Asus Eee PC 900

[sparkybigptalkshow]

fuck linux. You Cant download ANYTHING and it has firefox 1 or 2

[MrPlaystationboy]

linux does everything a netbook is meant to do but windows is pulling the limits

[SailorCire]

Nasty Xandros in that 'easy' mode...not so easy especially if want to install from source...or really do anything that normal Linux Users have become custom to.

[LarsSommer]

My XP model is opening iTunes faster than that music manager? Hmmm....

And is he rating Linux or the netbook? :| - "Linux Linux Linux"...

2 star from me... for a nice view of what Linux is on a netbook. But it isn't actually fast? :|

[SailorCire]

what's your processor clocked at?

[mmovagh95]

hangin out with G

[dodykid4ever]

what about msn, is there a linux msn alternative because if i get one of these i will mainly be using it for instant messaging with webcam? or should i jus get the xp version?

[Samojamo2]

sure is, look up pidgin messenger...can go on msn yahoo...a lot of others.

[dodykid4ever]

pretty sweet, thnx :)

i'm not getting this now though,. im getting a HP tx2520ea- amazing touchscreen laptop! :)

[rumpeltiezerwash]

i recently ordered a 900HA with the 160gb mechanical hard drive.......anybody know if i will have problems with shocking the hard drive by accidentally dropping it?

[geoffrey842]

if it's not ssd then you might

[jabjab1234]

Nice review 5/5. Thanks !

[crazyacrobat108]

how long is the battery life?

[guitarguy8484]

typical battery life is 2.5-3.5 hrs for a 3 cell battery and 5.5-7.5 for 6 cell batteries

[cyberteque]

xandros linux will drive you crazy if you are used to a full blown linux system, only one workspace, no console.

If you get one, do what I did install xubuntu or puppy linux!

As for playing DVD's, you are going to have to install libDVDcss. After that you can use mplayer. The music app is crap!! I would have like to have it come with XMMS.

[jasa00]

You ever used the gimp?

[jeffrey9876543211111]

lmfao, but seriously gimp is the shit

[TRGP0187]

y como se formatea? puede con windows vista?

[shiningstars109]

help! like, do you need a wireless network for this to connect, or does it connect to satelite? and if i do need a network, can i just use a AT&T Connect Card?

Thanks!

[langdon04]

you can connect to any wireless network and it also has a lan port

[shiningstars109]

whats a lan port?

[langdon04]

an ethernet input

[ryanbycraft]

Guy's... a bit of advice please... I want a small Mini Laptop for College this year to use every day. But i don't know whether to get this but with a 20Gb SSD or do i get the base model ACER ASPIRE ONE. Thanks for your help... Ryan xxx

[jeffrey9876543211111]

well it all depends, hp 2133 is pretty nice, nice spaceing and shit its all up to you go to NYC i know all shops that sell all these products madd cheap, actually im buying one tomorrow lol

[dchains]

lets say i wanted to do light gaming (fallout, fallout 2, HL1, deus ex) and the eeepc i want is a linux based OS how does it hold up compaired to XP?, i heard somthing about using Wine to run the games but im not sure if that will work...can i just play the games off the HDD without some special modification?

[spatey]

Check the Wine compatibility page to see if the games you want are supported. Cedega is a pay-for equivalent that may have better compatibility with some games. UMPCs in general are a poor choice for gaming; the intel graphics chips and drivers aren't that great. If you really want to do all that, get yourself a regular laptop with NVIDIA or ATI graphics and Windows XP on it. Just my two cents.

[cyberteque]

The openGL under linux or XP, works really well. This a different chipset to the i8xx series.

[dcast12]

yahoo messenger works on asus eeepc 900 linux?

[peanutbuttermonkey09]

The Asus Eee PC includes Pidgin. So you can use YIM, AIM, Google Talk, or whatever else you have on this program.

[raonipaes]

i've seen a guy playing Unreal Tournament 2004 online with this pc....

[hunterings]

ive seen Wow work on it

[slaveknight]

this notebook is good

[emzidadiva95]

he really likes linux doesnt he lol

[slipintoanightgown]

LOL

[colinfirst002]

Is MSI Wind better???

[tommylsvs11]

Can you upgrade the graphics card?

[ComanderLock]

No, its integrated. Even on upgradeable laptop graphics cards they're nowhere to be found and drivers are much less flexible than desktop drivers. Plus, the laptop with a standard low-end card may not be able to handle the high-end card power-wise.

[Iferno600]

no, omg comment was too short

[Fantastisch00]

:D sure the big 8800 ultra

[MXhm91]

who are you*

[Muffinmanv2]

PENGUIN!

[howlingmadhowie]

the eee is cool :) i use mine as a portable webserver when i'm visiting customers.

[shaolindreams]

eeepc 1000 ;)

[raulitech]

good for basic office and web browsing and maybe a little music but you wont play most games or probably even watch dvd's on that.

[Jangaboo]

if you search for vids on youtube some people have got games like oblivion on this...have to tweak it tho

[Serenity878]

LMAO it takes 2 minutes to open a music problem lol

[TheMorningCoffee]

SMALLER IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER! FFS!

[wildwolves8]

I think i gonna play crysis on that.LOL.

[marcusnns]

"it's quick because it has a 900 mhz processor"

wow.

[WorkoutGamer]

to tiny if ur hand is bigger then the keyboard it self.

[MXhm91]

to tiny? what are you shaquille o'neal ?

[ivanyoulube]

20-GIGABYTE HARD DRIVE BAHAHAHAHA!!!!

lol

[igob8a]

What? Linux apps aren't built into it o.0

Openoffice might come preinstalled, but it's certainly not part of the OS.

Sort of like how MSOffice isn't built into windows.

[NikeySunfire]

wow, "pretty fast!" it opened iTUNES in 30 seconds!! LOL xDD

[Shayanzadeh]

This is deadly for crysis ;) lol

[FourthChannings]

They should install Kubuntu by default, and what's with adding the "Media Player" caption to Amarok's title bar? They could at least call it by it's name.

[xwicked7]

when are they going to get the 901 and 1000 versions?

[SobaniForce]

lol, i love the EEPC, my sister owns one, not this one the windows one.

[Matty114]

Who gives a shit?

[CrazySk8erKidd505]

me ok lol