whats all the buzz about

**JPaul** · 10-06-2008, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by Snee

try an eee pc. srsly.

I bought a couple of those Acer Aspire One things and they're really good at what they are. You have to be at least comfortable with Linux tho'. However since we just wanted them for internets and officey stuff it wasn't an issue.

**Snee** · 10-06-2008, 04:59 PM

You do know you can install XP on them, lyke?

Can even do it off a thumbdrive with a wee bit of tinkering.

I did that with my eee. It's currently sporting an nlited XP professional I got legally off of MSDN. (It wasn't nlited when I got it, though, obviously. But the key is legal and aw.)

You'll prolly want to turn off some stuff that writes a lot to the disc, like page files, if it's installed on an ssd, but other than that it's pretty much business as usual.

I think the aspire ones might even be able to handle Vista business, but don't quote me on that.

**JPaul** · 10-06-2008, 05:15 PM

Cheers, mate.

However Mrs JP and Daughter 1 just want to use them for internets and a bit of Office work. They've got firefox and openoffice so they're cool for that.

And also they start up and shut down in jig time. So I'll probably leave them with Linpus.

However, could I boot it from a flashdrive with windaes if I wanted to.

**JPaul** · 10-06-2008, 05:17 PM

Oh and if you add an SD card to the slot on the left it reads it as part of the SSD, whereas if you put it in the right slot it reads as a separate drive. Quite a clever idea that methinks.

**Snee** · 10-06-2008, 05:51 PM

Originally Posted by JPaul

However, could I boot it from a flashdrive with windaes if I wanted to.

I think that's possible to set up. Windows is a bit silly when it comes to being installed on removable media, though, so it might end up being a lot like work.

Having windows on the SSD, and linux on a flash card, or a thumbdrive, would probably be a brazillion times easier.

I know you didn't ask for the latter, but I'm just saying, like.

**JPaul** · 10-06-2008, 06:16 PM

I would do exactly that if they it was mine, wouldn't even bother with linux probly.

But the chaps seem happy enough with things as they are so I'll probly just leave it.

I was going to get myself the advent (I think) one, same as the MSI Wind. That's got XP but then I thought why do I need it when I've got the 14'' laptop (also xp).

**JPaul** · 10-06-2008, 06:25 PM

Just checked, you can tell it to boot from a USB device, it's really straightforward, just press f2 during POST and go into the boot menu. Then you can change the boot order and make it an external device.

**JPaul** · 10-06-2008, 06:37 PM

Just checked my mental collection of stuff downloaded that I'll never use. I've got XP.USB.Stick.Edition.ST.

I might give that a try when no-one is looking.