The white is a glossier 'sheen' white that shows finger prints more. It is not two tone but completely matt black. The black Asus eeePC is matt black (not galaxy black) and is much nicer than any of the press photos show. I'll step back and prepare to get flamed then.Īsus EEE Black or White? and MoGo Bluetooth. You may compare the selling price of both machines and say the Eee PC is much cheaper, but then again a standard desktop of that time would also be far more expensive than a standard desktop is now (my desktop then was a Dell Dimension XPS600 and cost around 1200-1400 quid - Still going strong by the way!). I think if I spent money on the Eee PC I would feel a bit let down as if I allowed 8 years of advancements to go on top of the Easymate 800, I would expect more than what the Eee PC is now. It was touchscreen and not trackpad but to be honest I would prefer that on a machine this size.
I know it wasn't a celeron, I know it had piddly RAM/ROM but it did have an 800圆00 screen and a compact flash slot for storage and a dial -up modem, BUT this was 7 nearly 8 years ago!! At the time I thought it was great, I could synch it up with my PC and transfer docs across that I had created on Office CE pro and it had great battery life. For that I have a custom built home pc.I don't understand what all the fuss is about.Ĭirca 2000 I had a Parkard Bell Easymate 800. Windows has many software overclocking tools for the Eee I use one called (eeectl) it allows me in real time to move the processor speed from 650mhz to 900mhz, it also allows changes to fan speed and the LCD Backlight.īut despite having a very nice netbook, I still find it handy to have a very nice good desktop around for when I really need to get work done. In addition to the ability to run the additional software that comes with Windows the switch to XP gives me the ability to fully unlock the speed of the 900mhz processor. It goes with me everywhere it can be tossed around turned on and off abused and used and used and used. The system can run XP, Office 2007, Web Browse, IM, Wireless Internet in a convenient small lightweight package. XP boots very quickly off of the Solid State drive and love the 2gb of DDR memory I have plenty of storage space thanks to the USB Flash Drive and SD Cards adding 4gb and 8gb respectively.
So yes I have loaded Windows XP Professional on to the Eee this is aided by the fact that Asus gives me all the drivers for running the Eee with XP on it.
The distribution of Linux wasn’t even designed to use address more the 1gb of RAM. Of course all that additional storage and system memory wasn’t just for running Linux.
That last and simplest upgrade is the addition of a 8gb SDHC memory card its plugged into the SD Memory card reader. I have plugged a 4gb USB Flash drive into this header giving me additional storage on the Eee. This cable can be installed inside the casing of the Eee allowing me to end with an additional USB port right next to my memory stick under the memory door. So with the help of Ebay I have a USB header to USB cable. I’ve also added a USB port, this port is driven by the USB header that would service the USB Webcam in the 4G model the header is simply bare on mine. My Eee is an early model with the door over the memory compartment still, newer Eee’s no longer have this door. I have upgraded my Eee by changing out the memory module for a 2gb stick. Asus did this to limit heat production and to extend battery life.
The Eee also doesn’t run at the full 900mhz clock speed either in the default setup.
Intel Celeron 900mhz 512mb DDR2 RAM 4gb Solid State Hard Driveġx VGA 1x SD Card Reader 7″ LCD (800×480 or 800×600 scrolling)īy default the Eee comes preloaded with a very limited Linux OS however even that mode can be enhanced by enabling the advanced mode. But today I have no problems carrying my laptop to every class everyday. As a college student I like having a laptop on campus, however I could never bring myself to haul my 9+ lbs. Throughout my life I’ve had many computers and I feel those that I have right now provide me with the best of everything.