Todd Earwood - Latest Comments in Asus Eee PC 1000HE Netbook Review: Benefits Galore

Re: Asus Eee PC 1000HE Netbook Review: Benefits Galore

receipt printer — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:06:45 -0000

don't you think he gave a fair review about the product? it's really nice, wish I had one.

Re: Asus Eee PC 1000HE Netbook Review: Benefits Galore

iPodTouchMic — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:39:54 -0000

I don't agree on the size of keyboard comments, come on people if we can type on Black Berry, txt msg on cell phone... don't tell me you have problem using a keyboard that is 10x bigger, right?

Re: Asus Eee PC 1000HE Netbook Review: Benefits Galore

notebookcomputers — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:03:08 -0000

Thanks for your report Mike. I must upgrade the memory like you do.

Re: Asus Eee PC 1000HE Netbook Review: Benefits Galore

earwood — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:54:05 -0000

Mike - Thank you very much for the update and I'm happy to hear OsX worked (especially with wifi). How come the Verizon card was a headache? I thought that would be easy and please keep me updated with your progress.

Thanks!

Re: Asus Eee PC 1000HE Netbook Review: Benefits Galore

mike wong — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:13:59 -0000

Todd,
I finally got one too! The Asus 1000HE is an awesome little machine. But, I got bored with XP in about 15 minutes. So, I loaded OsX on it! It took me all weekend but figured out that Denebi 1.4 is missing APCI_fix (or its a buggy version) so I had to find 1.3 to complete the installation properly. Also, I found a wireless driver on the RaLink support site so I didn't even need to change my wifi card, nor did I need to flash my bios (except for the latest stock Asus bios update). My only hardware change was an upgrade to 2Gb of memory. As for OsX installation, I found a few good guides, albeit none of them were exactly cook book instructions. I did managed to install a 3g usb modem from Verzion which impress my girlfriend. :-) My plans for this machine include checking email, web the surfing, light software development (Xcode, Realbasic) and watching movies when we travel. Although - development will primarily be testing - because, I have 44 year old eyes so my close vision needs correction. (The rest of me is still young!)
I used Clonezilla to backup my eeePC's Xp and subsequent OsX install. Next for me is to upgrade to 10.5.7.
Thanks for your review and I'll keep you updated if you want.
-Mike Wong-
PS- xbench shows 46 - close to my mac mini score.

Re: Asus Eee PC 1000HE Netbook Review: Benefits Galore

earwood — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:25:50 -0000

I haven't installed osX86 yet. Still playing with XP for now.

Re: Asus Eee PC 1000HE Netbook Review: Benefits Galore

mike wong — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:26:56 -0000

did you still like it and did you install osX86 on it yet?