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From: AJL on 6 Jul 2010 19:16 "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >In news:i0vqhu$1ub$1(a)news.eternal-september.org, >BillW50 typed on Tue, 6 Jul 2010 12:47:07 -0500: >> Our Intel video also allows higher resolutions compressed on our >> smaller screens (I think some other manufactures allow this too >> sometimes). And yes it works if the resolution isn't too big and no >> scrolling around the desktop. But scrolling through documents or >> webpages are slow. And small print is hard or impossible to read. So >> I used it for awhile and I later gave this up. I believe it is a >> third party Astray replacement called AsTray2 or something. > >Ok I fired up AsTray2 (you can't run both versions at the same time, >just one or the other). And I can run compressed (no scrolling in the >desktop) in the following modes: > >800x600 >900x540 >1024x600 >1024x768 > >AsTray2 calls compressing as Downscaling. And any higher resolution goes >back to non-compression and scrolling around the desktop. Regardless if >you have Downscaling selected or not. > >You can edit an ini file and create a Quickswitch. Why the author didn't >do this I have no idea. But once you create all of your favorite >resolutions, you are all set. I think without Quickswitch, you have a >list of every possible resolution and fresh rates. Which is a list of >too many to quickly switch between. > >And I have no idea why AsTray2 does this (it claims it doesn't). But it >always defaults to 800x480 from the start. And I hate that one. And this >is what Linux uses too. And without any AsTray version, I have Windows >using 800x600 and I just scroll up and down to see the whole desktop >(thus why I stopped using AsTray2). And no compression (downscaling) >either. As most of the time I am not interested in the top of a window >anyway and I don't mind to scroll for the few times I want too. > >I am playing around with AsTray2 right now using compressed >(downscaling) at 1024x768 once again and it isn't as bad as I remember >it. And it is slower too than without downscaling, but not as bad as I >remember. And the tiny text I can still read. Maybe it is the really >tiny text I can't read. Or maybe my eyes are better now. lol Oops, just saw this post as I was about to shut down. Will check this out tomorrow too and see how I fare...
From: AJL on 7 Jul 2010 01:26 AJL <923(a)fakeaddress.com> wrote: >"BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: >How do you get more resolution choices? I only have a choice of >800x480 (native) and 800x600 Ah, figured it out. Display props>settings>advanced>list all modes Gets me 13 modes, all but the native mode scroll.. >>it is a third party Astray replacement called >>AsTray2 I've found lots of references to AsTray2 but no source yet.
From: AJL on 7 Jul 2010 03:31 AJL <923(a)fakeaddress.com> wrote: >there are over 100,000 apps (many free and most under $5) in the Apple app >store so a bit more choice of software than the Palms had. I just read that there actually are over 250,000 apps in the app store so I though I better correct my post in the interest of accuracy. I haven't checked them all out yet though... ;)
From: BillW50 on 7 Jul 2010 07:27 In news:ha383651m5e972g6o3i524edunpckcie17(a)4ax.com, AJL typed on Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:26:25 -0700: > AJL <923(a)fakeaddress.com> wrote: > >> "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >> How do you get more resolution choices? I only have a choice of >> 800x480 (native) and 800x600 > > Ah, figured it out. > Display props>settings>advanced>list all modes > Gets me 13 modes, all but the native mode scroll.. Yes that is one way to do it. >>> it is a third party Astray replacement called >>> AsTray2 > > I've found lots of references to AsTray2 but no source yet. Oh sorry, try looking for AsTray Plus v1.4beta. I believe that was the last version anyway. And I believe AsTray Plus replaced AsTray2. http://wiki.eeeuser.com/astrayplus -- Bill Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2
From: BillW50 on 7 Jul 2010 07:51
In news:4k8736dr4qqaq9d6bdhd1f95lkbp03g530(a)4ax.com, AJL typed on Tue, 06 Jul 2010 15:54:15 -0700: > "BillW50" <BillW50(a)aol.kom> wrote: > >> which Windows Media Player version came with your SP3 install? > > WMP version 9.00.00.4503 Oh nice! I do have a retail version of Windows XP SP2 and I don't recall what WMP that one has. As I use OEM versions of Windows XP SP2 and they all have WMP v10. Which you cannot go back to WMP v9 with. >> The newer ones I don't care much for. > > I don't use WMP much. I use the VLC media player. But I'm not going to > upgrade anything that came on this XP version (and works ok) on the > theory that newer is bigger, drive space being at a premium. VLC is pretty nice, but I use a multimedia keyboard a lot and use pause and play a lot. And only WMP works with multimedia keyboards. Why I don't know? >> yours [Surf's SSD] I am sure is a SLC type. > > Of course, this being the elcheapo the bare bones model. The SSD is > soldered in saving the price of a socket. BTW the cache is disabled > also which makes things even slower. I'm not sure that was done to be > cheaper or to make the more expensive models (like yours) run faster > in comparison. Oh I didn't know your cache is disabled. >> Yes booting up is fast enough. Although what I like better is just >> using standby. > > I would prefer waiting the extra half minute or so to boot and arrive > with a full battery. I would normally too. But when I am out I use my netbook like a Palm. As I turn it on for a few seconds typing or checking on something and then put it back in standby again a lot. >> I have six EeePC batteries and I usually take two with me >> during the day. > > That kind of ruins the reason for carrying a tiny netbook does't it? Well that one 10440mah battery has enough power to get me through the whole day alone. But since I don't carry the AC adapter with me anymore, I carry a spare battery instead, just in case. The batteries are pretty light and small anyway. >> Are you talking about using the Flash Player within a browser? > > Yes. It chops mostly when internet streaming. Local video file > playback is ok. Some websites use WMP instead Flash within a browser. And the CPU usage is much lower than Flash. I have no idea why users are not jumping all over Adobe for creating such a CPU hog? >> That is the worst CPU hogging player I ever have seen! > > Yes, with a faster CPU it could likely handle it. Or maybe just a > better hardware/software design. My new iPod seems to handle video > streaming just fine on a 300MHz processor. Does that use Flash too? Or some other player? Or does Adobe make a special low CPU use Flash for the iPod? >> So how is the iPod for typing? > > Terrible. It's a pain just to type a URL. This is a capacitive screen > (the TX was resistive) that uses no stylus. So you have to type with > your fat thumbs on the 3.5" screen. (The screen won't even react to a > stylus push, it needs your body capacitance to sense a push.) The > software is pretty good at guessing what you want but still it > requires a lot of concentration. Fortunately I don't need to do a lot > of typing. Bookmarks are a blessing... ;) Oh I wouldn't like that very much. >> sure liked my folding keyboard for my Palm IIIc and IIIxe. > > I don't know if keyboards are available for the iPod but probably. Its > a popular gadget and can run the same software as an iPhone. And there > are over 100,000 apps (many free and most under $5) in the Apple app > store so a bit more choice of software than the Palms had. (One of my > favorite free apps is called BJ, it's 75 blond jokes, very popular > with my grandkids...except for the blonds... ;) Oh nice! >> So what does all of yours look like for running and >> standby times? > > Course running time depends on what you're doing. Video is rough on > batteries. But I mostly surf, email, Usenet, and read ebooks. I > figured about 5 hours on the TX and 8 hours on the iPod. But that is > an estimate since I seldom let the battery run lower than 75% (about 2 > hours on the iPod) in keeping with treating my Li-ion battery well. > I'm not sure on standby time as I charge it often (75% rule). Sounds good to me. ;-) -- Bill Gateway MX6124 ('06 era) 1 of 3 - Windows XP SP2 |