ASUS EEE PC - 7" Laptop

hj2k_x said:
Well I went out and got one :)

She is small for sure. This typing is going to take some getting used to but I have managed to type this message right here quite quickly :)
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I really hope you don't regret getting the 2GB. ;)

How do you plan on installing Windows XP?
 
PostmanPot said:
I really hope you don't regret getting the 2GB. ;)

How do you plan on installing Windows XP?
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Well I am a bit of a linux fanboi to be honest. For now, even the silly distro that comes with the thing is working fine for me.

watching a video at the moment. Lots of tabs open. Listened to some music now -the builtin speakers aren't even that bad :)

All in all I might not need XP at all.

Gonna get an SD card at some stage, like a 4GB one. Can isntall XP on the 2GB HD and then put proggies and stuff on the SD card if I decide to go the Xp route.
 
How you finding the screen res? It was the only main bother for me.... still waiting for a black 8G one :p
 
xrapidx said:
How you finding the screen res? It was the only main bother for me.... still waiting for a black 8G one :p
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I must say it isn't bothering me much. This website displays just fine and the videos I was watching just not were cool as well.

For R2700, I think it is a great piece of kit :)
 
Good to know... if the 8G takes to long to get here, I'll wait hopefully for the 10" version.
 
xrapidx said:
Good to know... if the 8G takes to long to get here, I'll wait hopefully for the 10" version.
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Ya, they could gladly have housed the speakers somewhere else and used the space for a bigger screen but I am pleasantly surprised what all you can fit into 7 inches.
 
Dammit, I want one of these! Anyone want to by a second hand Macbook?
 
All of you people asking about installing XP on this thing... Just one question... Why...?

I'm not trying to be anti-Windows/MS here, I'm just wondering why you would need XP on such a small laptop when the Linux flavour it comes with or most other Linux flavours out there (ex. Ubuntu) works great on it.

Not trolling - just genuinely curious... Why?
 
EtienneK said:
All of you people asking about installing XP on this thing... Just one question... Why...?

I'm not trying to be anti-Windows/MS here, I'm just wondering why you would need XP on such a small laptop when the Linux flavour it comes with or most other Linux flavours out there (ex. Ubuntu) works great on it.

Not trolling - just genuinely curious... Why?
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It's a fair question. I'm taking the advanced mode for a spin now. Seems a bit buggy to me but I am getting there. Certainly better than the basic mode it comes with :)

ATM it seems as if my menu boxes don't quite fit on the screen and cannot be resized which means I can't reach the OK and APPLY buttons at the bottom which is a bit irritating at right now...:p
 
hj2k_x said:
It's a fair question. I'm taking the advanced mode for a spin now. Seems a bit buggy to me but I am getting there. Certainly better than the basic mode it comes with :)

ATM it seems as if my menu boxes don't quite fit on the screen and cannot be resized which means I can't reach the OK and APPLY buttons at the bottom which is a bit irritating at right now...:p
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do a print from Adobe Acrobat on the EeePC :D [Tab Tab Tab Enter] . The dialog is WAY off the bottom of the screen!
 
I'd use Ubuntu if I was going to use Linux. It just seems a lot more stable than most other distributions.

Win XP seems best though, it sounds a lot more stable than all the Xandros distro the EEE comes with.
 
BiteMe said:
hold down ALT, then click on the window (anywhere) and you can drag it up and down.

also benefits if you go change all the font sizes to 8 in stead of 10.
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Cool, I will give that a go. Otherwise the Linux it comes with is not too bad I don't reckon.
 
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