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  • L Offline
    linea
    last edited by 7 Feb 2008, 07:42

    I use SU on a Toshiba laptop (as for the spec, er, its shiny with an nvidia card) and a six year old Sony Vaio - runs great on both.

    Have you looked the asus eee, it's tiny and very cheap, but I'm not sure if it supports 3d graphics.

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      Gjenio
      last edited by 7 Feb 2008, 07:57

      @stuartb said:

      I should specifically say I am not looking for Mac, and not looking for a laptop. I want something small and notebook sized like the Sony Vaio TZ series
      http://vaio.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProductCategory.action?site=voe_en_GB_cons&category=VN+TZ+Series
      The graphics card on this seems to be an Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 with 250mb.
      I was wondering if anyone is runnning SU on this size of device?

      Apart from integrated graphics, 11.1' display it's too small for drawing, whatever you want to do. I have a Thinkpad Z61p, 15.4', 1920x1200 resolution, and after a year I realize that it is not so good for all day working (drawing), now I'm changing it for a Dell Precision m6300, 17,1' and 1440x900 resolution.

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        juju
        last edited by 7 Feb 2008, 08:40

        Asus EEE is a joke, pretty much a gadget IMHO.

        Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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          sketch3d.de
          last edited by 7 Feb 2008, 12:04

          the Asus EeePC uses a Linux based OS, i.e. no go for SU.

          I would avoid a video card w/ shared memory (which are fine for and dedicated to office and internet usage) as well as ATI based solutions under Windows (besides maybe the FireGL stuff).

          I would recommend a dedicated and nVidia GPU based video subsystem, preferred the Quadro FX CAD series, w/ 512 megs own RAM.

          use Windows XP Pro SP2 instead of Vista, currently the OGL support of recent video drivers is more stable than the available Vista drives... will probably change w/ SP1 of Vista and future releases of video drivers.

          check the Dell Precision series w/ Quadro FX GPUs integrated.. you also might want to select and buy as commercial user resp. company because of the opportunity to 'downgrade' from Vista to XP...

          btw, because of missing multi threading of recent SU builds a faster dual core CPU is better than a slower quad core.. may obviously change in the future.

          hth,
          Norbert
          (formerly known as 'ignorant' sketchup-forum.com admin scnr)

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          • L Offline
            linea
            last edited by 13 Feb 2008, 09:50

            Just for the record, the eee will run Sketchup.

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              linea
              last edited by 13 Feb 2008, 09:59

              remus

              I just ammended my post on that, it ships with xp or linux, not vista

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                linea
                last edited by 13 Feb 2008, 10:04

                @unknownuser said:

                Asus EEE is a joke, pretty much a gadget IMHO.

                @unknownuser said:

                the Asus EeePC uses a Linux based OS, i.e. no go for SU

                Asus EEE ships with either a linux distro or windows Xp, but it is probably too small to consider for SU.

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                  sketch3d.de
                  last edited by 13 Feb 2008, 10:18

                  as I undestood, the default OS Asus ships is Xandros Linux only, at least in Germany.

                  regardless of this, the hardware specs seem to be not very promising for using an OGL based 3D app: Intel Celeron M 900MHz CPU, 512MB/1024 RAM, Intel GMA 900 GPU (shared), 800×480 LCD

                  running/launching is one thing, working with real life models another one.

                  Norbert

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                    juju
                    last edited by 13 Feb 2008, 10:19

                    IMO the Eee is only good for ebook reading, that is all I'd do with it anyway because of the small screen and weak specs.

                    Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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                      linea
                      last edited by 13 Feb 2008, 10:39

                      Fair point Julian. I think anybody would soon outgrow an eee, I wouldn't use one, but it might be good just for portability.

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                        remus
                        last edited by 13 Feb 2008, 11:55

                        youd be rather pressed for space with vista on an eee, theyre hard drive is only 4/8GB and a raw version of vista is about 8, so it must run a pretty cut down version.

                        edit: see jons posts.

                        http://remusrendering.wordpress.com/

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                          lewiswadsworth
                          last edited by 28 Mar 2008, 03:06

                          I just ordered the XP-compatible Eee PC 8G (wheeeeeee!)...I'm looking forward to its portability, and also to the possibility of doing some unusual modifications to it (there are web pages after pages devoted to this topic), hopefully involving a great deal of ugly duct-taping and exposed circuit boards. It's the antimatter universe's equivalent to the Mac Air niceties.

                          col sporcar si trova

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                            linea
                            last edited by 28 Mar 2008, 22:16

                            You are keeping it real Lewis! Let me know how you get on hacking the eee. I have a theory that I could mod it to feature bluetooth and then use it for measured surveys using a leica laser distometer (bluetooth enabled) and Powercad Sitemaster. However, freedom lover that I am, if there is a way to do this with open source apps on a linux o.s. that has to be a more efficient use of the eee.

                            Good luck with the gaffer tape, maybe try a folded out paper clip too.

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                              lewiswadsworth
                              last edited by 29 Mar 2008, 14:12

                              @unknownuser said:

                              You are keeping it real Lewis! Let me know how you get on hacking the eee. I have a theory that I could mod it to feature bluetooth and then use it for measured surveys using a leica laser distometer (bluetooth enabled) and Powercad Sitemaster. However, freedom lover that I am, if there is a way to do this with open source apps on a linux o.s. that has to be a more efficient use of the eee.

                              Good luck with the gaffer tape, maybe try a folded out paper clip too.

                              I'm with you there...the only reason I'll put XP on this thing is to run SU. But first I'm going to ditch that silly Xandros Linux distro for the Xubuntu derivative that the Eee fanboys have put together. Maybe with WINE and 'buntu, I won't even need to use my extra XP license on this...I've found references to people using QCAD and Blender on the Eee (and even Compiz/Beryl for the desktop!), so it might actually work. It will be fun to try.

                              I did see...and I've lost the site now...a description of an "ultimate" Eee hack where the owner managed to get Bluetooth working on the little thing with a bit of creative soldering and a Dremel tool. I'll send the link to you if I find it again.

                              col sporcar si trova

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                                sketch3d.de
                                last edited by 31 Mar 2008, 08:38

                                @lewiswadsworth said:

                                I just ordered the XP-compatible Eee PC 8G (wheeeeeee!)...

                                the new Eee PC 900 is on the way, should be available roughly summer 08:

                                • 8.9" Display w/ 1024×600pix (instead of 7.1" w/ 800x480pix)
                                • max. memory up to 12GB w/ os & apps ~ 3GB (instead of max. 8GB)
                                • working memory 1GB (instead of 512MB)
                                • ~ 399.- U$ (instead of U$ 299.-)

                                maybe worth to wait, especially for the bigger display.

                                Norbert

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                                  lewiswadsworth
                                  last edited by 31 Mar 2008, 13:24

                                  @sketch3d.de said:

                                  @lewiswadsworth said:

                                  I just ordered the XP-compatible Eee PC 8G (wheeeeeee!)...

                                  the new Eee PC 900 is on the way, should be available roughly summer 08:

                                  • 8.9" Display w/ 1024×600pix (instead of 7.1" w/ 800x480pix)
                                  • max. memory up to 12GB w/ os & apps ~ 3GB (instead of max. 8GB)
                                  • working memory 1GB (instead of 512MB)
                                  • ~ 399.- U$ (instead of U$ 299.-)

                                  maybe worth to wait, especially for the bigger display.

                                  Norbert

                                  Best price for the highest-end 8G (barring returned items) is actually USD499, according to Google, and that doesn't include any accessories other than a soft case. And I did know about the 8.9" display on the yet-to-be released 900 (which will probably miss that release date, judging by Asus' record of logistics problems and the LG battery factory fire)...and there will always be something better, around the corner, in three months, next year, next generation, future release, down the road...

                                  But I will have my 8G tomorrow, and I've already acquired the bits and pieces and bytes I'll need to make a mess of it! I've decided that, as opposed to duct/Duck tape (a.k.a., gaffer tape), I might use that heavy gummed aluminum foil used for sealing HVAC units...

                                  col sporcar si trova

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                                    lewiswadsworth
                                    last edited by 31 Mar 2008, 13:56

                                    So I'll rip the LED out of my old iBook and duck tape it to the cover...

                                    col sporcar si trova

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                                    • S Offline
                                      sketch3d.de
                                      last edited by 31 Mar 2008, 15:38

                                      @lewiswadsworth said:

                                      But I will have my 8G tomorrow...

                                      sure, Asus will probably miss the targeted release date again but a vertical resolution of 480pix 😲 seems to render the device useless at least in connection with Windoze or surfing the web.

                                      anywayz,
                                      Norbert

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                                        lewiswadsworth
                                        last edited by 2 Apr 2008, 02:23

                                        Got my eee...wheeeeeeeeeeeeee. I'm posting from it now...tomorrow, the tampering begins!

                                        col sporcar si trova

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                                          juju
                                          last edited by 2 Apr 2008, 11:48

                                          Search on youtube for the touch screen mod by "dae_ja_voo".

                                          +++ EDIT +++

                                          nevermind, I found it for you, a quick how-to can be found here.

                                          Save the Earth, it's the only planet with chocolate.

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