My friend Kevin bought an Asus EEEPC netbook, model 900HA, with 1 GB ram and 160GB hdd. (1.6 GHz Intel ATOM N270 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 160 GB Hard Drive, 10 GB Eee Storage, XP Home) [link] (Buffista Affiliate link)
He found some sluggishness dealing with full sized RAW files from his pro-level camera, but I bumped it up to 2 GB RAM for him for about $30, and pointed out full performance mode and it's helping.
Before I upped the RAM, I watched an *ahemmed* tv episode on it, and got a slight pixelation in one scene.
I'd be tempted to go with the next one up, the 1000HE for a bigger screen. [link]
But then that's the only one I've delt with, so I have only 1 data.
Ginger, if you act fast, and act NOW!, Woot is offering an Asus netbook for $150. I hope you see this soon, because they'll probably go fast, and once they're gone for the day, that's it. Woot is selling something else tomorrow.
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GO NOW, GINGER!
(Details on the Asus - 1 Asus EeePC 900 Netbook 8.9" LCD 4GB SSD 512mb DDR2 802.11b/g)
Dang - sold out already!
Well, that's what I get for leaving the house.
What's the simplest wiki software out there? Or, more specifically, which app has the simplest user authority module, because I want to swap it out.
Wouldn't you be happier to be nuked and restored and on your way? Wouldn't that be less stressful than worrying about it every single day?
OH MY GOD I FIXED IT.
crosses fingers
I was all set to uninstall and reinstall the K-Lite Codec Pack, which contains libmplayer.dll, but I didn't remember whether it would require me to restart, so I was waffling on whether I wanted to bother this morning. But I Googled Pixie Pack Codec Pack, which also came up on a search for that file and I don't remember ever installing. It turns out that it got installed when I installed Tunebite, which I recall gave me some problems (I feel like it did some freaky things during the install that scared me). That was last year. But I thought, fuck it, let me uninstall Pixie Pack Codec Pack since I don't even need it and never wanted it.
AND NOW EVERYTHING WORKS. All four programs that crashed when opening things—Paint, IrfanView, Outlook Express, and Explorer—now open files with no problems. I have no idea why the issue only presented now and why it was an issue at all, but uninstalling Pixie Pack Codec Pack and getting that DLL file off my system has solved my problem. No nuking required at the moment, thank goodness. And I also feel a sense of accomplishment for sticking at it, researching, and detectiving. Thanks to everyone who listened to me bitch and moan for the last week!
Did a JPG manipulator ship with Tiger? There was something quick and dirty that I was using when I didn't need to Gimp it up. But I don't remember the name.
I am getting very old.
Preview can do some very basic stuff. Otherwise you need something else. I use something called Paintbrush for MS Paint equivalencies.
I just need to do photo stuff, not actual pixel editing, if you see the distinction. Resizing, colour balance, cropping, etc.
The Gimp I downloaded was a resource hog and partially in French to boot. I'm not sure why Opera insists on placing me in Europe to websites. Let me try getting there with Safari.
iPhoto can do that basic stuff.
