miaren Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Just bought the wife an Asus Eee laptop, so she can surf to her hearts content (but mainly to free my PC for Me ) I'm quite impressed with it, and for 150 quid its tempting to get one myself - My uses would be for the inevitable Library of manuals, 7" screen is easier to read than the 2" Nokia phone, and also as its under a kilo, its not to heavy to use setting up and focusing IP cameras... Any body else use one?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHappy Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 I assume no serial port? Mr Veritas God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miaren Posted September 11, 2008 Author Share Posted September 11, 2008 no serial port but 3 Qty USB 2.0, 1 Qty Network and 1 Qty Monitor port. A usb serial lead is available for around 12 quid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 what kinda spec is it? Was thinking of getting the acer 5920 with that mobile broadband from 3. http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/692890 My girlfriend is after a laptop though so might be a good buy for her! Edit: ACER NOT ASUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 there are a few mini laptops, the original epc is a 7" screen, celeron processor (limited to 900MHz). Problem with the 7" screen is that if you install windows in it, its not very tall res wise. The 900 is better. But look at the new atom powered mini laptops, like the msi wind and such like. New epc has awesome battery life, better than my Dell D420 (i get about 7 hours from an extended batt) as they do about 9 hours on a std batt! securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Thanks redbull, ill make sure i sheck it out before i buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miaren Posted September 12, 2008 Author Share Posted September 12, 2008 what kinda spec is it?Was thinking of getting the acer 5920 with that mobile broadband from 3. http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/692890 My girlfriend is after a laptop though so might be a good buy for her! Edit: ACER NOT ASUS Sorry, Definately a Asus http://www.ebuyer.com/product/141743 They do quite a range, so the spec will vary. I bought the basic one shown in the link above, and it works very well. Extremely quiet, as the only moving part is the cooling fan, and it comes with Open Office, PDF reader and Firefox. I'm tempted to leave the big laptop in the office and get this for site duties. Note, on this one the screen has the width but not as the height as a normal pc, the better ones have bigger screens. cheap and cheerful, and for her indoors it does come in "pretty"? colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpotter Posted September 12, 2008 Share Posted September 12, 2008 Been looking at getting an ebook reader just for manuals, but this looks a cheaper option + bonus if usb-serial allows connection to panels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Electrics Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 Great bit of kit. I have had mine since January. Linux Ops system. Since then I have purchased another 2. I should of took a few more at the time as I got them for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adi Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/1577927/ar...150bb-blue.html Ive been looking at this one, i know it cost more but it has windows XP and proper hard drive and more guts and only a smidgeon bigger.http://www.pixmania.co.uk/uk/uk/1577927/art/acer/aspire-one-a150bb-blue.html re record not fade away. I really can't be ar**** with it anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arfur mo Posted September 26, 2008 Share Posted September 26, 2008 i to have been looking at these, has anyone tried using one to prograam a Siemens HiPath exchange or Gardtec control panels? Siemens have fussy requirements needing IRQ's so many usb to suedo serial port dongles won't work with them. i carry an old compaq laptop for programming and pdfs, nothing fancy but quite solid and robust. has the invaluable serial port. as it happens neighbour gave it to me when he upgraded, all it needed was a new keyboard which cost If you think education is difficult, try being stupid!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaleR Posted September 27, 2008 Share Posted September 27, 2008 Tbh Arf it's getting annoying that the majority of laptops these days come without legacy sockets like Serial/Parallel, I for one need a serial port as it's used by a lot of devices that I use. RE Usb serial adaptors, i've not had much luck with them as they tend to allocate an IRQ out of a normal com port range and specific applications will only work with those ranges, not to mention timing/baud rate issues. However, some of these "mini" laptops have a card slot, be it PCMCIA/ExpressCard which you can get serial cards for which work a lot better imho and function as a proper serial port as they are dedicated hardware, not software devices like most usb peripherals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hpotter Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 Tbh Arf it's getting annoying that the majority of laptops these days come without legacy sockets like Serial/Parallel, I for one need a serialport as it's used by a lot of devices that I use. RE Usb serial adaptors, i've not had much luck with them as they tend to allocate an IRQ out of a normal com port range and specific applications will only work with those ranges, not to mention timing/baud rate issues. However, some of these "mini" laptops have a card slot, be it PCMCIA/ExpressCard which you can get serial cards for which work a lot better imho and function as a proper serial port as they are dedicated hardware, not software devices like most usb peripherals. That never occurred to me. thanks DaleR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Giles Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 We have just bought the EEE pc 1000H, very good so far, we have just ordered a new USB/Serial adapter that apparantly is the best because we too have had issues connecting with some adaptors to the Galaxys. Why dont Galaxy do USB or laptops do Serial, it all seems a bit backward as i see Menvier do USB now? PG Security Systems Somerset SSAIB Certificate of Merit Installers. www.pgsecurity.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james.wilson Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Agreed. You could use an ethernet module for them (except the early 2's and the 16's) securitywarehouse Security Supplies from Security Warehouse Trade Members please contact us for your TSI vetted trade discount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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