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Hmm, hadn't intended to post these as a post...

Dec 15, 2007
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This is rough and ready, kinda the exact opposite of myself! Or not, as the case may be.

Anyway, I decided to upload a few screengrabs of my Eee in action... Actually, not just in action but really in action. Playing 480p HD video to be exact. Of course these are only stills, but they aren't compressed to hell jpegs. And what you seen on your screen (whatever kind of display you have) doesn't convey what these look like on the Eee's screen. However, they give you some idea of what the machine is actually capable of.

I had intended to add them to my Vox collection and then use them as need be, but, alas I must've clicked the wrong button! Then I thought, hey - why don't I just make a quick post while I'm at it?!

BTW my Eee has just survived its first accident. A drop to the floor with the screen up! Fortunately it just fell from my lap whilst I was sitting on a sofa and on to thick carpet. But still, the screen was open so I feared the worse! I needed not to fret as it coped like a star and it's a-okay!

If anyone's got any questions they wish to ask me regarding the Eee, you're welcome to Skype me or leave me a message on Vox. As you're probably aware, I'm not a technical whizzkid but I'll endeavor to answer anything I can.

Eee PC does HD!

Dec 14, 2007
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There's lots of talk about the Eee PC being a bit underpowered and a few reviewers saying it's probably not worth the money. There's so many variables when it comes to comparing price and spec with this little laptop that it really is difficult to come to a conclusion. One thing I do know though is that it does high definition video surprisingly well...

Yes, that's right - HD video on a £220/$400 low spec laptop! The default media player, SMPlayer, has a bit of trouble but if you use MPlayer (which is kinda hidden) then you can watch lower-res HD clips. I've been having fun watching the clips found on Apple's and Microsoft's respective HD sites.

Best of all, you can hook up the Eee PC to any monitor or TV that has a VGA input and then set it up for a far higher resolution than that of the Eee PC's screen. I did this yesterday with my computer monitor and the results were astounding. Watching the Batman Begins trailer was an experience. The PC that's normally attached is a four-year-old running XP (but with supposedly higher specs!) and it can't play that clip without having a fit.

Random thoughts on Eee. Eee's are good? Eee's are good!

Dec 13, 2007
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I like my Eee. It's got its quirks (both good and bad) but on the whole I'm happy with it. Still, whether you like this laptop or not is wholly based on what you want it for and where you're going to use it. Just because I like it doesn't mean you will!

Out-of-the-box it's a little too basic for me (that's when it's in 'Easy Mode') so it's a good job there's the 'Full Desktop (Advanced) Mode'. The trouble is the 'full' mode isn't an easy thing to switch to, at least not for the first time. In fact, out-of-the-box there's not a great deal you can change but I guess that's the idea.

Fortunately there's an excellent resource out there that does what the manufacturer ASUS ought to, and more: Eee User

If it wasn't for Eee User I wouldn't be able to use Opera, watch a whole bunch of videos, hook up my phone as a modem nor get Adobe Reader and Firefox working again!

I haven't really gone in to the details of what I've used the Eee for and why I like it, I'll try to go other these things soon. The thing is, there's plenty of stuff out there already about this dinky laptop and I don't want to go over much covered ground. A couple of things I will say now though are that video playback is great on the device. It doesn't struggle with DivX and once you figure out how-to, it does a good job of "ipod" video (H.264 MP4). I've even managed to playback some HD stuff from Apple and although it struggles it does make a fairly good attempt at playback (not really watchable though!)