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- #CAN I ADD MORE STORAGE TO EEE PC 701 4G INSTALL#
- #CAN I ADD MORE STORAGE TO EEE PC 701 4G UPGRADE#
- #CAN I ADD MORE STORAGE TO EEE PC 701 4G FULL#
- #CAN I ADD MORE STORAGE TO EEE PC 701 4G PLUS#
- #CAN I ADD MORE STORAGE TO EEE PC 701 4G SERIES#
In fact, you'll need one to install software from discs or if you ever need to restore the Eee using the included recovery DVD. The Eee PC is too small to fit an internal optical drive, but you can use a USB CD/DVD drive with the Eee. The machine has an ample set of vents, mostly on the bottom, so we suggest not using it directly on a couch cushion or bed covers as those will blocks the vents (put a magazine or some rigid item under it). When using the nearly silent Eee PC for web surfing, Office documents and even video playback the bottom gets warm but not burning hot.
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The machine runs on a retro Intel Celeron 900MHz CPU, which is actually an acceptable match for Windows XP. Tip: Change system restore settings which will use a good deal of drive space by default- reduce it to the min setting or turn it off. Now, you won't want to install programs to the SD card (it's slower than a drive and removable which can confuse XP), but it's great for multimedia storage, documents and the like. So we put 8 gigs of iTunes videos and music on a card and enjoyed a sudden tripling of storage. As another consolation, the Eee has an SD card slot that's compatible with SDHC high capacity cards. After all updates were done and the installers had cleaned up after themselves, we were back to almost 350 megs free, as a consolation. Out of the box, XP wanted to install a slew of Windows updates and then kept complaining that space was getting tight as it downloaded and installed these. Those take up 3.5 gigs, leaving less than 500 megs free for other software installations, documents and Windows updates.
#CAN I ADD MORE STORAGE TO EEE PC 701 4G PLUS#
The bad news is that 4 gigs really isn't enough for Windows XP plus the included MS Works 9 Office suite. This means virtual memory is relatively fast, though for $25, why compromise. Speaking of the disk, the Eee PC 4G has a 4 gig SSD flash drive which is much faster than conventional hard drives with spinning platters and it's impervious to motion (no crashed heads if you dance with your Eee). At an average of $25 for a 1 gig and $50 for a 2 gig module, we'd say it's worth it to go to 1 gig if you wish to run 3 apps at once without paging to disk for virtual memory. There's a single RAM slot for a standard PC-5300 SODIMM, so you'll toss the 512 meg module and install a 1 or 2 gig SODIMM.
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Remove two phillips head screws on the bottom to open the RAM door.
#CAN I ADD MORE STORAGE TO EEE PC 701 4G UPGRADE#
The good news is that you can upgrade the memory easily enough.
#CAN I ADD MORE STORAGE TO EEE PC 701 4G FULL#
You can throw Outlook Express in there and things are OK, but full Outlook will add just enough of a burden to slow the machine down some. The Eee is best suited to run 1 or 2 "serious" apps at a time- for example, Internet Explorer and MS Works. There are only so many significant applications you can run on 512 megs of RAM before things slow down. Now that doesn't mean you can run 5 applications at once and still have a responsive machine the 4G ships with a paltry 512 megs of DDR2 RAM (remember the good old days when XP ran OK with 512 and really "flew" with a gig of RAM?). In comparison, the $399 Eee PC 4G running XP Home Edition runs responsively enough that you won't be taking coffee or bathroom breaks every time you launch a new application. We've reviewed a bevy of sexy UMPCs like the Sony Vaio UX380N, Fujitsu U810 (though you can get the Fuji with XP and then it's good) and the HTC Shift all were dragged down by hoggish Vista. Vista: XP is much better suited to low-spec CPU machines and ASUS was wise enough to stick with it rather than turn out a sluggish Vista machine. The Eee PC may look Walmart- chic, but even in its XP iteration, it outperforms many pricier UMPCs in terms of pure speed. Acer jumped into the ring with their very affordable Aspire One in September 2008. HP merely quickly followed suit with their own affordable HP 2133 Mini-Note notebook running Linux or XP (though not as quite affordable as the Eee PC, it does boast more features and a classier casing).
#CAN I ADD MORE STORAGE TO EEE PC 701 4G SERIES#
Sony, whose Vaio UX and TZ series notebooks illustrate their diametrically opposed design philosophy, grumbled that the likes of the Eee PC would doom the evolution of the cutting edge ultra-mobile computer. That sure threw the industry for a loop- consumers loved the first version running the usually less-than-popular (among average budget consumers) Linux. Then along comes ASUS with the Eee PC, a budget, plastic-cased notebook that sells for $299 to $399 in its 7" display form. Miniaturizing state of the art components (or nearly state of the art) costs money in terms of design time, dealing with thermal issues and power consumption. Get less, pay more- that's been the rule for ultralight notebooks whose price and size are inversely proportional. Home -> Notebook Reviews -> ASUS Eee PC 4G XP ASUS Eee PC 4G with Windows XP