What to do with a eee pc 701 4g? I tried playing netflix on it on windows xp but failed miserably, too slow.
Any way to play netflix on it faster?
Download movies from torrent and play them with MPHC.
>winbdows on a netbook
AHAHAHHHHAHHAHAHHAA.
GNU/Linux with a lightweight desktop/WM.
>>51726799
throw in trash and buy a proper laptop
even an iPhone 4 could outperform that shit
OP here
I know its really weak. Just wondering if I can put it to good use.. I was trying to watch some netflix at my mom's house.
>>51726799
I have one, only use for it is a low power web server. it's like a rasberry pi with a screen and keyboard but less powerfull.
>>51727300
>buy Iphone with shitty small screen for 200$
>buy netbook, install a distro on it
>choose latter and enjoy your small browsing experience
>>51727424
its cpu is better than the pi
the pi just has the advantage of a better gpu, especially with the inclusion of a 1080p h264 video decoder in hardware
the eeepc would make a better web server beacuse;
a. the cpu is better
b. it has a proper, pci-connected ethernet chipset
c. it's possible to add more high-speed storage as it has 2 (i think, at least 1 though) mini pci-express connectors internally
>>51726799
Choose software to maximize the battery life and use it as an actual portable system.
I like netbooks too. Just not that one.
Sell it and buy a Dell mini 910, similar price range (~$25 - 50 depending on config), same physical size, comes with 8, 16, or 32 gb hard drives.
Also the 1015 family of eee pcs are nice, I picked up a 1015pem for $50 and a 1015pn for $80. They're both dual cores and the 1015 actually has a discrete GPU in it so you can play minecraft with a decent view distance.
No idea on netflix performance (I'm fedora and don't like passive entertainment) but even the 910 can play 240p youtube just fine.
4 gigs of storage is fucking retarded, even most (noob friendly) linux distros won't fit in that out of the box. You'll have to use a minimal install and fuck around installing packages and shit, or else use something super minimal like Puppy or Slitaz. These are a bit unsatisfying to use as daily drivers and are unlikely to include the DRM drivers you need for kuckflix. You could try installing everything to an 8+ GiB USB drive you leave in the system, but again, sort of a hassle, not newb friendly.
Just put a bunch of NES and DMG games on it and buy yourself a different $50 netbook.
>>51728282
*1015pn has a discrete GPU in it. Haven't been able to get the HDMI out to work in either windows or linux, but the nVidia ION works in both so that's nice
>>51728282
>calling gameboy dmg
>>51726799
Install silverlight and netflix should work fine.
I once had a netbook, threw the internal pcie wifi card out because broken and replaced it with a Broadcom crystalHD thingy to enable hardware h264 decoding.
