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adamf

Great little netbook

Put 2gb of RAM and upgraded to a fast (90mb read 50mb write) 16gb card. Put bluetooth in it and a 16gb sdhc card. It runs Windows 7 GREAT !!!! I tried a touch screen but I couldn't get it to work right.

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hbarer

hbarer

yeah

got one off the woot for 150 bucks
same thing added 2 gb and 16 gb ssd (the supertalent think 90 read and 55 write)
pretty fast with se7en and only a celeron
i use it in the car with a seat mount bracket
tethers to my nokia e63 for internet and slingbox
also run streets and trips
what happened with the touch screen?
i'm thinking of putting one in
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patrickneville

patrickneville

did you put a gps in it or do you just use streets and trips without any gps?
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Rjcc

Rjcc

I grabbed it off Woot as well. The stock SSD went bad after a week though, started getting write error,s I already upgraded to 2GB of RAM, have the new SSD sitting right here, will see how it goes.
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hbarer

hbarer

if you got the fast supertalent
you'll really like it
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hbarer

hbarer

i have a usb gps antenna costs like 15 bucks

i also have a tiny bluetooth dongle

and a bluetooth gps
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chrishalebarnes

chrishalebarnes

@adamf how did you get bluetooth in it? I assume you either use a really small dongle or ripped one apart and used it internally. I want to do something similar but linux(ubuntu variant called gOS) doesnt seem to like many bluetooth dongles. It would be great to use with my plantronics voyager 855 stereo bluetooth earphones!
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BlueHair

BlueHair

How hard is it to upgrade the RAM? Cost?
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chrishalebarnes

chrishalebarnes

very easy. There is a plate on the back with two screws. the RAM is in a so-dimm slot. it is ddr2. Im not sure what speed is optimal. Here is a new egg search link

www.newegg.com­/Product­/ProductList.aspx­?Submit­=Pro...
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tjberens

tjberens

The 900A uses DDR2-667 PC2-5300. The rest should be the same.

I bought a 2GB stick for $24.95 off Amazon.
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Kerensky97

Kerensky97

You can get pretty small BT dongles for $3 at deal extreme.
www.dealextreme.com­/details.dx­/sku.11866

The rounded design keeps it from catching on cases when plugged externally, too bad but it doesn't fit flush. But for $3 and free shipping I'm not complaining.
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hbarer

hbarer

that $3.00 dongle works well
its also recognized as native in osx
DX rules
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chrishalebarnes

chrishalebarnes

does that bluetooth dongle work in linux(ubuntu)?
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Earthbound

Earthbound

I got mine at best buy new for $170, upgraded to 2gb of ram and a 16 gb ssd + 4 gb sdch. I have run xp, win 7 and several linux distros. great little pc.
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deecay

deecay

I got my Eee PC 900 for free from a tech seminar, but I spent $99 to add 32Gb fast harddisk. I am actually writing this message on it now. However, this bad boy is getting so hot that I can't stand using it as a portable device. Ever since 2 weeks ago, it stays at home being an always-on download box.
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Rjcc

Rjcc

Yeah the heat is crazy, after a while you can't even type on it.
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