probably tomorrow) along with a link for it (found it on the eee user forum).
Surprisingly, the res isn't the issue you'd think - for browsing you just hit f11 (full screen) and there's enough space for it to be useful (it's 800x480 btw natively). Use opera (it's the fastest browser too) and it's built in zoom function as well and you're sorted.
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Thanks :)
Was looking at getting one of these so when I am out and about I can continue the work I need to get done. Only reason for a slightly larger screen res would be for coding on. The rest of it would be general open office, email and browsing.
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small keyboards suck for coding. i did my wrists an injury writing a few thousand lines of code on a 12.2" laptop - an eee would have been ten times worse
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directhex
small keyboards suck for coding. i did my wrists an injury writing a few thousand lines of code on a 12.2" laptop - an eee would have been ten times worse
I once tried to write a simple amendment to my connect 4 playing LCS on a tablet pc.
Most pointless exercise ever.
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directhex
small keyboards suck for coding. i did my wrists an injury writing a few thousand lines of code on a 12.2" laptop - an eee would have been ten times worse
Yeah I would limit myself to the time I spend doing that type of work. 99% of the time it would be for browsing whilst at the girlfriends and also the fact of just a small portable there and then you could chuck in your bag and doesn't have a hefty price tag to match it.
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Yeah it's not really aimed for lots of typing - but OTOH there are rollup/fold out keyboards etc. and plenty of usb ports.. It'll drive my 1600x1200 monitor just fine too.
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Look forward to the res test then :) if it works I will hang about for the 8gb version and see if that 10" screen version actually happens if not then I will just get the 8gb 7" version
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Interesting, I need 6.5GB free and 800x600 resolution for portable World of Warcraft. Sounds like it is nearly there :D
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Space can be had merely by plugging int a SDHC card..
Users report WOW works but is 'generally laggy'
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Put XP and 2gb on mine a week or two ago, it flies! The SSD is fantastic, Office 2007 apps open instantaneously! As good as the Linux distro was, XP is just easier! Very useful little tool this, always raises and eyebrow or two at presentations!
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Yup - no doubt the linux distro was great but really XP has taken it a whole new level for me.
Am I even allowed to say that?
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Yup - no doubt the linux distro was great but really XP has taken it a whole new level for me.
Am I even allowed to say that?
As long as we do it quietly... the penguins won't hear us...
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They're crap at running anyway ;)
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dangel
Space can be had merely by plugging int a SDHC card..
Users report WOW works but is 'generally laggy'
Ooh, I might want to look into that. Would only want it for auction house trading, I can't really see it being a tool for playing the game for real.
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There's a video on youtube of someone doing it if you're interested.