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From: BillW50 on 2 Feb 2010 08:21 In news:slrnhm6adk.6mf.SDA(a)laptop.sweetpig.dyndns.org, S. Fishpaste typed on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:32:20 -0500: > Do yourself a favour, grab the latest Ubuntu, install it and be a > happy camper. Well this is day 6 of using Ubuntu 9.04. And while it is impressive and gets a passing grade in almost all categories except for multimedia. There it fails miserably. Even Xandros plays more media files than Ubuntu does. Also any Linux is very CPU intensive playing media files. While it is true that Linux needs less RAM than Windows does. No problem there. But when it comes to multimedia, Linux needs a far more powerful CPU than Windows ever did. Even netbooks has a lot of RAM, but low on CPU power. So even on netbooks it makes more sense to run Windows vs. Linux. At least if you want to run multimedia too. I listen to about 4 hours of media files a day. So this is very important to me. Streaming tech and science stuff if you must know. And it seems crazy to me to run Linux and have a Windows machine running too, just to play the media files. As why bother running Linux at all? As why not just use a Windows machine alone? -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
From: BillW50 on 2 Feb 2010 08:53 In news:hjt7nn$d93$2(a)reader1.panix.com, the wharf rat typed on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:48:07 +0000 (UTC): > In article <hjt1em$sc1$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >> >> Tried Ubuntu years ago and it never even loaded on any computer I >> ever > > Try something more stadard like CentOS. Why? Is it just as bad at multimedia like every other Linux distro I ever tried? -- Bill Asus EEE PC 702G8 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC Windows XP SP2
From: BillW50 on 2 Feb 2010 11:33 In news:59l6m59c2khggc0asm40ok7nva2nb7t7ev(a)4ax.com, AJL typed on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:47:07 -0700: > BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >> Everything seems to be working except >> playing media files and DVDs so far. And this is the Netbook Remix >> version. Which is supposed to fit on small screens. Although the >> default email application doesn't fit on the screen. So I had to find >> Thunderbird and install that for now. > > If you can't get the remix working try the standard version. It worked > fine on my netbook's small screen (Eee 1000HD with 10" screen). Multimedia works better under the standard version? I find that hard to believe. > Course if you're using your SSD Eee netbook you may not have the room. > HDDs do have their advantages... ;) I haven't had any problems like you have with your 2G SSD. As 4G is plenty of space for Xandros, Ubuntu, Windows 2000, and even Windows XP SP2/3 if you stay away from most big updates. Although I have a trick which mounts a SD as more storage space for all of your Program Files folder. And that seems to work very well for 4G SSDs running Windows XP. My two 8G SSD which are perfect for full blown Windows XP with all of the updates. I bought one 16G SSD to install Windows 7. It only needs half of this once installed, but you need 16GB free to install it. Well Windows 7 was too disappointing on a netbook for me. And 16GB is really far more than you need for the other OS I already stated. Thus it just sits in my spare parts drawer until I find a use for it. ;-) And because I worry about head crashes with hard drives. I have removed my 160GB hard drives from my three Gateway MX6124 laptops and replaced them with 60GB hard drives. I would have used even smaller yet, but I don't have any smaller except in my two old Toshibas with 6GB hard drives. And those are a tad too small. ;-) And I am considering replacing those hard drives with SSD. But I am still thinking about that one. As I don't generally move my laptops around too much. Just my netbooks. Although this Gateway 465e releases from the docking port with a big jolt. And while Gateway says it is okay to do while running, I have noticed it causes new bad sectors on the hard drive as read in the event logs. Thus this machine would be better off with a SSD. This Gateway 465e is also my oddball laptop. As it is the only one that has a SATA drive and it only has 40GB. I thought about upgrading it to a larger drive. But I don't really know why I should. As it currently has both Windows XP Pro and Windows 7 Ultimate and a game which eats up 10GB all by itself. But I don't plan on keeping Windows 7 on here. So that frees up lots of room right there. lol This Gateway 465e also has a removable drive bay. Which oddly enough, I can only remove it 1/4 of an inch and I can't get it out any further. I don't know what that is about yet. But you can pop in a second battery, a second hard drive, etc. And I am curious about the latter and I can't find anything more about it. I found the second battery on eBay and would be useful if I needed 7 hours on battery time. Although I believe the laptop might weigh up to 8 pounds by then. lol -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3
From: AJL on 2 Feb 2010 12:47 "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >AJL typed on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:47:07 -0700: >> BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >> Course if you're using your SSD Eee netbook you may not have the room. >> HDDs do have their advantages... ;) > >I haven't had any problems like you have with your 2G SSD. I was referring to this Eee 1000HD netbook with it's 120G HDD. >As 4G is plenty of space for Xandros, Ubuntu, Windows 2000, and even Windows XP >SP2/3 if you stay away from most big updates. But I don't have to stay away from anything with this 120G HDD, in fact I currently have 2 OSs installed, Windows and Ubuntu, thus getting the best of both worlds. >Although I have a trick which mounts a SD as more storage space... No tricks required on this HDD equipped netbook... ;) >And because I worry about head crashes with hard drives... Unwarranted paranoia is not good for your health. Perhaps if I ever break a running HDD I might change my opinion, but I've dropped my share of laptops over the years with nary a HDD problem. They're a lot tougher than you give them credit for...
From: BillW50 on 2 Feb 2010 13:31
In news:8bngm5haehbrapinr529b2575951t4abop(a)4ax.com, AJL typed on Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:47:10 -0700: > "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >> AJL typed on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:47:07 -0700: >>> BillW50 <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >>> Course if you're using your SSD Eee netbook you may not have the >>> room. HDDs do have their advantages... ;) >> >> I haven't had any problems like you have with your 2G SSD. > > I was referring to this Eee 1000HD netbook with it's 120G HDD. Oh I thought that one came with 160GB HDD. Although they are easy to change if you wanted too, right? I just noticed that TigerDirect has a Lenovo netbook with a 160GB HDD for $249.99. These things are just getting very inexpensive. I suppose the day is coming when you can buy them for 100 bucks or less. :P >> As 4G is plenty of space for Xandros, Ubuntu, Windows 2000, and even >> Windows XP SP2/3 if you stay away from most big updates. > > But I don't have to stay away from anything with this 120G HDD, in > fact I currently have 2 OSs installed, Windows and Ubuntu, thus > getting the best of both worlds. Well I can also buy much larger SSD too. So far, my 16GB is too big and it just sits in my spare parts drawer. Pretty sad, eh? lol >> Although I have a trick which mounts a SD as more storage space... > > No tricks required on this HDD equipped netbook... ;) Well if you go small enough, tricks might be required. ;-) >> And because I worry about head crashes with hard drives... > > Unwarranted paranoia is not good for your health. Perhaps if I ever > break a running HDD I might change my opinion, but I've dropped my > share of laptops over the years with nary a HDD problem. They're a lot > tougher than you give them credit for... Well this Gateway 465e just by undocking it (it is like hitting the bottom of the laptop with a hammer) definitely would screw up the HDD in no time if I did it all of the time. Plus there are people who post here from time to time that their laptop HDD only lasts about a year at a time and then they are shot. I don't know how they treat them, but I don't want mine to last that short. Plus I knew a tech that worked for an outfit that repaired laptops used in automobiles. And he stated that the HDD only generally lasts about 2 months before they are shot. Although I haven't talked to him in a few years and they probably all use SSD by now. So there is a fine line somewhere that if you cross, will ruin your HDD. Apparently anything resembling a tap from a hammer is a little too dangerous. The good news is that SSD can handle tons of vibrations without a problem. They even use them on Space Shuttle launches. So they should be just fine in an automobile. NASA had tried HDD, but they just couldn't take it during the launch. They work fine floating in space though. ;-) -- Bill Gateway M465e ('06 era) - Windows XP SP3 |