[SLUG] Re: Asus EeePC 1005HA

2010-02-21 Thread Richard Ibbotson
Jeff A quick tidbit for anyone who has acquired one of these delightful netbooks: Asus has shipped a few BIOS updates, the most recent of which has improved my wifi performance/reliability considerably. Recommended update. How did you get your machine to install the BIOS update. I've

Re: [SLUG] Re: Asus EeePC 1005HA

2010-02-21 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Richard Ibbotson How did you get your machine to install the BIOS update. I've found the part about ALT + F2 to start it but can't get the machine to find the USB stick. Do I have to format the USB stick as FAT16 or is just any old file system going to work ? FAT32 should be

[SLUG] Re: Asus EeePC 1005HA

2010-02-19 Thread Richard Ibbotson
Jeff Waugh wrote: 2. Are you still happy Very much so. +1 on that :) 3. How has the battery life stood up over the 6m. 4. What sort of battery life are you getting (esp. now after 6 months) Early days yet, but the battery life on this thing is INSANE. I loved not having to cart around a