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Matt what are your video settings. Daveg has offered to help me get my vids to play so I'll send him one to try. I should find time tomorrow.
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justabum:
I run windows on my eee (been using it and punishing it for 4 months on the road now) and map source also.
Buy an external dvd drive and install windows from it, and mapsource as well.
Use an usb stick if you need to transfer files and so on.
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Excellent
Posting this reply on my new EEE 4g, purchased yesterday at Gatwick Dixons tax free. Initial impressions are ; amazingly easy to use, quick to boot up, fast on the net, good instructions for a techno imbecile like me.
I am sitting by the pool in florida happily surfing the net, I wouldn't be doing that on my Toshiba for fear of damaging it, this is about 200 quid.
I have to use a laptop for work on site and am beginning to think that it may be easier to just use this (powerpoint presentations etc.) And take the bike with this in the tankbag Or my big jacket pocket!
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Thanks for the advice Matt.
Was thinking similar things. The EEE and external drives. I have an 80gig Ipod half empty, and a spare hardrive
Do you think that an external harddrive is better able to survive than one in a laptop though?? I suppose it's easier to pad, and stuff.
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Thanks Pete.
Did the EEE not come with Windows installed?? Did you have to but the licence as an extra??
I think the EEE and external drives is the way to go.
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My theory goes that the iPod and external drives are designed to be thrown around a little - but drives inside laptops - not so much.... but really what it boils down to is that my iPod sits in my tank bag normally away from the laptop and only gets connected when it's being used - therefore it's not being fired up every single time I use the laptop regardless of if I'm using it or not.
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Quote:
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Matt what are your video settings. Daveg has offered to help me get my vids to play so I'll send him one to try. I should find time tomorrow.
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PM me the details - I've not encoded any video specifically for the Eee yet - just downloaded them - send me one of yours and I'll have a look.
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