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hi all,
i have bought an asus eee 900a pc with 4gb build in solid drive. it came with xandros but it was crap. so i have installed eee ubuntu. it was a great OS. however it wasn't good for mapsource and take almost 3gb on the solid drive.
i slimmed down my windows xp using nlite and. after slimming down it was 159mb including sp3 and 600mb installed on the pc. after i installed the essential drivers and mapsource, pdf reader, pdf converter, webcam driver, opera browser, skype, media player classic, antivirus, etc, it was only 800mb. i have installed portable applications like office applications, firefox, amsn, googleearth, etc to 8gb ssd card.
everything works perfecly. highly recommended.
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I am literally in the middle of doing the same thing with my 901! so far so good just putting the drivers on now... for anyone that wants a dummies guide go here... Slimming Down Windows XP Professional Using nLite [EeeUser Eee PC Wiki]
( I would slip stream sp3 it is much faster...)... good luck
I think i may have things a bit wrong but my ISO file is only 550kb? have not had a chance to see what that means in terms of disk size yet
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Im thinking of buying one of these to take with me on my travels, but most folk seem to recommend the linux system rather than xp....and comments from you folks?
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Im thinking of buying one of these to take with me on my travels, but most folk seem to recommend the linux system rather than xp....and comments from you folks?
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I've got a 700, with Xandros, and its fine. I have played with Ubuntu but that was more of a PITA than it was worth.
I'm not sure why people don't get on with linux (although Solaris is better :-) ), all I did with my eeePC is switch to advanced mode, upgrade to FF3 and add a newsreader.
Much easier than installing windows and arsing around. As I don't do GPS I don't need mapsource.
Useful liniux info for the eeePC
LITTLE BUDDIES - Linux Magazine Online
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if i wasn't using mapsource, i would stick with eee-ubuntu. xandros is ok. however, i did not like the idea of xandros. it is too basic and not much info on the internet. i have installed xp just because it take less space (only 600MB after installation) and can run mapsource.
conclusion: any asus eee pc xxx is fine if you only use it for mailing, word to write, e-mail, msn and skype. whatever os it has....
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if i wasn't using mapsource, i would stick with eee-ubuntu. xandros is ok. however, i did not like the idea of xandros. it is too basic and not much info on the internet. i have installed xp just because it take less space (only 600MB after installation) and can run mapsource.....
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Same here.. The only reason i changed it from linux to XP was that there are a few programs i want to use (mapsource being one of them) that is a PITA (if not even possible) to run on Linux.
If you want XP and have access to the soft where buy the linux version and swap it over you get a bigger HD for the same money!
BTW OZHANU: I miss typed and it was a 500mb ISO.. my nlite did not work so i will be re-re-installing it soon... Would you be willing to send me your nlite "Last Sessionion.INI" so that I can make sure it was something i did to make the ISO not burn properally and not the version on nlite? If so I will PM you my email addy
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hi xander,
sure i can send my last_session.ini
pm me your e-mail please. 500mb iso is too too big. not nlited xp is around 650mb. so, you have to chop it more. nlited xp should be around 150-200mb. also bear in mind that "If you have an Intel Atom processor, you will need Multi-processor support for SMT support. It can be removed in Celeron models" i have nlited the xp 3 times just for that.
i couldn't make bootable usb (actually, i did but, could not installed xp), so i have hired an extarnel dvd-rom and installed using this dvd-rom.
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