Word of Advice to Asus Eee owners.

Last night I decided to part with Linux and install XP on my Eee. I chose to do it the easy way, using an external cd drive. Not as easy as I expected. After getting several error messages and partition issues, I started installing xp the right way at midnight. It took me 7 seven hours and a migrane to update, install anti-virus, install all the patches and set it up the way I want it to be. I'm not really satisfied with the result. It's so slow and multi tasking is a pain, even with even 2gb ram and the ssd. Ok, maybe I'm exagurating, running XP on the pityful celeron m ulv is like running vista on an ulv core duo machine, possible, but not very fast.

If you have another machine with windows, stick to the pre installed linux. Even with xp, browing and messenger is probably all you have in mind, right? Too bad for the included games and software that I dumped. I should've probably installed xp on an SD card and had a dual boot option or something.

I just needed to get that off my chest. It's 9:21am where I am and I haven't gotten any sleep at all because of my little experiment. I have another 8 hours of work before I get home

Still a great machine and I recommend buying one!

 

Now that Myer stock the Eee over here, I will be getting one over new years to muck around with. I'll stick with Linux, but probably something faster/leaner than what is included.

 

There are many versions of XP made by users that doesnt require lots of resources. One of them is called Performance edition or something like that. You can download that and use your genuine key for it (they usually come with copied/fake keys and activation but you can legitimize your version if you like)

 

I installed XP Pro (standard edition) on a PII 400 MHz with 128MB ram, and i Could use it fine...

 

This thread would be better in the Asus forum. Moving it.

 

Thanks ****, I though so too. I just didn't want to rant there

 

My eee runs great with xp. I did use nlite to make the install size smaller/more efficient, but I don't feel its slow in any way. Maybe looking at eeeuser.com and following their nlite guide would help with getting the machine to be more responsive.

 

I have to agree with Historian. I have an nlited xp install and it's surprisingly quick, even with only the stock 512mb stick of ram. Power switch to login screen is just over 20 seconds, and as long as I don't have 5+ programs running it's quite snappy.