Want to install OS X on your Eee?
Boing Boing has a chart listing down what works and what doesn’t when you install Hackintosh on your netbook. Apparently the MSI Wind and Dell Mini 9 winds.
Black Leather Mod Eee
This awesome Eee PC 901 mod has been showcased at EeePCnews.de. This mod was done by Eee PC.ru forum member Nikussan, who calls his project “Oперация Антиглянец” (Operation Anti-Gloss).
Any brave soul willing to try this?
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Installing Ubuntu on the Eee PC 901
Installing Ubuntu on the Asus Eee is no problem at all. Getting the audio, WiFi, Bluetooth, and webcam to work isn’t. Fortunately for us, Tombuntu has provided us with a guide to install Ubuntu on the Eee PC 901.
Be sure to read through the comments for more tips.
ASUS Eee PC S101: Impossible to Upgrade
Customizability has always been one of the Eee’s greatest strengths. From software customizations such as switching from Linux to Windows (XP, Vista, 2000, even 3.11), or even OS X, or hardware upgrades such as replacing the RAM or the SSD, or even full DIY, such as turning the Eee into a touchscreen, or inserting built-in bluetooth, the Eee has been the modder’s best friend.
So why is the S101 so darn hard to upgrade, asks Laptopmag.
While there is a small latch for getting to the RAM, that is about all you can access. We had no problem unscrewing that latch and replacing the default 1GB SODIMM with a 2GB stick of DDR2 RAM; in fact that is the easy part. However, when we popped in the RAM the Windows XP operating system didn’t recognize the extra 1GB, still showing only 0.99GB. Is it possible the BIOS itself won’t recognize more than 1GB? We haven’t gotten an official answer from ASUS about this, but it looks like that’s the case.
Ok so we didn’t really think the Eee PC S101 needed more RAM any way. But a new SSD would be pretty sweet, considering we weren’t all that impressed with the one that came standard on the system. We have a new Eee PC SSD upgrade chip from SuperTalent. However, there is no easy way to access the SSD from the back of the system. Even after we pulled off all the screws we couldn’t get to the internals. We assume you have to pry the keyboard off.
Again, this makes the S101 a no in my next netbook choice.
Asus more reliable than Apple
From Liliputing:
Computer repair company RESCUECOM puts out regular reports on computer reliability. Basically, the company analyzes the number of service calls it gets about computers from a particular company with the number of units shipped by that computer maker. Using this method, RESCUECOM concluded that Apple computers were the most reliable in 2008. But for the first quarter of 2009, Asus and Lenovo top the list, with Apple falling to second or third place depending on how you interpret RESCUECOM’s figures.
Check out the full article here.
How to make a 12-cell Eee PC battery
User TenaciousDre from the Eee User forums posted a guide on how to make a 12 cell 701 battery. Charging time can last up to 12 hours, but the charge can give you 8 hours of juice.
Intel’s next-gen ultrathin laptop chips revealed
The Intel Atom processors have been pretty neat, enabling us to have a whole generation of netbooks like the Asus Eee PC that are relatively fast and light on power. The’re pretty good for surfing the net, watching a couple of videos, and for finishing that stupid spreadsheet, but we all know that the Atom can do better. More »
MeeGo Linux 1.0 Released
If you remember, Nokia’s Maemo and Intel’s Moblin project recently merged to make a Linux operating system optimized for netbooks, phones, and other internet-connected devices like tablet computers. The result of the merger was MeeGo Linux. Since Maemo is set to replace Symbian in Nokia’s N-Series and Moblin has one of the prettiest interfaces in Linux computing, expectations for this project are understandably high – for example, I was impressed with Maemo and I found Moblin neat. More »
Asus Eee Keyboard promo video
Now that the Asus Eee Keyboard is going to be officially launched -along with the Eee Pad, which I am seriously eager to get my hands on – Asus is finally showing off its new all-in-one computer in a series of commercials. More »
