Paul & Group

 I have been looking at the EE PC for my own use & that of a collegue.
 Does it support mobile internet access ? I know it's bundled with
 Red Hat on your side of the pond at least.

 Over here I have not yet found an ISP that dont need WIndows XP or
 Mac - OS - X  to work the transciver dongles ( 3.5 G ) involved.

 Fly & build good -

 Bryan In England

 It I am not sure about that. It has wireless built in.
 I don't think it has 3G built in.
 I was thinking of looking into 3G myself. So far I have had
 pretty good luck with the wireless even in the wilds of Australia.

 Some people say 3G is rather slow.

 It has a USB port so I guess if you got a 3G USB transceiver
 that might work if they had a Linux version of the software.

 There is also a Windows XP version of the Eee PC 1000HD.
 However that requires a hard disk. My 1000 has 40 gig solid
 state memory and six hours of battery life. With 16 gig USB memory
 sticks  available that seems to be enough. I can get all of my
 files on three 16 gig sticks.

 Apparently HP is re-labeling the AZUS EeePC.
 http://eeepc.net/hp-mini-1000-linux-to-be-released-early-january.-

 Paul Lamar

Paul and Bryon,
I looked for a small PC when I was laid up after my op. I ended up getting
an Acer Aspire One, it's a little slow, but has most things and runs AutoCAD
2008, the good bit it cost $500 Aust . The Asus 1000 would be better but
wasn't available ( I was told) at the time, and a fair bit dearer when it
was available. The battery life sucks on the Acer.
George ( down under)

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I bought the EEPC with solid state drive/Linux, but removed the OS and
reinstalled XP pro instead.  The Linux OS worked fine, but would not run
several software programs I routinely use; XP pro works great and seems a
little faster in fact.

Asus did not offer Windows on the solid state version because of its higher
cost- apparently the tiny hard drive is cheaper and made up the OS cost
difference.  Bottom line, the EEPC with solid drives works great-
lightweight and portable, fast, reliable, great battery life, and runs all
common software.

I like this combo so much, I gave away my almost-new Compaq laptop that was
bigger, faster, 1-hr battery life, and had a lot more memory.  BTW, my guess
is that the XP/solid state drive EEPC will make a great cockpit gps- with
its Bluetooth capability and big/clear screen, just add a Bluetooth gps
receiver and use the free software from APIC that is as good/better than
AnywhereMap.

Mike Parker

Thanks Mike. I have a friend that wants to do exactly that
and use it in his Pulsar.

Did you buy a new copy of Windows XP on CD?
Did you have to buy an external DVD reader to install it or was it
possible to copy Windows XP to a USB stick and install from there?
Does it still require activation? I can buy XP from the Components
Department at Fry's for $100 while the Software Department charges
$150??. Go figure.

Paul Lamar