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 My new laptop. - by @lbert
  Posted:03/06/2008 - 17:37 - in category: internet / computers
As i mentioned a month ago i bought an Asus EEE 4G as 'laptop'.
The thing actually is so small that it fits twice in the average laptop.
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It is sold here in Penang for a mere RM 1299.00 and really worth its price.
It has WiFi, a build in camera, 3 USB slots, 1 SD slot. Screen size 800x480, but with utilities you can watch even 1024x768 cropped.
The SD slot i fitted with a 4G SD card, and it contains programs i do not use that often.
Windows XP that is on the machine has been stripped with a program called Nlite, now i have 2.45 Gbytes free of the total 4G after installing Windows XP home and all the programs i wanted to use.
If you search on the net you can find many small footprint unbloated programs for the purposes you might need.
For sample a photo editor IrfanView is less than 1mB and does what other 20+ mB bloated programs do.

RainCalender does in 2+ mB what many other appointment managers/calenders do in many Mb's.
Most of these goodies are freeware!

Further the weight of the laptop including battery is 950 grams, so it is REALLY portable.
Compare that to the 2-2.5 kg of other laptops.
The only downside is battery life, i manage to get 1.5 hrs out of the 4200 mAh battery when on WiFi.
I thinks i have to order a 7200 mAh one on the net to get more juice.

In the hospital i use it to watch movies that i put on a sticky in order to make the time shorter. I use zoom-player and kicked out MS's monster.
I am really happy with my 'toy' as i can do everything (even office 2003)!
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vsw (/url) @ 11/06/2008 - 03:28
What a coincidence! I bought one too during the Queen's birthday sale. Looks like you're enjoying your new toy.......

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