EEEPC and the Keyboard..XP..Battery…Ubuntu & more

Okay I love the concept on the EEEPC. ASUS’s first foray into the low budget laptop market. In fact I think the PC is a fun plaything but…….

 

There are some huge concerns to address

 

First of all…

The battery when I had the pre installed linux installed there were ton of quircks that drove me nuts. The battery would drain whether the unit was on or not. I mean I had to take the battery off the unit if I wanted to use it on any kind of trip, whether it was long or short. I soon found out that would be fixed when I installed XP, however well cover the XP issues it their entirety in a little while.

The next issue I had is that I could never get the wireless internet connection to remember the settings I had to maually enter them every time…I mean every time so sooon as I tried to use it at home on my wireless network once again I would have to enter the code. It really was very annoying.

I called ASUS for guidance, and I soon learned the EEEPC was the ugly step child of the division. Support’s only answer was send it back the unit must be defective. No one at ASUS had a clue, They were polite but could care less.

No big deal all stated issues were fixed when I installed XP. The battery issues and the Wireless internet issues were fixed 1..2..3. But another problem arose XP ate almost all of the 4gb of the SSD Drive. That means loading Open Office or anything else would be a nightmare. I tried using Nlite but could never find the right configuration to make it workable. 

Next I tried UBUNTU but could not get the drivers to work, I than found a EEEPC Ubuntu specific version, the drivers worked but than something else would not work I love the idea of Ubunto, however Im’ a base techy most of the stuff being described in the help forums was way over my head.

I cancelled the ubuntu experiment and moved back to XP I added a 16 gb card to the sd slot. The 16gb card allowed me to add music & movies it did not fix the OS issues.

Because I travel alot and I have to file a lot of reports I found that keyboard was very small and uncomfortable to be useful. Im 5,7 trust me if Im complaining it’s a big issue.

I know I have complained a lot about the EEEPC it is a fun play around unit but it has a lot to grow. If you view it as a toy you won’t be dissapointed anything more than that and you will be very dissappointed.

 

I hope to try the Mini-Note soon

The Iron Man Movie a Review from an Old School Fan.

Okay I just finished watching the heavily hyped Iron Man Movie, and guess what it was worth it. I had been following the film since its debut at Comic Con 2006. I had high hopes it would not be another Ghost Rider or Punisher Debacle and I am very happy to say it was not. The movie has a slow steady pace that seems to engulf you in the world of Tony Stark ( Iron Man’s Secret Identity ) You cannot avoid the slow pace without cheating  Favreau’s  ( John Favreu is the the director of the Movie he also makes a cameo as Stark’s Chauffer ) character development. The movie opens with the presence of a happy go lucky weapon’s genius named Tony Stark. Heck in the opening scene you find out that he has dated all 12 months of Maxim’s cover models..” Wow “

 

Robert Downey junior who plays Tony Stark does a great Job, its not his best acting job but he makes it enjoyable in fact the strength of the big names cast acting performances is that they do what they need to do, they do not over power the characters.

With a cast of Heavy Hitters like Gweeneth Paltrow , Terrence Stamp etc ..you would think that these big names would only be there for the paycheck. I felt they did not cheat the audience and really contributd to the film witout overwhelming each other or overwhelming the story.

 

As a comicbook junkie my favorite part of the fiml was the screen play. There were passionate reffrences to Marvel’s history such as S.H.E.I.L.D. and War Machine. The story was intergrated in the modern day conflicts that our world is facing today . But once again the film was thought out smartly it never insults your intelligence just becaise your at a comic book movie. In fact I think Favreau’s genius was he didnt falll into the trap of “too many chiefs not enough indians syndrome”. I got the feel he made the calls himself. Keep in mind I had been following the production and dirction of the film since 2006. The trap of making a good super hero film is not falling into the beurecractic pitfalls that big Movie studios present and than trying to make fan boys happy and finally making no one happy . Bravo John you pulled of the balancing act with a true sense of love and respect for the character.

In short it was great I had a 4 yr old comic book junkie that loved it and a 39 yr old Comic Genius loving it also……

The effects were great but the biggest explosion is the ending..

 

Enjoy Guys it was fun….