Comments on: What my Eee says about Mee http://puffbox.com/2008/03/27/what-my-eee-says-about-mee/ Adventures in government, politics and open source. Mostly WordPress-related. Fri, 11 May 2012 16:17:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Simon http://puffbox.com/2008/03/27/what-my-eee-says-about-mee/comment-page-1/#comment-194 Simon Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:25:31 +0000 http://puffbox.com/2008/03/27/what-my-eee-says-about-mee/#comment-194 If you're travelling, I can see the Eee being ideal. Just check the XP version boots as fast as the Linux version. I don't know how much of the speed is down to the hardware, and how much to the OS. (Anyone?) It was the boot time which persuaded me to buy it... but I don't know if a normal boot time would have prevented me, if you know what I mean. If you're travelling, I can see the Eee being ideal. Just check the XP version boots as fast as the Linux version. I don't know how much of the speed is down to the hardware, and how much to the OS. (Anyone?) It was the boot time which persuaded me to buy it... but I don't know if a normal boot time would have prevented me, if you know what I mean.

]]> By: mel starrs http://puffbox.com/2008/03/27/what-my-eee-says-about-mee/comment-page-1/#comment-193 mel starrs Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:22:25 +0000 http://puffbox.com/2008/03/27/what-my-eee-says-about-mee/#comment-193 I take it you have a Linux version? The Windows XP version is out in the US on Wednesday and as I'm there and they're half the price of the UK, I thought I might buy one - but I'm torn between Linux and XP? I work almost entirely out of Firefox, but I'm not sure about iTunes and pen scanner compatibility with Linux - must do some research... I take it you have a Linux version? The Windows XP version is out in the US on Wednesday and as I'm there and they're half the price of the UK, I thought I might buy one - but I'm torn between Linux and XP?

I work almost entirely out of Firefox, but I'm not sure about iTunes and pen scanner compatibility with Linux - must do some research...

]]> By: Simon http://puffbox.com/2008/03/27/what-my-eee-says-about-mee/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Simon Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:34:11 +0000 http://puffbox.com/2008/03/27/what-my-eee-says-about-mee/#comment-192 Yes Alan, no problems with 'out of the box' functionality... mainly because it comes with Firefox pre-installed. The reality is, these days, I've moved virtually everything over to online. Email via Gmail, RSS reading via Bloglines, bookmarks in del.icio.us... that doesn't really leave much. It comes with OpenOffice pre-installed, but I don't plan to do much document authoring on the Eee. It's not that it can't... just that the bigger machine/s will inevitably be better. Yes Alan, no problems with 'out of the box' functionality... mainly because it comes with Firefox pre-installed. The reality is, these days, I've moved virtually everything over to online. Email via Gmail, RSS reading via Bloglines, bookmarks in del.icio.us... that doesn't really leave much.

It comes with OpenOffice pre-installed, but I don't plan to do much document authoring on the Eee. It's not that it can't... just that the bigger machine/s will inevitably be better.

]]> By: Alan in Belfast http://puffbox.com/2008/03/27/what-my-eee-says-about-mee/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Alan in Belfast Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:39:25 +0000 http://puffbox.com/2008/03/27/what-my-eee-says-about-mee/#comment-191 You're finding it usable out of the box? Without adding any (non-online) software or applications? How do you handle syncing back to your normal/main machine? Presuamably the printer drivers are fairly few and far between meaning that you head back to Windows/Mac to print off your scribblings? You're finding it usable out of the box? Without adding any (non-online) software or applications?

How do you handle syncing back to your normal/main machine? Presuamably the printer drivers are fairly few and far between meaning that you head back to Windows/Mac to print off your scribblings?

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