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Loada
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by Loada Sun Nov 11, 2007 11:47 am 0
A gentle bump...
Further to my last post...anyone got any links to reliable UK online sources for a (black) EEe PC?
Had a look at the links posted in the latter part of this thread - are they ok?
Who has everyone else used for their pre-ordering??
TIA (and sorry for the gratuitous bump
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by Firefox Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:05 pm 0
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Loada
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by Loada Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:22 pm 0
Perfect, FF. Thanks.
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by Firefox Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:45 pm 0
Wow, I'm surprised Compiz runs that well on it!
Do we know much about the EEE's GPU yet?
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by HGFB Sun Nov 11, 2007 12:53 pm 0
Loada wrote: A gentle bump...
Further to my last post...anyone got any links to reliable UK online sources for a (black) EEe PC?
Had a look at the links posted in the latter part of this thread - are they ok?
Who has everyone else used for their pre-ordering??
TIA (and sorry for the gratuitous bump
)
Since the only people who've gotten theirs in the UK yet are people who bought with RM we have no idea who's reliable for eeePC orders.
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by HGFB Sun Nov 11, 2007 10:00 pm 0
Kemper_Boyd wrote: HGFB, which OS are you planning on running on your Eee?
Changed my mind now. I'll have a play for a few days with stuff under Xandros but then I might just trash it and install Ubuntu.
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by HGFB Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:33 pm 0
I see Asus UK is really on the ball. Their countdown page got to zero and then... nothing. They forgot to make their launch site go live.
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by HGFB Mon Nov 12, 2007 4:29 pm 0
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by Ely Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:02 pm 0
I want one but not got the money at the moment. I'll be interested in hearing how you get on with yours though HGFB
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by Firefox Mon Nov 12, 2007 5:24 pm 0
I wondering whether to buy one now, or wait for the even nicer versions.
I used to get a lot done with my old 12" iBook (500MHz G3, 640MB RAM) so I'm thinking perhaps I could get the base model EEE Pc now which would probably be fine for my purposes, and then get its successor later on in the new year.
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by Viscount Charles Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:57 pm 0
I would have bought one (love the concept), but for me the screen rez is a deal-breaker. I remember 480-line displays, and have no desire to step back to a VGA world.
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by HGFB Tue Nov 13, 2007 9:51 am 0
Mine is now out for delivery today (In theory) but Citylink actually attempting to deliver it is a bit random.
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by HGFB Tue Nov 13, 2007 3:30 pm 0
I'm installing Ubuntu on it as we speak. Taking a while though. My adsl needs to be faster.
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by wanye Tue Nov 13, 2007 4:05 pm 0
just had confirmation that i'll be getting a cheque from my insurers for my stolen kit (including the truly lovely dell axim x51v PDA which they can't replace) so i'll be ordering my eee next week hopefully
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