SolidBladez
Supreme [H]ardness
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Stick with desktops. The Eee PC is simple enough for everyday tasks but it's still fragile. I'm not sure how well an elementary student might handle the device.
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Stick with desktops. The Eee PC is simple enough for everyday tasks but it's still fragile. I'm not sure how well an elementary student might handle the device.
How does the display look on your's? I just picked one up but the colors don't seem quite right. For example, the white on my EEE looks slightly tinted, while the white on my desktop's LCD is actually white. I'm not sure if this is because that's how they're made, or if it's because mine isn't perfect.
it might be because the brightness isn't as high as you like. in fact the highest they allow the screen to go is around 50% of its maximum brightness. there was a beta BIOS that was leaked that allowed the brightness to go to 100% but now there is a utility that allows us to get it without fooling with the BIOS. also allows for overclocking (which is what I use). download it here. the guy who made it is a genius lol. in stock form, you can go from 630MHz to the full 900MHz, control fan speeds, and now the brightness of the LCD. it also monitors temp. you add more options by editing an .ini file. obviously this is only for those of us with windows installed.
http://www.cpp.in/dev/eeectl/
it might be because the brightness isn't as high as you like. in fact the highest they allow the screen to go is around 50% of its maximum brightness. there was a beta BIOS that was leaked that allowed the brightness to go to 100% but now there is a utility that allows us to get it without fooling with the BIOS. also allows for overclocking (which is what I use). download it here. the guy who made it is a genius lol. in stock form, you can go from 630MHz to the full 900MHz, control fan speeds, and now the brightness of the LCD. it also monitors temp. you add more options by editing an .ini file. obviously this is only for those of us with windows installed.
http://www.cpp.in/dev/eeectl/
I've been holding off on taking the plunge, but hell with it.
Just bought the black 4G, a 16gb SDHC, and a pair of 2gb DDR2 sticks (one of them is for the DV9000). I'll be using it for school (since the bastards don't support 64 bit Vista) & a GPS for the car.
How exactly do we keep the Linux install it comes with, should I decide to want to reinstall it later on down the road? XP Pro or XP MCE will be installed on it as soon as I get it. Likely Pro, as I can't think of much use for MCE on it.
Very nice link!
Just got mine in today, Black 4G. Got it from ZZF, for $392. Then they upped it to $429, the next day, now its back down to $392. Now my wife wants one, actually, one for her and my two kids. Pink for her, green for my girl, and blue for my boy. They actually use my 15.4" laptop all the time, so we'll see.
I also ordered a A-Data SDHC 8gig card, which works fine in the laptop. Yet when plugged in my 2405FPW, doesnt work. It just doesnt read it, yet it will read my others. Any ideas?
Will install XP in a few days. I wasnt going to, but figured I would. So I ordered a USB Slive LiteON DVD drive, and 2gigs of ram for it, should be here Wednesday. Also wanted the USB drive to watch movie on it.
is it really worth it after all the accessory you have to buy/
is it really worth it after all the accessory you have to buy/
"ASUS EeePC 4G Black / 1071MHz Stable w/ Modded Cooling / 2GB RAM / 8GB Class 6 SDHC Card"
markt435, how did you mod your cooling? I am interested! Any link to pics etc?
I haven't been keen on VIA chipsets in the past, but I'd overlook that to get a DX10 GPU and a powerful out-of-order CPU in a chassis just big enough for an 8.9" screen.
which will face some stiff competition from HP's new 2133 UMPC with an 8.9" screen.
http://www.umpcportal.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1257
eh...you're really going out of the way for what its built for. sure i'd love a dedicated graphics card in my eee but at the same time, its not built for gaming. if you saw that i had freespace 2 and unreal tournament installed you might disagree. lol its a budget machine first, anything else 2nd.
one day we'll be able to play crysis on a machine with a screen as small as the eee's, but now isn't the time. baby steps....especially when i'm only paying $400 for it and might burn my hands without better cooling. lol