Laptop for my mums birthday

Kill Bill · 02-21-2008, 08:56 PM

Do you think the Asus EEE PC 8GB HDD is the ideal gift

Also those it have pentium M. It can't be celecron

Garethman!!` · 02-21-2008, 09:32 PM

The eee PC is a Celeron 900MHz.

Kill Bill · 02-21-2008, 09:56 PM

I thought the 8gb was pentium m

TEKKA · 02-21-2008, 10:43 PM

If your mum Doesn't have a pc, this would be a great start.... Set up an email address, get her on the net.... But there arn't many apps for it... Unless you run windows or linux.

Kill Bill · 02-21-2008, 10:49 PM

My mum uses the shared pc in the hall some times.

I was planning to install xp on it but I'm afraid the wi-fi appear afterwards but usually my mum uses it to chat on msn and look at carzone.ie

Garethman!!` · 02-22-2008, 07:22 AM

I believe it is all Celerons, but I have a friend who just got one (4G), and installed Windows XP onto it, and is really pleased with it, he says its fast and is well worth it.

just a noob · 02-22-2008, 05:23 PM

yeah, people install windows on it with a 32gb flash drive from what i believe.

Garethman!!` · 02-22-2008, 05:52 PM

My Friend installed it on the internal 4GB SSD and got a 16GB SDHC card for storage.

Kill Bill · 02-22-2008, 05:54 PM

Na. I don't do celerons. I'll wait for a pentium 4 with 2gb ram and 10gb to come out and I'll save money and get one for myself

PabloTeK · 02-23-2008, 08:49 PM

I've used an Eee PC and a Celeron is good enough, just because it's a Celeron does not automatically mean you can consign it to the 'rubbish' pile. It uses a very light Linux flavour so it doesn't need brute force. It probably boots faster than your laptop too.

02-21-2008, 08:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
Kill Bill Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ireland Age: 12 Posts: 949	Laptop for my mums birthday Do you think the Asus EEE PC 8GB HDD is the ideal gift Also those it have pentium M. It can't be celecron __________________ Macbook Pro 2.5GHz 17'' matte,2.5GHz C2D Penryn,2GB 667MHz,8600M GT 512mb,250GB 5400RPM, Mac OS Leopard (Latest Firmware) with Vista Ultimate A.K.A bootcamp.

02-21-2008, 09:32 PM	#2 (permalink)
Garethman!!` Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK and USA Age: 18 Posts: 1,068	The eee PC is a Celeron 900MHz. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 / AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 1.70GHz RAM : 8GB DDR2 PC6400 / 2GB DDR2-667 PC5300 A-DATA HDD : 750GB SATA Seagate Barracuda/ Western Digital Scorpio 250GB 7200RPM GPU : Radeon HD2900XT 512MB / Radeon Xpress 1150 128MB OS : Windows Vista Ultimate x64 / Windows Vista Home Premium PSU : Hiper 730W ATX / 80W Dell Laptop Power Brick

02-21-2008, 09:56 PM	#3 (permalink)
Kill Bill Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ireland Age: 12 Posts: 949	I thought the 8gb was pentium m __________________ Macbook Pro 2.5GHz 17'' matte,2.5GHz C2D Penryn,2GB 667MHz,8600M GT 512mb,250GB 5400RPM, Mac OS Leopard (Latest Firmware) with Vista Ultimate A.K.A bootcamp.

02-21-2008, 10:43 PM	#4 (permalink)
TEKKA Platinum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 717	If your mum Doesn't have a pc, this would be a great start.... Set up an email address, get her on the net.... But there arn't many apps for it... Unless you run windows or linux. __________________ Laptop/Desktop MSI Megabook/Custom Build AMD Sempron 3600+/C2D E4600 @ 2.4 CorsairVS 2GB DDR2667/1GB DDR2667 200GB Hitachi 7200rpm/80GB Seagate barracuda 7200rpm 15.4" WXGA Glossy/ Samsung 151N Windows vista /Windows Xp

02-21-2008, 10:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
Kill Bill Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ireland Age: 12 Posts: 949	My mum uses the shared pc in the hall some times. I was planning to install xp on it but I'm afraid the wi-fi appear afterwards but usually my mum uses it to chat on msn and look at carzone.ie __________________ Macbook Pro 2.5GHz 17'' matte,2.5GHz C2D Penryn,2GB 667MHz,8600M GT 512mb,250GB 5400RPM, Mac OS Leopard (Latest Firmware) with Vista Ultimate A.K.A bootcamp.

02-22-2008, 07:22 AM	#6 (permalink)
Garethman!!` Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK and USA Age: 18 Posts: 1,068	I believe it is all Celerons, but I have a friend who just got one (4G), and installed Windows XP onto it, and is really pleased with it, he says its fast and is well worth it. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 / AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 1.70GHz RAM : 8GB DDR2 PC6400 / 2GB DDR2-667 PC5300 A-DATA HDD : 750GB SATA Seagate Barracuda/ Western Digital Scorpio 250GB 7200RPM GPU : Radeon HD2900XT 512MB / Radeon Xpress 1150 128MB OS : Windows Vista Ultimate x64 / Windows Vista Home Premium PSU : Hiper 730W ATX / 80W Dell Laptop Power Brick

02-22-2008, 05:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
just a noob Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: cardboard mansion Posts: 1,436	yeah, people install windows on it with a 32gb flash drive from what i believe.

02-22-2008, 05:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
Garethman!!` Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: UK and USA Age: 18 Posts: 1,068	My Friend installed it on the internal 4GB SSD and got a 16GB SDHC card for storage. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 / AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-53 1.70GHz RAM : 8GB DDR2 PC6400 / 2GB DDR2-667 PC5300 A-DATA HDD : 750GB SATA Seagate Barracuda/ Western Digital Scorpio 250GB 7200RPM GPU : Radeon HD2900XT 512MB / Radeon Xpress 1150 128MB OS : Windows Vista Ultimate x64 / Windows Vista Home Premium PSU : Hiper 730W ATX / 80W Dell Laptop Power Brick

02-22-2008, 05:54 PM	#9 (permalink)
Kill Bill Platinum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Ireland Age: 12 Posts: 949	Na. I don't do celerons. I'll wait for a pentium 4 with 2gb ram and 10gb to come out and I'll save money and get one for myself __________________ Macbook Pro 2.5GHz 17'' matte,2.5GHz C2D Penryn,2GB 667MHz,8600M GT 512mb,250GB 5400RPM, Mac OS Leopard (Latest Firmware) with Vista Ultimate A.K.A bootcamp.

02-23-2008, 08:49 PM	#10 (permalink)
PabloTeK Diamond Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The Peoples Republic of Nae Butta! Age: 17 Posts: 2,268	I've used an Eee PC and a Celeron is good enough, just because it's a Celeron does not automatically mean you can consign it to the 'rubbish' pile. It uses a very light Linux flavour so it doesn't need brute force. It probably boots faster than your laptop too. __________________ Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 @ 2.8GHz \| Gigabyte EP43-DS3L \| GeIL 3GB PC2-6400 \| BFG GeForce 8800GT 512MB OC \| Seagate 500GB 7200.11 SATA \| Western Digital 250GB SE16 SATA \| Coolermaster CM690 \| Corsair HX520W Forum Rules

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