Happy 40th Eck ye auld git!  GL at DTD!

Did Alan Deuchars cash?

Daisy busted out in 14th...

FFS you almost sound like you know what you are talking about.

 You coming along on Wendesday?

Tell Alan & Stevie I have my pass for dtd at the end of March and they will be having pressure applied when i see them 

LOL.  No won't be going on Wednesday as I'm a) too mean and b) have other plans anyway.  Oh and c) crap at this live poker lark!  Will you be luckboxing? 

Hmmm DTD....

Also, check the following site for pretty much everything you need to know about the EeePC...

http://www.eeeuser.com/

http://forum.eeeuser.com/

The link posted by Bongo is where I found mine, I got it from MicroDirect.  Its the 4G 701 you'll be wanting, not the 2G or 4G Surf.

I was also interested in an Asus EEE but the screen res. put me off. Think I'll wait till I can get at least native 800x600. What's the Tool you mention EyeballKid?

 - From Wikipedia "At CES 2008, Asus confirmed that new models would be released in Q2 with new features which would include WiMax, and the option of a 7, 8, or 9 inch displays.[35]"

Hopefully the new models will have a better native resolution. Great idea though - they're tiny.

The tool I mentioned is the ASUS EeePC Utility, that ships with the machine.  It lets you switch from 800x480 to 800x600 via the Windows taskbar.  When running Mansion or Full Tilt, I always go into 800x600. 

I'm very interested in this. How difficult to install XP?

 How well does it run with XP?

What's battery life like?

Can you get a car-charger/adapter?


Please.

The difficulty with installing XP is down to the fact that the EeePC only has 4Gb disk space, of which a standard XP install would take up about 3Gb worth.  There is a free tool called nLite that allows you to remove all the bits of XP you don't need, so that it takes up less space.  It works a treat, but it took me 3 attempts before I had an install that had everything I needed!  So a bit of time and effort was required.  It might well be worth waiting on the new versions with XP pre-installed.  Particularly as you also need an external CD/DVD drive to do the install in the first place (I picked a cheap one up for £30).

It runs fantastically well with XP, I've had no problems whatsoever.  I upgraded the RAM to 2Gb from the standard 512Mb, only about £40 from Play.com.

Battery life is about 3 and a half hours with Wi-Fi enabled.

You can get car chargers and accessories from Clove Technologies, haven't used them myself, but I hear they are good.

I've recently bought an ASUS EeePC, has a 7" screen and costs around £250.  I installed XP on it though, as it ships with a flavour of Linux, which is no good for poker.  I play Mansion and Full Tilt on it just fine, using the tool to change the resolution to 800x600 (default is 800x480).  I can't recommend it highly enough, but the problem is getting XP on in the first place, it's a bit of a pain.

I was able to play the Gala Java client on the default Linux OS though, via the web browser.

The guy is brainless, I have no respect whatsoever for him.  Someone described his as a degenerate gambler on here, very true.  Wish him no luck at all, he just doesn't deserve it.

A word to the wise also, Do not bathe for too long and try to remove your own stitches, i did that and the wounds opened up again and i could see a ball ready to pop out! 

Without doubt the most frightening thing I have read on any forum, ever.  And here was me about to go get said procedure done soon...

We have a late addition to the Whackers of the Bush team, Stevie Hill...screen names to be confirmed...

Edit: his screenname on Blonde is MellenKamp