[TriLUG] hands-on Eee

[Tom Eisenmenger]

Simple solution seems to be to install Ubuntu, then.   ;-)

A colleague has one that he let me play around with a bit.  I agree with 
the sentiments already posted:  small screen hard on my eyes but usable, 
small keyboard will take some getting used to, snappy performance - and 
that was running WinXP!!  This Eee is being implemented in a pilot 
program by the Murfreesboro Police Department, for use in their squad 
cars.  WinXP is necessary due to some proprietary software they are using.

Tom Eisenmenger

James Tuttle wrote:
> I have a couple of thoughts about the Eee.  First, it's annoying that 
> the network manager doesn't consolidate distinct wireless access points. 
>   Here at NC State we have lots of Cisco APs around and my Thinkpad 
> running Ubuntu consolidates them all into one network transparently.  I 
> can then walk around the building without dropping connections.  Not so 
> the Eee.  I see a dozen <NCSU> access points and I believe the 
> connection drops each time I switch to a new one since it doesn't switch 
> automatically.
>
> I love the tabbed desktop.  Very useful.
>
> The keyboard is annoying as hell, but better than the tapping interface 
> in my Nokia 770.  It's tiny, right?  Must overlook.  It gets easier with 
> practice.
>
> Sleep and resume are both fast and stable. ++
>
> It's nice for conferences, I guess, but I'd rather take my Thinkpad.  We 
> also have many of the iPod Touch for checkout at the Libraries and I 
> love it for web browsing.  Too bad it isn't more hackable like the 770. 
>   With these options, the Eee is only so-so.  Others here love it, 
> though.  We're trying to come up with use cases for buying some of the 
> larger screened models.
>
> Jim
>
> Maxwell Spangler wrote:
>   
>> On Mon, 31 Mar 2008, James Tuttle wrote:
>>
>> Asus eeePC with solid state disc:
>>
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>>> eeeps-dli:/root> /opt/asusdiag-0.1/hdparm -tT /dev/sda1
>>>
>>> /dev/sda1:
>>>  Timing cached reads:  1324 MB in 2.00 seconds = 661.82 MB/sec
>>>  Timing buffered disk reads: 66 MB in 3.03 seconds = 21.78 MB/sec
>>>       
>> 2005 HP ZT3000 laptop with 1.5Ghz Pentium-M CPU and 2007 era 160G Seagate 
>> 7200RPM HD (parallel ATA, I might add):
>>
>> /dev/sda:
>>   Timing cached reads:   912 MB in  2.00 seconds = 455.63 MB/sec
>>   Timing buffered disk reads:  122 MB in  3.01 seconds =  40.50 MB/sec
>>
>> I'm surprised the disc speed on the eeePC isn't faster since its flash RAM not 
>> a spindle.  Your memory seems to be faster than mine which is interesting.
>>
>> I think the original question of whether swapping would have more of an impact 
>> on a SSD drive vs a fast HD remains open..
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