I never noticed that the keyboard layout is a bit retarded until I read this article. I still can't get over how small the screen is though, bring on version 2.
Originally Posted by Jamie I still can't get over how small the screen is though, bring on version 2.
yea thats the deal breaker for me tbh, its just daft with this tiny screen set in a giant bezel :(
I'm surprised no one has tried to hack a larger laptop screen into this. Anyone know if a 10" screen would fit, and does the Eee use the same laptop screen connector thing?
Can Itunes be installed on the stock OS? If so you can use your IPOD as a Media Storage device which an 80gb version is as cheap as a 32gb flash drive. Or you could go with a 160gb just because. Then you can use your main PC for storage, rip all of the videos and music onto your ipod, and just plug your Ipod in as a portable media drive.
Originally Posted by Fozzy Can Itunes be installed on the stock OS? If so you can use your IPOD as a Media Storage device which an 80gb version is as cheap as a 32gb flash drive. Or you could go with a 160gb just because. Then you can use your main PC for storage, rip all of the videos and music onto your ipod, and just plug your Ipod in as a portable media drive.
If you can get Wine onto it you might stand a chance of installing iTunes.
why not just use gtkpod? or the optimized ubuntu which has perfect ipod support. also, if the Eee PC can boot from external drives, why not partition an ipod? 20gb of my ipod for an OS to run on a snazzy little portable like Eee PC, i honestly wouldn't mind.
why not just use gtkpod? or the optimized ubuntu which has perfect ipod support. also, if the Eee PC can boot from external drives, why not partition an ipod? 20gb of my ipod for an OS to run on a snazzy little portable like Eee PC, i honestly wouldn't mind.
There are entire guides on there getting Ubuntu running of a USB drive. I'd sooner do this (and probably will be) than ruin the internal OS. You can always restore from the DVD, but the less writes to the SSD the better :D
So its £222 plus delivery and twice the size and weight. But people buy the eeePC because its so small and light and to get a comparible system ie one of a similar size and performance you end at the £1000 mark. The sony UMPC is £2000. http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39030093,49291646,00.htm
So there really isn't any competition to the eeePC atm which is why its selling like hotcakes and has about the same online availability as the Wii.
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You know there's a script on the eeePC user forum that switches the position of these two keys.
The screen size really isn't as bad as you think. 800x600 used to be prime real estate a few moons ago :P
But i have giant man hands, so i think i'll be using the switch key hack no matter what, even a standard laptop keyboard is too small sometimes :(
I'm surprised no one has tried to hack a larger laptop screen into this. Anyone know if a 10" screen would fit, and does the Eee use the same laptop screen connector thing?
If you can get Wine onto it you might stand a chance of installing iTunes.
There are entire guides on there getting Ubuntu running of a USB drive. I'd sooner do this (and probably will be) than ruin the internal OS. You can always restore from the DVD, but the less writes to the SSD the better :D
So its £222 plus delivery and twice the size and weight. But people buy the eeePC because its so small and light and to get a comparible system ie one of a similar size and performance you end at the £1000 mark. The sony UMPC is £2000.
http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39030093,49291646,00.htm
So there really isn't any competition to the eeePC atm which is why its selling like hotcakes and has about the same online availability as the Wii.