my new laptop! its just right.

[discowhite]

isuzu110 bought an eee pc 900 for gps duties.
ive been looking for something similar also, so i bought the 901.

noice, now just to load oziexplorer, get a gps mouse, and set up the nanocom software.

cheers phil
9792

[Phoenix]

Mmm, I hadn't thought of them for that application. what is their battery life like?

[Narangga]

Went the Pioneer IL1 for work to use as a terminal basically. 40GB drive running XP with 1GB processor and 1GB RAM for $700 + GST.

Battery life of over 5 hours too:D

[discowhite]

Mmm, I hadn't thought of them for that application. what is their battery life like?


this ones been on since 3pm (now 10 to 6) and says that i have 93% battery life left:eek:

cheers phil

[discowhite]

Went the Pioneer IL1 for work to use as a terminal basically. 40GB drive running XP with 1GB processor and 1GB RAM for $700 + GST.

Battery life of over 5 hours too:D

yer well mines black! and suits exactly what i bought it for! 649 delivered:D
cheers phil

[Narangga]

yer well mines black! and suits exactly what i bought it for! 649 delivered:D
cheers phil

Yep no worries.

I was just passing on the battery life of the IL1 really.

[discowhite]

;)
i mainly bought it cos of the solid state internals. my HD camera wont handle dirt roads so i didnt want a hdd for my on board computer.

cheers phil

[dullbird]

;)
i mainly bought it cos of the solid state internals. my HD camera wont handle dirt roads so i didnt want a hdd for my on board computer.

cheers phil


very good choice phil.........

have looked at these myself, for the disco..........still might get one eventually but not an essential at this point!!

be good to see how it performs for yeh:)

[abaddonxi]

They come up pretty frequently on
Catch Of The Day - More Than You Bargained For (http://www.catchoftheday.com.au)

I'm guessing you get yesterday's model.

Cheers
Simon

[duncanw]

nice one, is that the latest model with the bigger screen ?

[discowhite]

yep and it has the new intel atom processor, faster than the 900.

cheers phil

[Omaroo]

Nice. Great for offroad duties, as you say, because of the solid state internals.

I use my 701 for astronomy - again, out in the field where HD's just hate it at sub-zero temps.

I wish I had the larger screen, but I bought mine when the 4Gb 701 was the latest. It was running Xandros when i bought it, but is now running XP SP3.

These are incredibly versatileunits, and are a hackers dream. I've even seen a few running MacOSX.

YouTube - EeePC running Tiger (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arxdlBGolTE)

LOL! Great stuff.

[incisor]

oddly enough they dont like being used upside down... and prone to overheating it appears.

i have already had a few thru here looking for cooling solutions for them.

i have based my car computer prototype on this cpu and it certainly does a good job.

[olbod]

isuzu110 bought an eee pc 900 for gps duties.
ive been looking for something similar also, so i bought the 901.

noice, now just to load oziexplorer, get a gps mouse, and set up the nanocom software.

cheers phil
9792


Phil.
Where did you buy it from ?
I want one but wish to buy online and have it delivered.
Tar.

[EchiDna]

..........i have based my car computer prototype on this cpu and it certainly does a good job.


More information please :)

[discowhite]

Phil.
Where did you buy it from ?
I want one but wish to buy online and have it delivered.
Tar.


i used shopbot to find the best price, and then bought it fm shopping square. tipical though! its already 50bucks cheaper to buy 2 weeks on....

oh and omaroo, you can get upgraded screens for the 700's i think, they have started to do plug in touch screens for the 900 and 901. i found most of them on ebay just searching for eee pc 901.

cheers phil

[tyreplus4x4]

Hi Phil
what running system did you get with your eee pc 901 Windows or GNU Linux.
Thanks George.

[discowhite]

windows...
i wanted linux but oziexplorer isnt easy to set up for linux:( i dont have much time for fiddlin with pc's so the easy option was windows.

ozieexplorer is installed and working, just need a bluetooth gps and nanocom works a treat also:)

cheers phil

[George130]

Been wondering about them myself. Good to hear they can do the job.

[tyreplus4x4]

windows...
i wanted linux but oziexplorer isnt easy to set up for linux:( i dont have much time for fiddlin with pc's so the easy option was windows.

ozieexplorer is installed and working, just need a bluetooth gps and nanocom works a treat also:)

cheers phil

Hi Phil i just purchased a eee pc 1000h and i have installed oziexplorer i copied the CD to a SD card that worked ok but i am having trouble loading the 2003 Natmap raster mapsheets how did you do yours any advise would be a big help.
Thank in advance George

[discowhite]

i havnt got the natmaps, mine are scanned from original topo maps, found on ebay years ago. i only load the maps i require to my sd card, not the whole lot.
try only loading one map (current position) to eeepc and see if it makes any difference?

im working on having all of my maps on several sd cards so i can swap between one or another if needed.

cheers phil

[olbod]

I dont have the bits to put stuff onto sd cards, so, if I get an eee 901,
can I put maps and stuff onto 2 or 4 gig message sticks and plug them into the usb ?
With the 901, for use at home, can an external hardrive be plugged in for extra storage ?
Can an external cd player be plugged in or would I need to put the cd contents onto a message stick ?
Can a wireless mouse be plugged into the usb when working at home ?

A few questions, I know, sorry. I will probably buy a 901 this coming week.
I also want to use it with the Faultmate MSV 2 diagnostic software,
besides using it for an in car GPS.
Thanks.

PS: They are cute looking little things aren't they.

[discowhite]

I dont have the bits to put stuff onto sd cards, so, if I get an eee 901,
can I put maps and stuff onto 2 or 4 gig message sticks and plug them into the usb ? yep, im looking at 16gb usb flash drives now. shopping square has them for 39.99ea.
With the 901, for use at home, can an external hardrive be plugged in for extra storage ? yep, ive got mine plugged into a 500gb external.
Can an external cd player be plugged in or would I need to put the cd contents onto a message stick ?you can buy a usb cd/dvd drive, or you can copy any file to the usb stick or the external drive then copy it to the 901. this is what ive done.
Can a wireless mouse be plugged into the usb when working at home ?
im using my bluetooth mouse thats for my dell, but i spose you could use a usb one, may just need the driver??
A few questions, I know, sorry. I will probably buy a 901 this coming week.
I also want to use it with the Faultmate MSV 2 diagnostic software,
besides using it for an in car GPS.
Thanks.

PS: They are cute looking little things aren't they.

cheers phil

[olbod]

Thanks Phil.
Made up my mind to get one.

[George130]

Thanks Phil.
Made up my mind to get one.
I was till my car pc came up at the right price.