In news:Xns9C3AF3AF03DBDnoonehomecom@74.209.131.13,
Larry typed on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:57:19 +0000:
> Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote in news:h23k34$r8v$1
> @news.eternal-september.org:
>
>> One and also with some models (but not all models) of the Asus Eee.
>>
>
> One of my old friends is going blind from way too many visits to
> optical doctors who've ruined his sight with injections of chemicals
> and drugs. He gave me a eeePC 701 Linux little netbook with the 4GB
> SSD he was using as a Skype phone. I noted it only had 512M of RAM
> in it so I mistakenly ordered a 2GB stick for it when I ordered them
> for my other netbooks.
>
> The 701 Linux box doesn't support 2GB of RAM, but supports the 1GB I
> took out of the Samsung NC10 just fine and it did improve its speed,
> especially when playing large movies in various formats.

Actually Larry, it *can* support 2GB if you want to edit some scripts. I
haven't done it myself yet. But like you, I just threw a 1GB in that
machine too. And if you think Xandros plays media files well, wait until
you try Windows XP on that machine. Media files flies even if you hook
them up to a large external monitor like I do. Linux doing the same
falls flat on its face.

> Sure wish I could take the speakers out of the ASUS and swap them
> with the crap speakers in the NC10.

Well actually, I believe you can. And why do you think I own five of
these Asus 700 series EeePCs? I love the sound from the speakers.

> The stick I took out of the 701 says it's an SiS Module DDR2
> 512M-667Mhz 200 pin stick. It needs a home. Memory is so cheap.

I have those and now a bunch of 1GB ones in my junk drawer.

> I just got a 32GB SDHC card for media storage on the 701. There's no
> room on the 4GB drive for anything, much, rendering it quite useless
> as a media player, except at home where it can logon to my 4TB of
> network drives over wifi or Ethernet and play them directly. The 701
> is a cute toy, though.

I see the 4G SSD as just for the OS and some applications. As for
storing data, SDHC is a handy way to go. I have three 16G SDHC myself.
And I have one 16G SSD coming in to try Windows 7 running on it.

--
Bill
Asus EEE PC 702G4 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows XP Home SP2