Yeah, I didn't get bluetooth or the webcam. The webcam I know I'll never use and I can always pop it open and add bluetooth if I ever decide I want to.
The nice thing about the Mini 9 is the RAM isn't soldered onto the mobo, so it's upgradeable, as is the SSD.
What are people saying about the keyboard? How does it compare to the latest Eee 1000's chiclet-style kb or the HP Mini 1000's kb?
EDIT: ugh, it has the tiny shift key to the right of the up arrow.
My EEE PC 1000H since October and it's been pretty great to have. I loaded Windows 7 and upgraded the ram to 2GB's in January and that all went well.
Until about a week ago. And now it randomly locks up with weird horizontal lines going about and I have to hold down the power button for it to work again. Or the screen just goes black and I have to to, again, hold down the power button to get to start up. I'm pretty sure it's overheating, though I'm not entirely sure.
I upgraded the BOIS last night and the horizontal line problem hasn't happened at all today which is an improvement. I had Core Temp running throughout the day and it stays at around 70-75C and if it's in my lap it can go as high as 85C which seems a bit high.
Anyone else have these problems?
I'm leaning toward the 10-inch Mini 1000 for $329 on Amazon. (HP Mini 1120NR 10.2-Inch Netbook (1.6 GHz Intel Atom N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 16 GB Hard Drive, Mobile Internet Experience Software, 3 Cell Battery))
It's more of a looker than the Eee and the keyboard looks comfy.
Posting from an 1000HE, this thing is awesome. I thought the keyboard would be hard to type on but it's really quite nice. I'm a little sad I bought this as a gift and can't keep it.
I do wish the screen had a larger resolution (1280x720 would be perfect). Maybe the upcoming Ion netbooks will rectify that.
Posting from an 1000HE, this thing is awesome. I thought the keyboard would be hard to type on but it's really quite nice. I'm a little sad I bought this as a gift and can't keep it.
I do wish the screen had a larger resolution (1280x720 would be perfect). Maybe the upcoming Ion netbooks will rectify that.
This is where things start to get hairy in terms of nomenclature, because an LCD panel capable of 1280x720 starts getting in the slightly less wieldy category. I don't want to start the netbook vs. subnotebook vs. whatever-the-hell-else-we're-calling-them argument again, but the whole idea is portability. You ramp up the size of the panel and, while not at all the principle factor, the battery gets sapped more because they'll be able to shove more things in. That means a bigger, heavier battery. It starts to add up and then all of a sudden you've just got yourself a laptop.
This was the main deciding factor for me when I was trying to pick between the 901 and the HE.
I'm really pumped about Ion though, in theory at least. I'm curious to see what they're going to be able to pull off with it.
I definitely wouldn't want a physically larger screen, just one that's more pixel dense. I don't think it'd affect battery life too badly, since you're still backlighting the same area.
I definitely wouldn't want a physically larger screen, just one that's more pixel dense. I don't think it'd affect battery life too badly, since you're still backlighting the same area.
I really should stop posting ten minutes before I go to bed. After mucking about with a friend's 1000H, it seemed like the resolution it was toting was too low for the panel. It might've just been the way he had it setup, or lack thereof, with gigantic XP icons and the default XP theme. Just seemed big. Better panels though would probably ramp up the price a bit. Every dollar starts to count when you've got full-fledged machines, and competition, under $400.
With all this hooting about OnLIVE and shit, has anyone had any real solid experience with StreamMyGame? I found it works well enough (locally) but the 640x480 limitation bugs me, due to not being the proper aspect ratio.
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edited March 2009
Trying to figure out Truecrypt with this thing. It is frustrating me.
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I've been keeping up with this thread for the past few months and I'm about ready to pull the trigger on the 1000HE. I'm currently lacking anything resembling a laptop. I'm a physics major and I have use for Matlab and Maple. You guys think 1000HE could handle either one of these programs? I'm fine with slow, I would just like the option to use them.
Edit: I'm weak. My 1000HE will be here on Friday.
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Big DookieSmells great!Houston, TXRegistered Userregular
edited March 2009
I have an Eee PC 1000H (which the 1000HE is supposed to be better than), and MATLAB runs just fine on it. I mean, it's a little slow obviously, this is no powerhouse computer or anything, but it works well enough for normal work. I haven't tried Maple, but I can imagine you'd get similar results.
My little 900 is currently my main computer, since my real main computer just blew up a little bit. It's now hooked up to my 17" monitor, my keyboard and my mouse. Kind of feels just like I'm using the slowest desktop known to man.
I definitely wouldn't want a physically larger screen, just one that's more pixel dense. I don't think it'd affect battery life too badly, since you're still backlighting the same area.
I really should stop posting ten minutes before I go to bed. After mucking about with a friend's 1000H, it seemed like the resolution it was toting was too low for the panel. It might've just been the way he had it setup, or lack thereof, with gigantic XP icons and the default XP theme. Just seemed big. Better panels though would probably ramp up the price a bit. Every dollar starts to count when you've got full-fledged machines, and competition, under $400.
I'm late to this, but: They can't raise the resolution above 1024x600 and still get Windows XP licenses, because Microsoft is retarded.
This is also why netbooks don't ship with RAM over 1GB, SSDs over 16 GB, or hard drives over 160GB. Unless they're shipped with Linux, anyway.
I definitely wouldn't want a physically larger screen, just one that's more pixel dense. I don't think it'd affect battery life too badly, since you're still backlighting the same area.
I really should stop posting ten minutes before I go to bed. After mucking about with a friend's 1000H, it seemed like the resolution it was toting was too low for the panel. It might've just been the way he had it setup, or lack thereof, with gigantic XP icons and the default XP theme. Just seemed big. Better panels though would probably ramp up the price a bit. Every dollar starts to count when you've got full-fledged machines, and competition, under $400.
I'm late to this, but: They can't raise the resolution above 1024x600 and still get Windows XP licenses, because Microsoft is retarded.
This is also why netbooks don't ship with RAM over 1GB, SSDs over 16 GB, or hard drives over 160GB. Unless they're shipped with Linux, anyway.
The Dell Mini 10 is now offering a 1366x768 screen as an option, and appears to still come with XP.
I definitely wouldn't want a physically larger screen, just one that's more pixel dense. I don't think it'd affect battery life too badly, since you're still backlighting the same area.
I really should stop posting ten minutes before I go to bed. After mucking about with a friend's 1000H, it seemed like the resolution it was toting was too low for the panel. It might've just been the way he had it setup, or lack thereof, with gigantic XP icons and the default XP theme. Just seemed big. Better panels though would probably ramp up the price a bit. Every dollar starts to count when you've got full-fledged machines, and competition, under $400.
I'm late to this, but: They can't raise the resolution above 1024x600 and still get Windows XP licenses, because Microsoft is retarded.
This is also why netbooks don't ship with RAM over 1GB, SSDs over 16 GB, or hard drives over 160GB. Unless they're shipped with Linux, anyway.
The Dell Mini 10 is now offering a 1366x768 screen as an option, and appears to still come with XP.
Huh. Maybe the limit was 768 lines, instead. I remember there were a whole bunch of seemingly arbitrary limits, though. (That was the reason why only the Linux-based Mini9 would come with large SSDs.)
The two flavors of the 901 also come with different sized SSDs, but I always thought that they just gave the Linux one a bigger SSD to make the price match the XP license.
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HardtargetThere Are Four LightsVancouverRegistered Userregular
edited March 2009
cancelling my Dell Mini 9 order and instead buying a 1000HE was the best thing I've done all year.
Posting on my Dell Mini 9. Great little system for just what I want...surfing the web and listening to a few tunes. Keyboard didn't take too long to get too, other than the hypostophe and quotation key, as it has been noted here before. I have a 16 gig ssd...works well. Can't do much multi-tasking, but that is just fine. New installs go a little slow, but that is just due to the ssd. They will be much better when they make them faster, but I really really did not want a spinning hard drive in this tiny little thing. This works out just great, good battery life and no sound. It's awesome.
Basically what everyone is saying is that unless you buy something that doesn't work or has a shitty battery life, you'll be happy. We even have people happy with Dell Minis.
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Huh. Maybe the limit was 768 lines, instead. I remember there were a whole bunch of seemingly arbitrary limits, though. (That was the reason why only the Linux-based Mini9 would come with large SSDs.)
It annoys me so much that they're up to the same old shenanigans with Windows 7
Basically what everyone is saying is that unless you buy something that doesn't work or has a shitty battery life, you'll be happy. We even have people happy with Dell Minis.
I think you'd be hard pressed to find something that's as good a bargain as the Mini 9.
Basically what everyone is saying is that unless you buy something that doesn't work or has a shitty battery life, you'll be happy. We even have people happy with Dell Minis.
I think you'd be hard pressed to find something that's as good a bargain as the Mini 9.
I thought the Mini 2140 was the bee's-knees a few weeks ago ...?
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HardtargetThere Are Four LightsVancouverRegistered Userregular
edited April 2009
you can get the mini 9 for incredibly cheap now (if you live in the states)
Basically what everyone is saying is that unless you buy something that doesn't work or has a shitty battery life, you'll be happy. We even have people happy with Dell Minis.
I think you'd be hard pressed to find something that's as good a bargain as the Mini 9.
I thought the Mini 2140 was the bee's-knees a few weeks ago ...?
The HP Mini 2140 starts at over $400.
I purchased a Dell Mini 9 for a smidge over $200 after tax and shipping.
Out of curiosity, what shenanigans are people talking about?
Here's a quote from Paul Thurrot. He installed Windows 7 Starter Edition. I suppose these things could change, but it's there now. My biggest beef is with the 3 app limit. I'm pretty sure they'll let you get around the wallpaper thing. Also, I'm hoping enterprising hackers will find ways to circumvent any limitations in Windows 7 Starter.
There are some surprises in Starter edition. There's only a single grayed-out version of the default beta wallpaper, and no obvious way to change the wallpaper. There are no additional wallpapers on the system, and none of the usual wallpaper changing methods work. (Even installing Windows Live Photo Gallery doesn't work: The Set as wallpaper option remains, but doesn't do anything.) Starter edition also includes a bare-bones set of games and lacks the niceties we've come to expect from mainstream Windows versions, including Media Center and DVD Maker. Needless to say, I installed this build on a netbook, and was able to trigger the three application limit pretty easily.
Out of curiosity, what shenanigans are people talking about?
Here's a quote from Paul Thurrot. He installed Windows 7 Starter Edition. I suppose these things could change, but it's there now. My biggest beef is with the 3 app limit. I'm pretty sure they'll let you get around the wallpaper thing. Also, I'm hoping enterprising hackers will find ways to circumvent any limitations in Windows 7 Starter.
There are some surprises in Starter edition. There's only a single grayed-out version of the default beta wallpaper, and no obvious way to change the wallpaper. There are no additional wallpapers on the system, and none of the usual wallpaper changing methods work. (Even installing Windows Live Photo Gallery doesn't work: The Set as wallpaper option remains, but doesn't do anything.) Starter edition also includes a bare-bones set of games and lacks the niceties we've come to expect from mainstream Windows versions, including Media Center and DVD Maker. Needless to say, I installed this build on a netbook, and was able to trigger the three application limit pretty easily.
Out of curiosity, what shenanigans are people talking about?
Here's a quote from Paul Thurrot. He installed Windows 7 Starter Edition. I suppose these things could change, but it's there now. My biggest beef is with the 3 app limit. I'm pretty sure they'll let you get around the wallpaper thing. Also, I'm hoping enterprising hackers will find ways to circumvent any limitations in Windows 7 Starter.
There are some surprises in Starter edition. There's only a single grayed-out version of the default beta wallpaper, and no obvious way to change the wallpaper. There are no additional wallpapers on the system, and none of the usual wallpaper changing methods work. (Even installing Windows Live Photo Gallery doesn't work: The Set as wallpaper option remains, but doesn't do anything.) Starter edition also includes a bare-bones set of games and lacks the niceties we've come to expect from mainstream Windows versions, including Media Center and DVD Maker. Needless to say, I installed this build on a netbook, and was able to trigger the three application limit pretty easily.
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What are people saying about the keyboard? How does it compare to the latest Eee 1000's chiclet-style kb or the HP Mini 1000's kb?
EDIT: ugh, it has the tiny shift key to the right of the up arrow.
I'm going to remap the backslash though... right now you have to push a function key for it.
I'm about to put it to some major use though ... going on vacation out of the country for a week. Let's see how it holds up while travelling ...
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Until about a week ago. And now it randomly locks up with weird horizontal lines going about and I have to hold down the power button for it to work again. Or the screen just goes black and I have to to, again, hold down the power button to get to start up. I'm pretty sure it's overheating, though I'm not entirely sure.
I upgraded the BOIS last night and the horizontal line problem hasn't happened at all today which is an improvement. I had Core Temp running throughout the day and it stays at around 70-75C and if it's in my lap it can go as high as 85C which seems a bit high.
Anyone else have these problems?
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It's more of a looker than the Eee and the keyboard looks comfy.
The 3-cell battery is the weakest link.
What do you guys think?
I do wish the screen had a larger resolution (1280x720 would be perfect). Maybe the upcoming Ion netbooks will rectify that.
This is where things start to get hairy in terms of nomenclature, because an LCD panel capable of 1280x720 starts getting in the slightly less wieldy category. I don't want to start the netbook vs. subnotebook vs. whatever-the-hell-else-we're-calling-them argument again, but the whole idea is portability. You ramp up the size of the panel and, while not at all the principle factor, the battery gets sapped more because they'll be able to shove more things in. That means a bigger, heavier battery. It starts to add up and then all of a sudden you've just got yourself a laptop.
This was the main deciding factor for me when I was trying to pick between the 901 and the HE.
I'm really pumped about Ion though, in theory at least. I'm curious to see what they're going to be able to pull off with it.
I really should stop posting ten minutes before I go to bed. After mucking about with a friend's 1000H, it seemed like the resolution it was toting was too low for the panel. It might've just been the way he had it setup, or lack thereof, with gigantic XP icons and the default XP theme. Just seemed big. Better panels though would probably ramp up the price a bit. Every dollar starts to count when you've got full-fledged machines, and competition, under $400.
Have any other manufacturers announced N280 models?
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I'm late to this, but: They can't raise the resolution above 1024x600 and still get Windows XP licenses, because Microsoft is retarded.
This is also why netbooks don't ship with RAM over 1GB, SSDs over 16 GB, or hard drives over 160GB. Unless they're shipped with Linux, anyway.
The Dell Mini 10 is now offering a 1366x768 screen as an option, and appears to still come with XP.
Huh. Maybe the limit was 768 lines, instead. I remember there were a whole bunch of seemingly arbitrary limits, though. (That was the reason why only the Linux-based Mini9 would come with large SSDs.)
Still loving it a month later.
It annoys me so much that they're up to the same old shenanigans with Windows 7
I think you'd be hard pressed to find something that's as good a bargain as the Mini 9.
I thought the Mini 2140 was the bee's-knees a few weeks ago ...?
April Fools?
The HP Mini 2140 starts at over $400.
I purchased a Dell Mini 9 for a smidge over $200 after tax and shipping.
soooooooooooooooo...
Here's a quote from Paul Thurrot. He installed Windows 7 Starter Edition. I suppose these things could change, but it's there now. My biggest beef is with the 3 app limit. I'm pretty sure they'll let you get around the wallpaper thing. Also, I'm hoping enterprising hackers will find ways to circumvent any limitations in Windows 7 Starter.
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Isn't starter the one for developing nations that isn't even getting released here? Am I missing something?
You could be right. But I thought it was supposed to be Microsoft's answer for the cheaper Linux licenses (LOL free)
Oh well, I think the developing world is probably better off sticking with linux anyways.