asus eee pc

muchalucha · Post by **muchalucha** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 7:52 pm

for a while now i have been thinking sereosly about buying an asus eee pc
http://eeepc.asus.com/global/
they are super small and look really good but i would love to know of any pros or cons from any of you that have used them.

malivoirec · Post by **malivoirec** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 11:04 am

It looks a good machine. Does't mention the price though. Do you know it muchalucha? I'll probably wait for a gadget show raiting before I think about buying one

leo-rcc · Post by **leo-rcc** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 2:19 pm

I just ordered one for 238 pounds, incl. P&P.

muchalucha · Post by **muchalucha** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:04 am

leo words can bot describe how jealous i am

leo-rcc · Post by **leo-rcc** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 11:52 am

They are ok little laptops, nothing fancy but everything you would need in a small laptop is in there. It does take some getting used to the operating system but you can always install XP on it if you want. The OS out of the box is quite nice, very fast, and has all the important software on it that you could need.

muchalucha · Post by **muchalucha** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:50 am

hows the browser it does support flash... right??

leo-rcc · Post by **leo-rcc** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 8:53 am

Yes but since its a linux version of Flash any updates on Flash are not going to be as straightforward as in Windows.

muchalucha · Post by **muchalucha** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:30 am

ive heard that linux is apig to install things on but how bad is it to install lets say audacity

leo-rcc · Post by **leo-rcc** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 10:03 am

Thats not exactly true. There are many different distributions of Linux, and on one version it is easier to install things than on the other. The EEE-PC uses Xandros which is a slightly different version of Debian. The upside to that is that Debian has an excellent system for installing and maintaining programs, but Flash is not among it.

Some software is distributed differently for different versions of Linux, and not all are equally simple. Macromedia decided to do one distribution method and give out a manual how to do it for other versions which is by no means easy.

Audacity should be not a big problem, all you need to do is connect to the web, make sure that in /etc/apt/sources.list you insert a line for the debian repository (deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main) and use apt-get install Audacity.

I've read that there is now also a eee-Xubuntu version out, which is at the moment by far the best Linux distribution. I use Kubuntu on my regular laptop, because I like KDE more than Gnome or regular X.

muchalucha · Post by **muchalucha** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 1:07 pm

generally would you recomend it for the money it is or would the money be better spen on my new design for a heavyweight

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