Didn't buy one there! ;=}
 

I didn't say I would EVER buy one there just giving him a place to go
"if money was no object and you REALLY needed a matching one). :=)
I hear there are those out there!!!!! Just got an 8gb at Frys (USA)
yesterday for $19.99.

Review at Play
 

Matt - I don't know what set up your working with and can't be bothered rereading this marathon thread, but the review at the bottom of that memory card on play said:

'brought the card for my eee pc (7" laptop)
Using the internal SD slot I can read data and write files from programs on the laptop but when trying to download off the internet it gave me I/O errors.
switched to a SD card reader and downloads went great.
Then internal SD reader would read the information fine for hours!
So i suggest not buying this card for your eee pc unless you can put it with carry a card reader with you when wanting to download files off the internet.
read and write speeds are fast as expected and overall its a good card, but it is not 100% effective for what i need it for.
(file i was trying to download that gave me errors were two 100mb files. might be ok with less sized files.)'

How strange - I have 2 from play - both work fine.... have done from the get go.

Rick - wow that is a deal!

And here's a great way to match your cheap card to your Asus

http://www.emodels.co.uk/plastic-kits/images/hum34.jpg

At least till the dollar goes down a bit more.

lol... I'm trying to dig out more info on the problems with HC cards - it appears in the first version of the xandros OS there was a problem with the internal card reader - but that was fixed some time ago - which if you think about it is fairly important given the lack of internal storage on the little 2,4 and 8gb machines.

I must admit I thought I was going to miss the 160gb HD on my computer - but actually I'm getting along with the internal 4gb and 8gb SD card just fine - I've forced myself to chose just 1gb of music from my 40gb collection (no bad thing trust me) and I'm deleting videos as I watch them (they're online when I want them again anyway).

For photos, whilst I'm using the ASUS to upload them to flickr etc, I'm actually storing them on folders on the cameras SD card (another 8gb) - according to the display on the camera I can take just over 5000 photos on the card, 2500 if the setting is 'fine' - that should just about do me for four weeks I think!

Rick - sorry dude just re-read my post and it came across a bit harsh.... not what I intended... sorry.

Battery
 

I bought mine at the weekend, a 900 xp thing. You need to whittle windows down and get rid of a load of crap to free up some space, i run most of my apps from portable apps on an sd card.

The battery is a contentious issue in the uk where it has been shipped with a 4400 mah one which is pants, gives a couple of hours only. Theres talk of upgrading existing uk customers with the 5800 it 'should' have sipped with for the princely sum of a tenner. Me? i just spent the extra 20 quid and got a 6600 one from ebay, i got 5 hours out of it today...

Runs mapsource (with maps installed) and memorymap (maps on an sd) perfectly.

Oh and the wireless range is crap too... Apart form that, very pleased bunny.

Ive read on the eeeuser forums alot of stuff on sdhc cards that do and done work, save your money, buy a fat memory stick or two, i did..

Garmin Problem?
 

My problem is, I don't know what crap :=) I can "cut" out without "hurting" it. Although, based on some other reading about Garmin Mapsource "Updates", I am NEVER going to be able to do it. It seems that Mapsource updates require TWICE the space of the actual update (1.4gb X 2 = 2.8) on the boot drive for the install even if the install is being done to another drive. I hope I am wrong cause I don't see being able to get down to 1gb for the OS. Otherwise I love the Eee 900 for everything.

The Eee ships with a CD to help you cut down XP. I haven't used it maybe someone else has. I'm enjoying using Linux for everything else but it would be nice to take mapsource with me on my travels.

I'm using my Eee now, in a hotel in monument valley. It organises my photo's and e-mails like a demon. a great bit of kit. Like you say the battery only lasts 2 hours but I've got a 12v charger now for on the bike. I'm waiting to see how long it takes to charge it from flat.

So I couldn't resist the new 900. I owned both the 900 and the 700 at for a couple of days (just sold the 700 today!!!). I took some pics to compare the sizes.

As you can see, the 900 20G (same size as the 900 12G) screen has 1024×600 as opposed to 800×600 in a case that is about the same size. Those 224 pixels in height really matter!

The Black one is 700 the white one is the new 900.
http://gsomething.com/pics/eee/resized.side_open.png http://gsomething.com/pics/eee/resized.stacked_side.png
http://gsomething.com/pics/eee/resized.top.png
http://gsomething.com/pics/eee/resized.top_closed.png
http://gsomething.com/pics/eee/resized.piled.png
http://gsomething.com/pics/eee/resized.side.png

There's hardly any size difference at all is there.... and that extra screen and HD size will make all the difference.

There are so many new ultra small, ultra light, ultra cheap machines appearing now - but the Asus is still the one everyone compares everything too - have you seen they've announced the 1000?

Photos: Asus Eee PC 1000 and 901 revealed - Crave at CNET.co.uk

http://www.cnet.co.uk/i/c/blg/cat/la...1000_black.jpg

I kinda wish they'd stop now
 

Is it just me, but I'm beginning to wish they'd just stop coming out with new models? The whole point of the EeePC was that it was ultra-cheap and ultra-small. Now already the 900 is into full laptop pricing (albeit cheap) and these new ones will no doubt be right there with the rest of them.

And that kind of defeats the object for me. Then again my mobile phone is 6 years old.

Is this starting to get a bit tasty .. ?! I've just stubbled across this information - and the section of the write-up that interests me most is:

"The new EEE PCs boast Intel's Atom processor as well as 12 or 20GB Solid State Drives (the EEE PC 1000 can be upgraded to a 40GB SSD, while the EEE PC 1000H can be upgraded to a 80GB HDD)."

I had my Acer 3010 nicked by a baggage handler somewhere between Pearson Toronto Int'l (YYZ) and London Gatwick (LGW) last week, so I'm in the market for a replacement laptop.

The 1000 and 1000H versions seem just the ticket, but I wonder when they'll be available in the UK - and at what price .. :confused1:

Video Editing?
 

Can anyone say whether it is possible to do a tiny wee bit of editing on the Eee 900?

Me and my other half are heading off on a trip soon and would like to have some short videos for our friends and family to see on our blog. The Eee looks like a really good contender for updating our blog and searching the web for the illusive hostel, etc but how about cutting the end off of an mpg video or reducing the size and quality?

Thanks

Christopher

Chris, I am no expert, but I would guess that providing you had an editing software programme loaded-up, then surely you could create and edit movie video footage?

Alex - I know what you mean - buying the 701 at 200 gbp was a no-brainer - spending 350-450 gbp (expected price of the 901 and 1000) is going into a whole other spending bracket - well for me anyway.

Video Editing - yes not a problem - you can use VLC to do some of the basic stuff (simple chopping and top and tailing) but it's obviously not as user friendly as iMovie or Windows Movie maker. It's a little slow (obviously) but I managed to re-encode a high end mp4 taken off my little hand held sony and re-encode to .asf with titles to upload to youtube in about 15 mins - video was 7 mins long.

Audio Editing - again not a problem - audacity works perfectly.

Next thing for me though is to buy the bigger battery for the 701 - gives 6 hours of life - at a mere 30 gbp

WHITE 10400mAh BATTERY FOR ASUS Eee PC 700/701/801/900* on eBay, also Other Brand Batteries, Batteries, Laptop Accessories, Computing (end time 06-Jun-08 09:14:56 BST)

Wow! That is awesome.

I like the way it angles the laptop too - much better typing position.

m

Can't believe it, well it seems like there will be an Eee following us on our trip down under :thumbup1:

Europe test coming up!
 

I got one of these recently (4G). So far so good (at home). Even survived a tutorial at work in power point though animation didn't work in open office version and couldn't figure how to add it in short amount of time.

Will get a good test out on the road in Europe this (northern) summer
with the help of many of the tips from here so hopefully wil be able to post a useful review in Oct/Nov.

Cheers for the advice,
Damien

I just got EEE PC 900 (8,9" screen, 1 GB RAM and 20 GB HDD) and finished installing Windows XP Home on it. This thing is definitely nice size for travel. My only complaint so far is that trackpad buttons are quite cheap and need a lot of pressure to "click". Cost was about EUR 380, so that is still much less than usual bigger laptop.

It definitely does not play back WMV HD video, I just tried one 1080 demo clip from Microsoft site. I heard full audio track but video was lacking most of frames and CPU load was 100%.

But you probably can do smaller clips for web site, like Matt confirmed.

Hell, this battery looks like a brick! I'll stick to stock battery, thanks! ;)

As output from EEE 900 AC adapter is 12V, I'll now try how it works by direct connection to bike's aux socket.

If you work out how to drive it directly from your bike's AUX supply give us all a shout, would certainly be something I would be interested in. :thumbup1:

EEE PC 900 on AUX power
 

I now tested EEE PC 900 on AUX power. As it takes 12 volts from supplied AC-DC adapter it can be connected directly to battery/AUX socket without adapter of any kind (1st generation EEE PC 700 has different voltage). I plugged it to AUX socket (that is connected directly to battery) with home made cable.

My moto has very small 6 AH battery. Before I connected EEE PC voltmeter read 12,4 volts. I removed battery from EEE PC and was able to power EEE PC from AUX socket for 3+ hours (CPU load about 15%, played small video clips in repeat), until it shut down. Then voltmeter read about 10,7 volts at battery. So it will shut down when voltage drops below 11 volts.

I did not test what happens when engine is running and voltage at battery/AUX socket is about 14 volts. ;)

Hi Rebaseonu, Just a word of warning, i would not run the eee from the bike "without" it's own battery and engine running,:nono: cus spikes and voltage surges from the generator and other bikes electrics may damage the motherboard:(......
TDMalcolm

Eee Pc 900
 

That was the exact reason I did not try that. :laugh:

What I tested was EEE PC 900 on battery power, got 2+ hours with about 30% processor load (4400 MAh battery). Interestingly battery charge level reporting is not very smart as second hour battery meter reported 20% charge most time (first hour went from 90% to 30%). Also noticed that this thing has quite good (for size) built-in stereo speakers, much better than my old $$$ Thinkpad T42.

I've been kind of half-assed paying attention to this thread because there's still a bit of computer geek in me. I have an ibook but it just took a massive dump. It didn't like rattling around in the car. I'd like to get an Asus to replace it. Has anyone figured out a cheap place of buying one in the US? I'm heading to India next month and don't know if it'd be cheaper finding one there or not.

I'm using ubuntu at home on a desktop and I'm happy with linux, but I understand the appeal of Windows.

--Dave

eeepc mapsource on linux
 

Hi all, I was scanning the thread and thought I would pass on my experience with my new eeepc 900. I have the 20g version with the stock linux. Out of the box, this machine is amazing. I'm headed towards Alaska next week and I needed a rugged pc that would run my old City Select maps (much smalller maps then the NS version). I use the latest wine from winehq.org rather then pay the Microsoft ransom. My install was particularly challenging as Garmin requires you install from your very first CD (which is four years old now). I copied the disks on to a set of SD cards and launched the setup from wine. In my case, I had five disks to deal with. Three original and two upgrade disks. The base map source image loaded fine from the SD card. The city select disks needed to be combined onto a single SD card as did the two city select upgrade disks. Starting up mapsource with wine went well and I entered my product codes enableing the maps. I set up a module called garmin-gps (built into the stock kernel) and mapped com2 to the dev that garmin-gps module creates. Hooked up the GPS and magic! the gps60cs was seen by mapsource running under wine-linux:thumbup1:. One last note... when uploading maps from mapsource to the gps, mapsource will say it uploaded and completed, however, there is a bunch of buffering going on behind the scenes and the gps takes some time to catch up and finish but it does finish:funmeterno:
btw, this diatribe was written using my eeepc :D
See ya'll on the back roads!

AG

I'm using my Eee-PC in anger for the first time on the road. Unfortunately after just a few days of travel the battery has gone dead and will not charge. It works fine on the mains lead but will not boot up at all just on the battery. It was in bubble wrap inside a Peli1200 case so should have been well protected. It's under warranty so I'll have to take it back when I get home. Otherwise it's been great.

So if I read that correctly, you had no issues with Wine/linux and mapsource? Very cool. I haven't used wine for years on my own and just use one that was hacked up to run MS-Office at work.

Thats great to hear. I have to give it a shot. Mapsource is the _only_ program that uses MSwin. Especially now that there is a picassa for Linux!!

Yes! Mapsource works on wine/linux
 

Yes, I'm currently running my gps60cs loaded with maps, waypoints, routes and tracks from my eeepc/linux/wine. I will be working on a stepbystep for the process and will load that on my web site Welcome to Out--There.

AG

i just ordered a xp version for use with mapsource. i am in Alaska at the moment, Fairbanks, heading to TOK tomorrow.

next thing to do is find an 12V adapter to connect to my bike to load the battery.

need campingtips?

cheers,
Sander

The real Elonex story
 

Hello there - I run Elonexparts and ECW. Here's what happened - - the Wetrin family's Elonex plc went into administration in May 2006. A print cartridge company AFIC bought the maintenance dept including the parts, called it something like Elonex Ltd and gave up in October 2006. Then a company who buys companies in administration bought the whole lot (Elonex plc and Elonex Ltd).

It is this company in Bromsgrove who have decided to run with the Elonex brand and are making (or rebranding) more consumer products like hifis and TVs than concentrating on the computer industry. I bought much of the parts they did not want from them in Nov 2006 and have a few very experienced ex-employees of the original company. We are able to repair all items including the more difficult Exentia and Lumina media centres.

So the new "Elonex" are bringing out the Elonex One (I'll show you the original item non-branded if you ask!) and it may do very well.....
They are calling us Authorised Elonex Repair Centre and pass all "previous customer" technical enquiries onto us now. If anyone out there needs help please get in touch - info@elonexparts.com or 020 8202 9065. Elonexparts deals with the Elonex customers and Ever-changing World is a mainstream computer hardware and software supplier (and will price match on the EEE pcs and hunt down stock when it's short!)

Hope that helps!

Anthony Brody

Cheers Anthony, very helpful info:thumbup1:
TDMalcolm

These sound great
 

The EEPC sounds great. I'm not into using linux, can you get it with windows?
Joe

Just to bump up my question again. Could I buy this cheaper in India than the USA? Should I get linux (some familiarity with) or Win to run with my Garmin GPS? I'm also pretty sure I'll sell my GPS and just run with paper maps. I love maps but GPS isn't so great. I don't mind being lost.

--Dave

XP Version
 

Hi Guys,

Ok, I have just bought the XP version 12 Gig HD. I love this little unit though you have to punch the keys quite hard. Anyway I got this unit in Australia from JB Hi Fi – Smashing Prices for $548.00 AUD. I think that this was a bargain actually as I have seen them in the US for $599US and Singapore for $798SGD.

Just a little info for you all.

Cheers

How are they holding up?
 

Hi, for all those people that have taken their Eees out on a travel with them, how are they holding up? Are they sticking together pretty well or are keys falling off and batteries dying?

?c?

No crash proof
 

Can I just add that the EEPC is NOT crash proof.

I threw a new one against the wall, and the screen shattered into a million bits.

However - I was quite impressed that despite not being able to see anything (except some really freaky fractal shapes) - it still turned on, and booted up.

Prior to being used as a projectile, it survived a 5,000km trip in the desert on very, very bumpy and dusty roads.



PS: Incidentally, if you need EEPC spares, or a brand new box with all the bits in, (except a screen) - get in touch.

Errr why? If you didn't want it you could have sent it to me you know. In fact you still could if you want.

Asus - a couple of months of owning it
 

I've had the Eee PC (701) now for a few months and have been using it as my primary machine whilst away and my secondary machine at home.

I must admit I've had a few issues with it - for a start I've had to return it to factory defaults (keep hitting F9 at start up) about 5 times - all down to the fact that I got irritated by the basic set up and tried to install new and wonderful applications and advanced user interfaces. Fortunately all my files and documents are kept on the 8gb SD card slapped in the side, so I didn't lose anything - but the re-install and then update of the system takes an hour or two - it can quite happily be done on the road - but if you want the updates you need a pretty hefty Internet Connection - I did manage to do it in Starbucks whilst away but it cost me about 20 GBP in coffee to sit there for two hours!

This has actually given me confidence in the kit, unlike most other laptop software setups, if it dies, you can just hammer F9 until it takes it back to the simple set up it came with out of the box - and to be frank - that's enough to email, blog, skype, sort out my photos etc.

However, there is no way this machine can be used as your primary set up, I've had no luck sourcing a decent / simple video editor that has worked consistently, at least, no editor that can pull the DV files off my camcorder as they're downloaded and then allow me to edit them. You can combine about three bits of software to do this, but none of them are very good and you will end up getting very frustrated. The simple solution to this is to instal Ubuntu and run a better application - combine this with buying a new SD based camcorder and you'd be laughing - of course - you'd need a little bigger internal memory too - the 4gb is quite limiting - even if you are just using it for the system and no actualy file storage.

I've now had a good play with the new 900 units with a 20gb internal drive - much easier to instal new apps and OS - the screen is much better, and it's just more flexable all round - however - at over 350gbp it's into the terrotary of other probably better ultra light laptops - and frankly - whilst I can almost aford to lose 200gbp if the asus doesn't stand up to the journey - 350gbp is somehow, more difficult.

If you accept it's limitations in order to have a fantasticly small, light, bomb proof machine; it's worth it's weight in gold. If you desperately need video editing, or advanced photo editing, it's probably not for you, and perhaps you should have a look at the myriad of new ultra portables (for a little more cash) coming out of everyone from Apple to Dell.

There's a good round up of the products available over at CNET

Ultra-portable laptops - Laptop Round-ups at CNET.co.uk

it's a little out of date now and there are many more on the market - but it's a good place to start.

I posted earlier about the dead battery on my Eee. I took it back to PC World today and it was in fact a dead battery and nothing more serious. To their credit they just got me a new one from the store room and I was out of there.

Has anyone else had any failures connected to the eee-PC?

I've not had any hardware failures - I have ordered a new battery - but that's because I want the higher rated (lasts longer) version - the existing battery is fine.

I have heard someone in work complain their machine arrived with a cracked screen - but it was replaced immediately.

m

What about £275 for the 900 unit !

This is the same model your talking about isnt it ??

EEEPC900-W005 - Asus EEE PC 900-W INTEL M. 20GB SSD 1GB 8.9 NOOPT LINUX WHITE UK (EEEPC900-W005)

Ted :innocent:

Hey that's a fantastic deal - when it came out - or rather when it was announced it was £350 - the XP ones are coming in a little more expensive than the linux ones - but £275 is really good... wonder how much I can get for my 7?

m

£295 i've found an XP version for.

To be honest. Im not sure about all this Eee hype. They look like a nice piece of kit but I dont think a standard laptop is going to break unless you pack it badly.

I had a £300 Dell which I crashed with and had it fly 50mph accross a road, beer spilled on , rattled to death on South American roads etc and no problems. To be honest, out of all the people I met with laptops in South America, no one really had any problems about from a girl with a broken CPU fan.

As long as you pack your laptop in neoprene and dont have it running while your on the move, there is no reason why it shouldnt last unless your unlucky. Keep important documents backed up on a flash drive and your ok.

The eee seems a pain to use for the price, athough, hand on heart.. i've NOT used one or even seen one in the flesh yet...

I don't really find it a pain to use, and over the last five years I've had three laptops die on me after carting them into work and home - and that's not exactly a hard journey. YMMV as with all these things.

Having said that, all three were very cheap, either Acer or Dell laptops - not bought for their tough, or even very good, components.

I think the Asus is a cracking little machine, perfect for taking on the road. I'm very interested in seeing the new ultra portables from Acer and Dell over the coming months - both of whom are gunning for the leader - Asus.

As you say, time will tell..

:D

My iBook rattled itself apart after 3 weeks in a car while on tour. I'll be getting an Asus really soon since I leave for India in 12 days. Oh man, so much stuff to do....

wow you don't hear about that very often - my iBook is about the only machine that hasn't fallen apart! I still have it after 6 years of travels all over the world... it's a bit slow now to be fair... perhaps it's time to buy a new one!

The best place for EEE
 

Hello all,

I joined this thread when someone was asking the ins and outs of Elonex, related to the new ONE mini Pc they are bringing out. (we are a service centre for Elonex but don't sell the new models).

However, my company is a general IT hardware reseller and many of you seem to be currently buying or hoping to buy the EEEpc or similar models. We can supply you fast and will price beat if you show us where your best price so far is. You can see the current prices on our webshop at www.everchangingworld.com If the site doesn't show stock on a certain model, ask anyway - we may be able to source to you direct from a different distributor.

Type EEE in the search bar and the results should show all the models and accessories. We seem to be about £60-70 cheaper than PC world on the 900s since we work on minimal margins and hope for volume. PC World is just capitalising on customers' lack of research. Other items of interest to you guys may include Satnav, laptop 3g mobile phone cards etc.

Hope that's of help - if you want to call the number is 020 8432 0775 or 8203 7774

Anthony

Hi Anthony,

Nice to see a company engaging in the conversations here and directing us to some options for purchasing this type of kit.

We all have our favorite bike companies, our favorite luggage companies, etc etc, but for some reason electrical / computer companies don't engage on this type of forum very much - I suppose it's down to the fact that we're core customers to the bike and luggage etc companies but to the computer firms we're just one small part.

So kudos to you for getting involved, talking to us in context and not just posting some vague post in a thread that has nothing to do with buying computer kit.

m

Installing Mapsource
 

Matt,

So to load Mapsource there is not other way than having a external DVD for the Windows XP version?

I have got it on there but it keeps asking for a map and won't open or run. I have installed several maps to no avail..........

Cheers.
Ivan

Oh by the way, check out JB Hi Fi – Smashing Prices they sell the XP version for 548 aussie about 220 quid!

Take a peek.

Asus EEEPC 900 XP HOME NOTEBOOK - BLACK

JohnSB has done a really nice little on the road review at

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...s-eee-pc-36339

also - mapsource.

I'm no expert with mapsource at all I'm afraid - I use a Tom Tom.

But a quick google resulted in this page at Garmin

Garmin: Updates & Downloads

which appears to allow you to download the relevant files directly from the website rather than having to use a CD/DVD - how that works in reality however is a question someone with mapsource experience is going to have to answer.

m

hi all,

just to let you know.. for a few days now i'm the proud owner of a 900 xp version. still try to find somebody with an external dvd drive in Alaska ;-)

i love it. for charging it on the bike while driving, i bought an universal loader with 3 to 12V with max. 2500 mA at radioshack. (pricy: about $40)

i reckon that the amperage for charging is far below the amperage the eeepc needs when in full operation (3Ampere) . (never heard of a batterypack using three ampere while charging).

it seems to work so far.... the socket is protected with 3
amp. fuse. just to be sure.

cheers,
sander

I got the 4g XP at US$399 because I couldn't find anyone with linux in stock. Later the same day or the next they dropped the price of the 16g XP to US$399. Argh! I'd try to work something out but I leave in 2 days for India. I should've quit checking prices.

Hello.

I just bought another toy for the Eee. And any other computer:

SATA HD USB Docking Station with Card Reader - Accessories - DealsDirect.com.au Australia

So hopefully I will be able to carry decent ammouns of information when needed. i like that it supports 2.5" and 3.5" drives and have flash card slots two plus usb ports. Brilliant.

Will

Digging up an old thread
 

I know I'm digging up an old thread, but I figure keep it all together and as this seemed to have developped into an EEE PC development thread, I figure this is the best place.

Anyway, I got my hands on one of these today - the T91.

dell inspiron mini10 is my little baby, bit expensive 300gpb but completely worth it, and the keyboards one of the best i've (technowhore) found on a notebook. 3 usb ports, hcsd reader obv wireless lan, and hardwired if needs be. Intel atom, and storage is through the roof (it's managed to hold all the photos from my latest 3 shoots). My god kids have been playing with it too, so from that i'd say it's pretty sturdy (catapulted at the cat), an slightly waterproof. Yayy

Oh and quick note to all hcsd 4gb cards and flashdrives in tesco's are 14.99gbp and currently bogof mix'n'match

I live in Chile and I will like to take my notebook (14") with us (2 up in a big trip) but I'm considering change it for a smaller one.

which one do you recomend me? my options are:

Asus eee
Dell netbook
Toshiba netbook
HP netbook

I need big capacity so it will be with HDD (160GB).

The one I will choose must have:

decent speakers
great battery life
tought

can you help me to choose one?

thanks!!!

Asus Eee PC 1005HA
 

I've just bought a new ASUS Eee PC 1005HA. The Intel Atom N280 version. Fantastic piece of kit that ticks all the boxes ..

.. like 10.5 hrs usage on one battery charge, unbelievable!! .. :thumbup1:

Now I'll need to see if it travels well too. But so far so good .. I'm very pleased with my purchase.


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