Comments on: Asus Eee PC 4G Windows XP Version To Be Available at Best Buy for $399 In April

By: M.Kasday

M.Kasday — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:55:46 +0000

My mighty little 4G surf and its journey.

Well I guess I could be considered a “power user”. I have a 4G that I purchased last April for use while being deployed, on training, or TDY. I originally was using the stock OS (xandros Linux) and was pretty content. After all I had only planned to use this for basic pc needs (IM, email, PDF, etc) I didn’t need to break my back with my other laptop, just for the day to day back and forth home/work etc.

Well it didn’t take long before I started to use this thing for my other tasks, this prompted me to install XP Pro SP2 upgraded to SP3 trimmed off the fluff, installed the core apps that I needed and still had about a gig of space. I added an 8GB high speed card that I have most of my large apps installed on. I create my own music when I am blessed with a little spare time, and I use Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 with my US-122, and use Absynth 4 a virtual synthesizer application MIDI’d into the US-122 Audio interface.

With Absynth 4 running at the same time as Cakewalk and I have been able to record up to 24 to 32 mono tracks (44.1Khz) going w/modest DSP usage from Cakewalk (simulated effects, and other filters etc) and no Dropouts. Usually I apply them post. I am truly Impressed with this thing and I haven’t even added more RAM yet or the, add-on SSD.

A year later and I am away from home again for six months doing training, I drove this time, so I brought with me a 19″ monitor, a keyboard, mouse, DVD burner, and my Keyboards (I decided not to go virtual synth this time.) and I leave it all setup in the hotel room.

By day I am using my 4G for studying and for work related issues. By night I am recording and surfing the web, watching movies, all the things you would do on a desktop computer. On the 19″ monitor I have the resolution set to 1280 by 1024 and the Eee PCs screen 800 x 600 with the scrolling effect (vertical) the little screen is nice to monitor the process of background tasks while the large monitor for the foreground tasks.

With this setup I forget that I am using a portable DVD sized computer. I have an external HDD for data storage, and no joke with the use of USB splitters 2 of them 7 to 8 devices running on this thing at one time! This is the future of computing I think. Small powerful laptops that are force multiplied with the use of external devices.

To my fellow Eee PC’ers out there Rock on!

-M

By: sartaj khan

sartaj khan — Tue, 27 May 2008 10:03:56 +0000

the asus eee pc sewries is net good product. he’s very jhund

By: Frederick

Frederick — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:13:03 +0000

I just bought a 4g. Wanted the 8g but there are none left in all of Thailand or Singapore. My girlfriend went out and bought them but the problem is she bought the one with Windows XP on it. What all did they yank out of this and I already know I have to upgrade the memory on it since it came with 512 mb and I know that already sucks. So what is in this package for the xp system? Will I have to waste space on that small ass 4 gig ssd just to make it run normal? Given yes I carry around my external hard-drives with me I have several 500 gigs and a few 300 gig hard-drives. Will they offer anything on those packages that make it worth while? Or would I be better off getting it and trying to get the Linux os put back on it?

By: Connor

Connor — Sat, 03 May 2008 01:00:31 +0000

My first feelings are anger and frustration…I bought the linux version from best buy a month ago and want xp and its like 200 bucks… now i find that they come with xp for the same price…they should offer a program for a free version of xp for people who just bought it…or at least be able to buy a copy for like 40 bucks or something…

By: Windows XP

Windows XP — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:19:15 +0000

I don’t really like the look of it. It looks like a little kid’s toy that looks like a real laptop that works. But don’t get me wrong, Asus Eee PC laptops/computers are very nice. I can’t wait for the new line of them soon!

Also, for the performance wise, its not very good either. Sorry Eee PC!

By: DianeHelen

DianeHelen — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:51:42 +0000

Ya, but what happens after 2010, to the eee home users that went with it because of XP and now have NO support?

The idea of a linux based wee-puter I think is more appealing to the general public that many believe. Many are annoyed, frustrated, and just over MS and something with a relatively easy (mode) OS that lets them surf the net, do email, skype with video on the non surf models, do documents, IM, and everything else the general user does, and with NO licence fees to worry about, NEW and FUN open source software out every day, and NO expiration, I agree, that linux may be on target to gobble up much of the MS market in coming years. The training wheels are coming off, and the general public is becoming more and more savvy every day.

And ISNT it about time!

I got my eee recently and with some GREAT user forums, and help, I got it to advanced mode, totally customised the way I want/need, and it surfs the web LIGHTENINGLY fast.. faster than my Compaq XP full size notebook. I can do graphics, documents, email, IM, surf, remote connect to my home system. I am totally impressed with the lil dude… and it fits in my backpack without breaking my back

Diane
Orlando, FL

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 02:44:34 +0000

See Mirosoft’s news to offer XP through at least June 2010 to low-cost laptops such as the Eee at:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_xp_extension_2

By: Dave Donaldson

Dave Donaldson — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:41:37 +0000

As to how much Asus is having to pay MS for the new version of Windows XP Lite…I’m sure it’s under $5.00 a seat – if it’s anything at all!

Microsoft is not about to allow a product to proliferate into great popularity without having its OS on it. That’s why they joined in with OLPC, and asisted Parallels development on the Apple, etc., etc., etc. And it wouldn’t surprise me it it turned out that Mark Zbikowski’s move to Parallels was at the behest of Bill G. It has to be very important to MS that they keep their products running on Apple products too.

MS can’t afford to allow ?nix to take market share.

But in my humble opinion, BSD and Linux will eat Windows in the next five years. It has the stability, simplicity, longevity and technical excellence that Windows by design can never have.

By: Barry

Barry — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:41:37 +0000

I have had a EEE PC (4G Surf) since December and I still really like it. It was $349 and continues to be used whenever and whereever I can. Only beef is with public wifi sites that only connect to Windows and web sites that don’t support my operating system for streaming video. But as far as regular youtube and web mail and some doc management it is so much more useful than I would have thought. Bought a cheap small usb mouse for when I am editing docs. Only real need is for a battery that lasts “all day”. Would be so handy.

Big screen heavy laptops for $500 are no problem to get but still a problem for me to carry. Too big and with a brick power supply, much too heavy.

My 2 pence.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:14:08 +0000

Don’t be all down on the EeePC, yall. Sure, you can get a big notebook for the same price. That’s not the point. The EeePC is for someone who WANTS a tiny tiny laptop. I use one as my only home computer, and it’s really useful for travel, especially for giving talks at conferences (it has a VGA-out). It seriously is as easy to carry around with you as a small paperback book. I’m using linux, not windows, so the speed and memory limitations are not really an issue, and you get used to the screen size (well, I have; my wife hasn’t). And, it has two other advantages: (1) Very low power consumption (and quiet) — It has the smallest carbon footprint you can get because of the SSD instead of a harddrive, low voltage processor, and a tiny 9.5V ac adaptor (the same size as a cell phone charger) (2) It’s well-designed and pretty! People really do croon over it.