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Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2008-01-19 04:12 pm
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I can haz a computer.

Specifically, an Eee PC 4GB 701. Mine is black, natch.

This is the first computer that is mine as opposed to one I've shared with someone. Not a power machine, true, but it does what I need it to do: web and mail, what little office stuff I do, and play Nethack. I can even plug in my iShuffle and listen to my music.

After watching me stroke the computer in a disturbing manner in the car, we decided on the new little box's name. At first it was going to be MiniPC (I do a dead-on MiniMe "eeeee") but then we thought of a better one. The box is Mr. Bigglesworth.
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[identity profile] bunyip.livejournal.com 2008-01-20 12:23 am (UTC)(link)
Congratulations, that's cool
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[personal profile] mdlbear 2008-01-20 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
Cool! The Eee is a great little machine; I nearly got one myself. Just the right size and weight for travel, and nearly indestructable.
Edited 2008-01-20 01:00 (UTC)

w00tles and such.

[identity profile] the-ogre.livejournal.com 2008-01-20 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
I'm buying myuself one of those quite soon, as I have a need to own a really dinky laptop.

[identity profile] robertprior.livejournal.com 2008-01-20 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
I've been coveting one of those, but unfortunately I need it to run either OS X or Windows -- or at least an emulator that will let me run EasyGrade (http://www.orbissoft.com/ (http://www.orbissoft.com/)), which is only available for those two operating systems. (Three, if you count the Pocket PC operating system.)

[identity profile] gridlore.livejournal.com 2008-01-20 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
They run easily on WinXP according to everything I've seen. The Luser Manual even has instructions for doing this.
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[personal profile] mdlbear 2008-01-20 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
There is a Windows emulation library called Wine for Linux; it may be worth seeing whether your app will run under it.

[identity profile] lysana.livejournal.com 2008-01-20 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
I'm given to understand that OS X has been hacked to run on the Eee, but I have no data past that.

OSX on the Asus

[identity profile] spiritualmonkey.livejournal.com 2008-01-20 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
Here's (http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/11/12654/) a couple of leads (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/dreams-can-come-true/399-ultraportable-apple-laptop-os-x-on-asus-eee-pc-323279.php)on that.

Me, I'm looking forward to leaving the cult island on an Asus-shaped raft.

Once I'm less broke.
Edited 2008-01-20 02:46 (UTC)

[identity profile] tsjafo.livejournal.com 2008-01-20 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Very Cool!

My son's EEE arrived yesterday. We're exploring it together. It's an incredible little machine.

We can haz green wif envi!

[identity profile] spiritualmonkey.livejournal.com 2008-01-20 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Lexi & Pirate in unison: "Ooooooooooooooooh!"
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