- Re: The Digest V1 # 1238

- Re: new Eee PC (901) much better than recent one (900)

- Re: soft reset

- Re: More Sub-Notebooks in the Market The Digest V1 # 1238

Date: 16 Jun 2008 08:35:10 +0000
From: Trygve Henriksen <address truncated>
Subject: Re: The Digest V1 # 1238

Greetings!

g y reyes wrote:
> If I remember right, HP also announced one recently.
> Their specs are leaving the Aus EeePC behind.

Yes, their Mini-note 2133 or something...
The problem with it is that it's EXPENSIVE and HEAVY. It's heavier than my 13"(widescreen) nc2400 laptop from HP. (discontinued, current model from HP is the 2510p which is nice... and also expensive)

update on the Alpha-400.
Collected June 11.
Left Hong-Kong on the 12.
Arrived in Norway(Gardermoen airport) to be trapped in customs on the 14.

Should be here in a few weeks, now...

:-)
Trygve

Date: 16 Jun 2008 11:48:04 +0000
From: Sergio <address truncated>
Subject: Re: new Eee PC (901) much better than recent one (900)

Jake said:

<<<
I bought an ASUS 900 two weeks ago and am not sorry.  I could've waited more (and I did wait some--I didn't want the original 7' screen), but there'll always be something better down the line so the real question is what does the present hold for us?  I could go on about the 900's virtues, but a fast XP boot and quality-sized screen lead the accolades
>>

Hi there!

Long time since my last posts here...

I fully agree with Jake, I really like the new toy ;-)

I bought my EeePC900 two weeks ago, played some days with the Linux Xandros original installation (really fine for every basic needs, boots very fast, but I didn't succeed in making my 3G usb modem work with it...)

Then tried with Ubuntu and quite succeeded, but wi-fi not always worked and problems with unsupported-out-of-the-box hardware made me rethink about WindowsXP (I was tired of downloading codes, compiling for the linux kernel etc etc...)

So here I am, intsalled M$ WinXP SP2 + all the supplied drivers from Asus (and made some adjustments to reduce data writing to the SSDs), and I have
to say that the system is quite nice to use (the small keyboard needs some practice to get accustomed...): do not expect to do heavy work on it, but surfing the web with Firefox, working with OpenOffice, watching photos via the built in sd reader, usin Skype with video too, and doing basic stuff is
a real joy; and my 3G usb modem works out of tyhe box (auto-installing drivers and connection utility). And battery life seems better in Windows than in Linux...

And all of this for 399 Euros (now my MacBook stays at home and when going around the much cheaper and sturdier EeePC follows me everywhere!)

That's all for now!

Ciao from Italy

Sergio

Date: 16 Jun 2008 17:59:51 +0000
From: Joe Fell <address truncated>
Subject: Re: soft reset

Itamar: as I replied to Ajai, I'm too embarrassed to admit forgetting a soft reset (first one needed on the netbook) and it worked a charm

  Thank you both

email address is <address truncated>

Date: 16 Jun 2008 19:44:05 +0000
From: Vlad A <address truncated>
Subject: Re: More Sub-Notebooks in the Market The Digest V1 # 1238

> g y reyes said:
> More and more manufacturers...

Here's a link @ Expansys listing many (or do I have it from The Digest? :-) http://www.expansys.com/c.aspx?f=24
best,

vlad a