My neighbours got one, running Linux. 4GB one, he loves it.
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My neighbours got one, running Linux. 4GB one, he loves it.
i have one for about 6 weeks.i bought it with the idea of gps.no matter how hard i tried i could not work out the linux system.i am sure more computer literate people will have no trouble.i have just today loaded xp onto it as well as the free open office word processing program and together they have taken up about half of the drivespace.it is a cut down version of xp that loads in about 25 seconds from the time power is turned on.mine cost $470 from a local electrical store.it runs an external hard drive and external dvd burner as well as my you beaut speaker system,i will try to load oziexplorer on through the week to see how it works.
you can buy them out of the box with xp on them now and the windows units are a bit dearer due to the xp licence.
going to start selling them in the aulro shop very very shortly...
Sounds like I'll have to get one incisor
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Originally Posted by Xtreme
Xtreem i have found this for ya to drool over as i have been doing for the last 15min :D:D:D:D
well for some strange reason it wont let me paste the link so type ths into the ebay serch window and u will find it
NEW ASUS R2H 7" 60GB Ultra-Mobile PC XP Tablet GPS
:D:D:D:D
The review (see link I posted on page 1) says this not very flattering statement:Quote:
Originally Posted by lokka
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The name of the game with the R2H is obviously not performance, the talk should focus more on usability and portability for this device. Unfortunately, it is important to talk about the fairly dire performance you'll tend to get from the R2H. The Celeron M 900MHz processor is just a drag, a Pentium M low voltage processor would have been so much better. Frequently there is lots of lag when using even basic applications or navigating menus. You can watch the screen redraw itself at times. Sometimes when inputting text with the stylus and poking the on screen keyboard you'll tap a letter and it'll register a couple of seconds later. You really have to make sure to stop as many background processes as possible, free up memory and don't run multiple applications at once to make a single program usable. Having said that, Asus included a bunch of software utilities that run in the background, aggravating and stealing resources from an already power starved processor. The very poor processor and overall performance really sinks the usability of this device.
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Originally Posted by p38arover
Thanks ron i see ya point now i think il just stick with the laptop for now as it works fine for what i do with it :D:D
yeah so I get that on my brand new toshiba a200's and thats just booting the OS let alone trying to run stuff....Quote:
Originally Posted by p38arover
besides which isnt a 900mhz cpu below the spec for XP.....
There are good reasons, apart from cost, why the original Eee did not use XP - compared to the Linux system used originally, XP is very resource hungry.Quote:
Originally Posted by p38arover
The whole concept of the Eee is that for a lot of uses, you simply do not need either XP nor the other bloated software that it runs, nor the high powered processor that they demand. And if you do not need these, why have them?
Of course, there will be applications where XP really is necessary, and you will need the extra power. But a faster processor means more power consumption, which means either less battery life or a bigger battery, meaning less portability.
John