anyone else here play with the EEEPC?

[MrBuzz]

Geron;
Yes, it is possible. There are several good articles & how-to's about doing it. There's a utility that might do the whole thing too...I just haven't found all the info about it.
But that would be a sweet setup to have the original Linux on the internal SSD and XP on an external SD.
Also very cool...you can created bootable verions of other Linux distros to other SD cards so you could boot to what ever flavor you wanted!
Really a very flexible way of computing!
I use a couple of bootable Linux LiveCD's for doing PC repair work...like Puppy Linux. It's especially quick & convenient when I need to get files off an old Win98 box that doesn't support USB.

[TPMcGinty]

Is this PC similar to the EEEPC?

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3747065&sku=D516-7001

It seems like a decent price.

[mikeschn]

It sounds close to the original EEE PC. I wouldn't get it though... 9" is the smallest screen that is usable.

Mike...

[mikeschn]

This one appears to be good... (Thanks Dave Bob and Elumia)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... _-34115489

Also check out the MSI Wind

and the HP 2133

Mike...

[Sparksalot]

Well,

I have joined this group as well. I showed this thread to my wife a few weeks ago, so...

for my birthday this week I received a black 4G. Pretty cool little surfing gadget.

[Dave Bob]

Asus EEEPC 1000H

Well, after a week of testing and use I’ll have to say this little computer has exceeded my expectations. I have taken it to a couple of local hotspots and the wireless hooks up without a problem to any open networks that I have come across. The 802 b/g/n card is able to get a decent signal from a long way off. With my other pc’s I can see 3 networks near my house this little jewel sees 7, 2 are even open, what are people thinking. With bluetooth I suppose you could use your phone as a modem if it has that capability or use a Verizon Cellular Modem like Mike has. I have not tried either of those yet.

I did put 2 gigs of ram in it and cleaned up the startup programs and a few other tweaks, so speed is not an issue. The screen size is just about as small as I would like to go and very bright, talk about bright, at 50% it’s brighter than a lot of laptops at full brightness, so no problems using it out doors.

I don’t use the webcam but it is 1.3 megapixels so video conferencing or skype should not be a problem with a decent connection.

The keyboard is very good, the right shift key is a bit hard to get used to but you can remap it and pop off the keys to relocate it. The up arrow above the right arrow looks a little strange (after remapping and key swap) but oh well.

The track pad is unbelievable, (the left and right buttons are stiff as all get out) but you don’t even need them. You can use 2 fingers to scroll, 3 to right click, and pinch to zoom and decrease, after playing with it a while I love it.

Although I have never used vista some people have put it on this thing with 2 gigs of ram and say it is very usable. Folks this is a real computer.

It weighs a smidge over 3 lbs, the battery will last 4½ to 5 hrs with wireless on and the screen dimmed to about 50%. With wireless off you can get a little over 5½ hrs.

I bought a 10” DVD player case (Click here).and it holds the laptop, ac charger a slim line external dvd burner, bluetooth mouse (which I very rarely use) and a few other cables. It is very compact.

All in all I am very pleased. If you need a computer that is small, powerful and easy to tote, has good wireless capabilities, and Bluetooth built in you could do a lot worse than this little dude. And if you’re scared of a mechanical hard drive the 1000 has an ssd hard drive for $150 more. They are a little pricey but you get what you pay for. I got mine for a little over $400 (see my original post), so I have no problem recommending this little gem.

Dave

[Dave Bob]

If you live near a microcenter it looks like they have the acer one xp model with 1 gig ram and a 120 gig hd for $399. The specs list it as having a 3 cell battery so battery life may not be that great. Click here. You can order it also but pay shipping. If anyone gets one let us know how it works out.

Dave

[MrBuzz]

Dave Bob: Where did you get an eeePC 1000H for "a little over $400?" I want to get on that list!! That's not even close to the list prices for the 10" eeePC that are posted at any of the online dealers. There is a Celeron version of the 900 that is selling for $399 right now...even the 9" atom cpu versions are well over $500

McGinty: If you are looking at that Sylvania you should really spend a couple extra bucks and get that Acer One that Mike mentioned. It reviews very well...has the new Intel Atom processor which is much faster and uses less power than the older, slower VIA cpu on the Sylvania. The larger screen and keyboard are also a huge pluses. The only real down side is the 3-cell battery...in reviews they say it lasts for about 2 hours.

BTW...Dell is supposed to introduce their own 9" netbook this month. It sounds very similar to the Acer One but the preproduction/intro informations says that is going to be the new low-dollar-deal at $299!
IBM/Lenovo is also getting into the mix. They are supposed to introduce a small 9-10" netbook in September right around the $400 mark.

[Dave Bob]

Dave Bob: Where did you get an eeePC 1000H for "a little over $400?" I want to get on that list!! That's not even close to the list prices for the 10" eeePC that are posted at any of the online dealers. There is a Celeron version of the 900 that is selling for $399 right now...even the 9" atom cpu versions are well over $500

This is just a copy paste of my original post: "I went to msn live search and typed in eeepc. It came up with 25% off at ebay.
I found a guy selling them for $600 (thats $50 higher than its going for by the way). I also had a 10% off coupon so my final cost for the 1000h is a little over $400 with shipping. The "guy" I bought it from on ebay is really mwave a reputable online retailer."

That was last month it dosen't show up now if you use msn live search. I still have to wait another 6 weeks to get the $150 but thats ok.

Dave

[MrBuzz]

Dave;
It certainly sounds like you got the best deal available...nice snag!! I checked ebay and mwave doesn't have anything currently listed...thought they might have a decent deal on a 900.
The mini-notebooks are the way to go for me...everytime I load up my fullsize Sony Vaio I'm wishing I had a netbook! For now I'm just waiting out the market to see what a couple other heavy hitters bring out in the next couple of months.

[mikeschn]

I too find that I use my full sized HP notebook less and less.

And I am watch what the other big guys come up with, and or if HP fixes the speed of the 2133.

Mike...

[Gaelen]

I was in the local Circuit City yesterday (check their ad for this week--they are once again giving away USB thumb drives for stupidly cheap prices, so I picked up some Christmas gifts for my bonus nephews.) Anyway, I cruised down the laptop aisle--CC now has the Acer netbook in stock in stores. So if anyone wants to get hands-on a netbook, find a Circuit City and see if they've got the Acer netbook in the store. Keyboard is very similar to the Asus 900/901, as is screen size; the OS is another variant of *nix called Linpus. Screen seems very bright (it's the tru-brite screen technology that HP uses in their full size notebooks).

I know for some people, actually being able to see/touch the machine makes a big difference in the decision to buy. What turned it around for me was actually seeing someone working on his Asus netbook on my last train trip to NYC--he was nice enough to let me play for a couple minutes, and I knew at that point that screen size would be fine and keyboard size would not be the issue it can be for someone with larger hands. Netbooks must be like teardrops--if you use one in public, you're going to draw attention, and questions. The Circuit City salesperson assigned to the aisle said the Acer netbook had just ocme in, and they'd already sold five of them in the last week.

While having a larger notebook is fine for at home, the smaller one is definitely the way to go for travel--sure wish my company IT department would notice that! My work-provided Lenovo T61 is twice the size and more than twice the weight of the Asus 900. Yet the Lenovo takes three minutes to boot up, and another three minutes to attach to the corporate network remotely using VPN...the Asus boots up in 25 seconds, and when I tried VPN, it connected in under two minutes. The Lenova is a little fruity about connecting to wireless networks on the road; the Asus has found every one in local hotspots, and this weekend I test it in NYC. I expect it'll do just fine. If the Lenovo has a connectivity or use issue on the road that I can't fix myself, I'm pretty much dead in the water until I can get back to a physical corporate site to have a tech trouble shoot it. If the Asus netbook has a spell, I can reset it like a PDA from the internal partition, or use the recovery DVD that I burned to a 2GB thumb drive, and I'm right back in business.

There is nothing I do on the Lenovo on the road that I can't do with the Asus, including training presentations and document editing. I can always hook up to a larger monitor/keyboard/USB DVD/CD drive at my destination site if I need one for teaching; otherwise, I can run my presentation right from the Asus or my 8GB USB thumb drive ($29, thank you, Office Max--another place currently 'giving away' stupidly cheap thumb drives!)

The Asus models, while more expensive than the Acer netbook, do have a longer track record as netbooks, more ram, more on-board storage, more USB ports, a better webcam and a better (higher maH) battery. In my case, I was happy to pay the extra $100 for those things, but if money is an issue and the Acer fits your needs, the Acer netbook I played with yesterday looked pretty cool.

[MrBuzz]

Gaelen: Really good review/info up date. There's so much going on in this arena right now. There's so much interest in this market segment. It will be better when some of these new machines actually make it to the market so that people can see what the machines are and who the players are.
I have always been a fan of Linux. This is a great opportunity for people to get an idea of what a life without Microsoft might be like...and it's not too bad. I am running Ubuntu 8.04 on my Sony Vaio and it works great for everything..software related that is...the hardware is a different story. I'm still struggling with getting the wi-fi to work...UGH!!
The Acer is a good looking machine. I like having the 2 SD slots and how one of them is dedicated to expand the SSD.
It's hard not to love the eeePC brand line-up. There are so many user sites/forums for information. Plus all the hacks and fun things that users are doing with their eee's. It's really getting to be the swiss-army knife of computing right now!

[ARKPAT]

You people are starting to get me interested in the eee pc's.

I watching and looking and getting ideas.

Hummm small bluetooth GPS and mapping program.


All the other software things that come with it and I have a 120Gig usb2 HD drive.

Dual boot Kubuntu / XP and all those special software bios stuff for when your near 120V AC and the larger drive to boot from USB2.




Pat

[Geron]

How did you configure your Eee? It would be interesting to know.

For starters, here's what I ended up with:

C:
XP OS Nlited to > 200 MB – 158.2 IIRC. One run went down to 146 MB
IE
Java
Firefox
Thunderbird
PalmOne Desktop
PDACookbook
Quicken '07
QuickZip4
Realtek
SplashData (Palm)
WMP
Windows NT (accessories)
Winupdate

D:
MealMaster (2 installments – One for 60,000 recipes and one for those I really USE!!)
Adobe Reader
GOM player
OE (I don't know why -- It just showed up on my drive!!)
Open Office

Drive C: 197 GB used 177 GB left
Drive D: 769 MB used 14.2 GB used

Except for games, pics, movies, and other disk space eaters, I think the 150 GB drives made us get sloppy with installments. I know I downloaded tons of “stuff” I rarely ever used and certainly didn't NEED.

This Eee Has all I really need.

I use HanDBase for my coffee roasting / homebrew data (awesome little PDA database)
SplasaData for encrypted data (passwords, acct. nos. etc)
PDACookbook and Meal Master for recipes (both are excellent and exchange file formats) Keep recipes on PDA (shopping) and Eee (backup)

The rest is obvious.

Anything else you just HAVE to HAVE?
Cheers,

Yeah, I know. I woke up early this morning and had nothing else to do.
g

Gosh, revealing your PC drive is kinda intimate

Oh, forgot to add - installed 2 g RAM which I really didn't NEED . . . but . .