SimpleSi Posted December 17, 2008 Posted December 17, 2008 I've got about 50 of the original eeePCs (7in screen 4G mem) in two of my schools. These have been used quite sucessfully as basic tools to search on t'internet, access on-line learning tools and write out work using Openoffice Writer and Impress. They just sit on the side of the classrooms and are picked up by the pupils and used on their desks and then put back when they are finished. None of them have been damaged and once I'd got over the pain of getting them to print and save via a server, they've worked fine (Just have to keep clicking on the connect to wireless icon every tuesday with an r in the month ) Anyway, other schools of mine are starting to consider using such devices and I'm wondering whether to stick with these ones (as you get good value for money) or move up to something better. Has anyone used any of the newer ones out like the Aspire One or the bigger Asuses in real classroom enviroments and would they recommend them? regards Simon
googlemad Posted December 17, 2008 Posted December 17, 2008 The Samsung NC10s are good. A bit expensive though, may be overkill for your needs.
CyberNerd Posted December 17, 2008 Posted December 17, 2008 The acer atom quite good - similar spec to the 901 but cheaper
Domino Posted December 17, 2008 Posted December 17, 2008 I've always wondered about the Dell mini9, has anyone got one?
Martin Posted December 17, 2008 Posted December 17, 2008 El Reg did a top 3 review only last week! mb
fiendishlyclever Posted December 18, 2008 Posted December 18, 2008 (edited) I've always wondered about the Dell mini9, has anyone got one? I've got the Vodafone edition and the 8Gb SSD is far too small - I have about 1Gb free after removing hotfix install files and moving MSOcache to the SD card. The keyboard is also a bit small - you soon notice the function keys are missing (need to use the Fn key) although the latest bios update gives Fn-Z as F11 (handy for firefox). I'm forever hitting the wrong keys - especially for right shift, full stop and enter, which are all pretty small. The screen is quite nice and the build quality is pretty good. The mains brick is also pretty good - it's smaller and more portable than many netbook power supplies. If it wasn't for the internal HSDPA I'd have gone for the Advent 4211/MSI Wind. It looks (and runs) much better with Ubuntu on, but I had HSDPA modem problems so I reverted to XP. Edit: This month's PC Pro has a review of netbooks too although they seemed to keep their options open recommending the Acer, Samsung and Dell Mini. Edited December 18, 2008 by fiendishlyclever Add info
techman Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 I like the Samsung NC10. But I'd prefer one with XP Pro. Why don't they supply these netbooks with XP Pro?
SimpleSi Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 I like the Samsung NC10. But I'd prefer one with XP Pro. Why don't they supply these netbooks with XP Pro? I ended up getting an NC10 as my working laptop for me and to demonstrate a top end machine to my schools. I think the eeePC 901 is the best value/performance machine out there AFAICT and is only slight down on an NC10. One of the reasons they don't supply XP Pro is that MS won't let anyone sell a machine with XP Pro - only let them sell with Vista and a "downgrade" CD - which doesn't really work out on a machine with a 1.6GHx processor and no CD drive Rumour has it that MS are letting manufactures put XP Home on for very very very little in order to fight the evil Linux But its just a rumour regards Simon PS An education XP Pro license upgrade is only about £30 but I don't know if they can still be bought or not.
techman Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 Has anyone tried installing XP Pro on an NC10?
SimpleSi Posted February 18, 2009 Author Posted February 18, 2009 I've already asked that one but got no replies. OT I'm currently trying to install Ubuntu but can't get the wireless to ackle regards Simon
linkazoid Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 XP Pro on 15 here, all work fine, no probs during the install.. Really handy as it has a great 802.1x client that is quick to get a network connection... I absolutely love and recommend the NC10. Michael
techman Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 (edited) Think I'll go for one of these but I'm just wondering would I better off waiting until they come out with the latest N280 processor? linkaziod: is it difficult to do the XP Pro installation? Where can you download all the drivers? Thanks. Edited February 18, 2009 by techman missing word
linkazoid Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 XP installation, just followed this eeepc guide for USB installation: USB XP Installation Guide All drivers for XP Pro are : Samsung NC10 Chipset Driver Description * Chipset ver.8.2.0.1014 * Chipset Driver For Windows XP * File Size: 2.05 MB * File Name: Chipset_8.2.0.1014.zip Samsung NC10 VGA Driver Description * Intel Graphics VGA ver.6.14.10.4926 * VGA Driver For Windows XP * File Size: 17.40 MB * File Name: VGA_Intel_6.14.10.4926.zip Samsung NC10 Audio Driver Description * Audio Driver ver.5.10.0.5693 * Audio Driver For Windows XP * File Size: 91.96 MB * File Name: Sound_5.10.0.5693.zip Samsung NC10 Web Camera Driver Description * Camera_Namuga ver.343.2001.4001.7 * Web Camera Driver For Windows XP * File Size: 3.5 MB * File Name: Camera_343.2001.4001.7.zip Samsung NC10 Touchpad Driver Description * Touchpad ver.11.1.3.2 * Touchpad Driver For Windows XP * File Size: 6.24 MB * File Name: Touchpad_11.1.3.2.zip Samsung NC10 Bluetooth Driver Description * Bluetooth ver.5.1.0.6100 * Bluetooth Driver For Windows XP * File Size: 99.19 MB * File Name: Bluetooth_5.1.0.6100.zip Samsung NC10 LAN Driver Description * LAN ver.10.64.17.3 * LAN Driver For Windows XP * File Size: 1.14 MB * File Name: Lan_10.64.17.3.zip Samsung NC10 WLAN Driver Description * Atheros WLAN ver.7.6.1.210 * LAN Driver For Windows XP * File Size: 14.19 MB * File Name: WLAN_Atheros_7.6.1.210.zip Michael 2
HodgeHi Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 I have one of the HP mini-note 2133 with XP pro installed and 2GB ram inside. Works reasonably well enough. Every thing works as it should. Open Office 3.0 installed etc.
pagelad Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 We had 4G's last year and had a lot of trouble with the wireless on them, we couldnt connect it to a point that had an encryption key. In the end i got them a dedicated one with MAC control and just banned everything apart from my Eee's. Next year i dont think we are buying the same again, we looked at the Dell and i think weve made a decision on getting some Acer Aspire One
gshaw Posted February 24, 2009 Posted February 24, 2009 Another vote for NC10 here - got one for a member of staff and it's great. Nice screen, full size keyboard and look the part as well
Quackers Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 Were thinking of giving every student a netbook and saying goodbye to laptop trolleys. I've got a Eee PC 1000H and my friend has the NC10. Cannot decide between them except the Eee PC has a Draft N wireless card, so more channels to play with and more bandwidth. Wish they did the NC10 with a better wireless card, also the NC10 has a Yukon Marvell LAN card, pure evil . I do prefer the mouse pad on the NC10 though.
john Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 Got an NC10 here for a while on trial from Samsung to help me decide before looking at buying them for use with students. I spoke to Samsung at Bett about them on trail and have been very helpful they are working with Insight who is my supplier of choice for them and they sent me an NC10 on eval for 3 weeks, so brought it home, and im very impressed already. Wifi seems great on it, no problems so far with that so all is good as they say Just going to check I can actually wipe it and put XP Pro on it without breaching the loan agreement as I want to put XP Pro on it and test it fully on my LAN and see how it goes with my mandatory profiles etc. But certainly a winner from my viewpoint, will now be 99.9% sure I will personally be buying one.
Edu-IT Posted March 8, 2009 Posted March 8, 2009 (Just have to keep clicking on the connect to wireless icon every tuesday with an r in the month ) Was this a serious comment or am I missing the point?
SimpleSi Posted March 9, 2009 Author Posted March 9, 2009 Was this a serious comment Yes On the eeePC orig's. the wireless sometimes doesn't automatically connect. If you don't get 2 icons at the bottom of the screen, you just click on the one that's there and say connect , select the strongest AP available and they now fully work. There doesn't seem to be any reason as to why they do this occasionally but the workaround is simple enough for the teachers/pupils to implement. Other than that, they seem to work every day of the week And I hope they continue to do so tmrrw and wed as the school has an HMI inspection regards Simon
gshaw Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 I had similar aggro on my eeePC, ended up installing WinFLP instead
Tony_Mc Posted March 9, 2009 Posted March 9, 2009 We have trialed quite a few machines, the original eeepc, the 901 and now the 904hd. We also have an aspire one and nc10. the nc10 is by far the prettiest and works really well, but is more cash. the 901 is OK apart from the HDD as it is small and struggles with xp pro. the 904 is great as it has a HDD (160gb) and fantastic wireless and battery life. we will be issuing the 904 to mobile staff shortly. it is also a little larger so is really easy to type fast on. didn't think too much of the aspire....
TimJing Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 We have a demo of the HP 2140 that we have installed Widnows XP pro on to. It's a pretty nice unit.
fiendishlyclever Posted March 30, 2009 Posted March 30, 2009 We have a demo of the HP 2140 that we have installed Widnows XP pro on to. It's a pretty nice unit. If you are thinking of Windows 7 in the future make sure you have plenty of disk space - I tried Windows 7 on my netbook and I used vlite to shrink down the install. My winsxs folder was soon accounting for 25% of my install. I'd recommend 32gb+ which rules out many of the ssd based netbooks. (The NC10 seems a winner in this respect as well).
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