anyone else here play with the EEEPC?

[billnut]

[quote="madjack"]...and for a hundred bucks more, you can have a "real"
Yes madjack BUT I have a HP pavilion 17" laptop that is hard and bulky to carry around and have over a $1600 in it but with a eeePC 8.9" I can put it in my fanny pack and it well do every thing my HP well do. It's like having a wife and a girl friend
. The girl friend in fun to play with. But you wife well do the heavy work. O I've had my wife for 50 years and my Eee PC is my girl friend
Bill

[mikeschn]

I use the eee PC with Firefox and yes I got the cell modem working with XP home. It's plenty fast for browsing. It's not nearly as quick as broadband, but it's not bad.

Have not had the time to play with the Linux side yet...

Mike...

Hey Mike...let me know if you get that XP eeePC working with your USB Modem. XP should work with that device just like it does on any other Windows PC.
Or better yet...if you figure out how to Linux recognize your USB Modem that would be better.
Is the XP eeePC fast enough for surfing? Do you use IE7.0 or Foxfire?

[Nitetimes]

...and for a hundred bucks more, you can have a "real" laptop...and it's a 17incher to boot....

I'm inclined to with agree MJ. My eyes ain't what they used to be so smaller ain't necessarily better. It just seems an awful lot to put out for less than what I already got!!

madjack

p.s. of course I realize that "they" should pay ya a hundred bucks for having to use VISTA.....MJ

Ain't that the truth!!!

[Gaelen]

hehehe...
- I have a 15" diagonal widescreen laptop (my work PC desktop as laptop, so I can carry my work PC to/from the office)
- I just replaced my 4 y.o. failing home laptop with a 12" diagonal widescreen laptop because I wanted my personal machine to be smaller and more lightweight than the 5.5 lb brick I tote home from the office, so it would be easier to travel with.

Yeah, sometimes bigger is better, and frankly, bigger is definitely cheaper. Miniaturization always costs more, for reasons that pass understanding. But the thing is, just like we find teardrops and TTTs more suited to the kind of camping we like to do than a 40' RV, sometimes smaller IS better in laptop PCs. I just took my allegedly smaller and lighter 12" notebook to NYC while I had a quick doctor checkup. Sure, it's a little lighter than the brick from work--maybe a pound--but I'm still on weight carrying restrictions from surgery, and frankly, the thing weighed a (relative) ton while I was schlepping it around NYC. I didn't take it with me to kill time in the doc's office (MSKCC has wireless access in all public areas) because it was too heavy. This trip gave me time to take a hard look at what I do when I'm traveling. For the most part, I need a PC on the road or in the infusion chair to:

stay up on email
have web access to maintain my databases remotely
write
work with my photos
shop
take care of money stuff (pay bills, etc.)

I want a usable keyboard for the writing and the database maintenance. And if I can do that in a 2 lb. package that lightens my traveling luggage load or backpack by almost three pounds, I'm there as soon I can fit it into my budget. I figure the payback in less lower back pain alone will be worth it--and with any luck at all, it will mean less wear and tear on my personal laptop, helping it experience fewer problems and last longer.

As for the smaller screen and aging eyes--yeah, well...I've got bifocals for that.

Some of us collect teardrops. I don't have a garage, so I'm limited to the Sunspot and that collection of scale models of tears that roll away across my desk. But I've got plenty of space in my tiny office for small electronics that effectively make my life easier. For me, the 8.9" 2 lb, reasonably equipped eee PC 900 looks like it could solve a specific problem--traveling light and providing web and writing access while I'm on the road or in the infusion chair--at a price that is pretty accessible. What can I say--my name is Pat and I'm a gadget junkie.

Mike--are you going to put any kind of anti-virus software on the machine that you converted to XP? Did anything come with either the Linux or XP version machines?

[billnut]

Darn I thought the wife and girl friend thing would get some
wife upset and would give this old man a tongue lashing
Must be he's a old man thing.
Bill

[mikeschn]

I installed AVG Free 8.0 the morning I loaded XP.

I too have a larger laptop, an HP, it's either 17 or 19", I can't remember. But it's a bear to lug back and forth to work, or even when traveling.

The eee pc comes with a neoprene slip case, and it fits into my regular briefcase which I carry to work anyways. And if I take some paper out of the briefcase, I don't even notice the weight. And my back appreciates that.

Mike...

Mike--are you going to put any kind of anti-virus software on the machine that you converted to XP? Did anything come with either the Linux or XP version machines?

[MrBuzz]

AVG is a great product...hard to believe it's free! It does a great job but the real plus is that it doesn't slow the PC down or nag & pop-up constantly like Norton or McAfee.

[Mike B]

All my computers run Linux (including my EEE PC), so I don't worry about nasty stuff like

Viruses
Infections
Spyware
Trojans
Adware



I do have one machine that I dual-boot, and when I am running Windoze XP on it, I use Avast anti-virus.

Mike
Hayden Lake, ID

[Geron]

from Gallery Row Coffee Shop on the square in Carrollton.
from my Eee PC linux

Like it so far.
Just picked up a USB DVD ROM and will attemp XP install when I get home.

What fun.

gac

[MrBuzz]

Geron:
Which model did you get? 4G or the 900?

Mike B:
Have you ever played with getting a Linux box on the internet using your cellphone? I do this with no issues on my Alltel Razr phone & WinXP.

[Mike B]

Have you ever played with getting a Linux box on the internet using your cellphone? I do this with no issues on my Alltel Razr phone & WinXP.

Nope. I have a generic LG cell phone. Where I live, there is no cell phone tower, so I only use the phone for emergencies.

[Geron]

Geron:
Which model did you get? 4G or the 900?

900

gotta get some writing done this afternoon -- 3-4 hrs work. Then it's play time

g

[billnut]

It's Allllll Mike's fault upgrade for the ASUS eee pc 900
Memmory "OCZ2MV6672G" $50.13
storage "SDSDH-8192" $49.50 from amazon part numbers
Bill

[mikeschn]

Bill,

Did that memory upgrade speed things up for you?

Chell used her white 900 at work today, and she re-iterated her enthusiasm for it.

Mike...

[billnut]

I don't know yet Mike. It is being shipped by Amozn and well get here wed..
I'll let you know.
Bill