[hblug] eeepc

[t94xr]

I was merely pointing out that its first generation and associated 
technologies aren't totally there to make the eeepc what it could be.

And we do literally have 3 of them at my job and my current negativity 
is based upon the fact that my employer thought it was a good idea to 
rebuild the shop where every PC was one of them. Meanwhile he doesnt 
have to run the shop and receive the negative comments from customers.
At this point of time, maintaining them would be a nightmare. Until I've 
built up the tools to manage them...

They are first generation though, second generation will be better.
They are $599 toy, they are good if you have nothing else, and really 
good if you want to keep you 13yr old daughter off the computer by 
giving her one of her own.

I've used nLite and modified a Windows XP SP2 CD for it, although I have 
to test Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs on it, rumors of a 9 second 
boot up time warrant that. The modifications Asus tell u to make to 
Windows XP in the book aren't enough.

I want one for myself i must admit, it would be good to replace my 
laptop that runs my server http://t94xr.ath.cx/
and if you use one to the extent that I do at my work, the novelty wears 
off after a while.

Cameron W
(the one whos had ALOT more experience with them than Brett)

Brett Wilkins wrote:
> Excuse me, but I would appreciate it if you didn't email this mailing 
> list with such negative comments. Fraser took the liberty of writing a 
> nice tie-up to last night's meeting (which I missed due to having 
> moved to Wellington) which had some positive comments about the eeepc.
>
> Now given, the eeepc is not for everybody, but at least take the time 
> to appreciate the time and effort gone into making them, if not their 
> target audience: non-nerds. One of these would be great, for example, 
> for my grandparents. It would replace their 2-3 year old laptop and 
> probably be at least twice as fun for them.
>
> While it is always good to have an alternative perspective on things, 
> I think it would be preferred to have /constructive/ criticism rather 
> than blatant crass.
>
> Cheers guys,
>
> Brett
>
> t94xr wrote:
>> Treat?
>>
>> I work at an internet cafe and we have 3 of them. they're nothing but 
>> a $599 toy and a good thing if you want a cheap, techy basic web ssh 
>> server like I do. Otherwise they're a nightmare to take care of.
>>
>> Cameron W
>>
>>
>> Fraser Burns wrote:
>>> Hey you "guys",
>>> those of you who didn't make it tonight missed out on a real treat 
>>> to see Tony's new eeepc.
>>>
>>> I hadn't seen such a tiny machine with some much capability. And it 
>>> came of the box running Linux already. No question that the 
>>> manufacturer has done some customising on appearance. It has 
>>> definitely been set-up for non-nerds. If Tony hadn't said it was 
>>> running Linux, I might have gone all evening without realising. The 
>>> response, and look and feel was great. Instead of menu systems to 
>>> contend with there was just a batch of about a dozen large icons 
>>> that filled the screen listing all the likely things that people 
>>> want to do eg mail, surf, play music etc. Then if you want to be a 
>>> nerd you had to go in an bring up a more typical Linux menu system 
>>> in behind.
>>>
>>> In all - Tony is lucky that it was just a little too big for me to 
>>> slip into my pocket - but only just too big.
>>>
>>> Thanks Tony,
>>>
>>> And Bill had some interesting puzzles with his machine. From spyware 
>>> tying the machine up, to changing partitions and a CD that locked up.
>>> regards
>>> Fraser
>>>
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