What to ditch? I got my Asus 1005PE MU a few days ago. Charged battery for 12 hours before turning on. Today is my first day starting it up. Can someone please guide me as to how to clear out the excess clutter/trials that came with it? Do I start with the Windows Update first? Saw it said there were 30 updates but some seemed for Word, works, Excel, etc. Do I ditchChicken Invaders2, Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system, Micro.Office Home and Student 2007 (put open office on), MO Language Pack 2007 for Dutch, French, German, Italian, Live Add-in 1.3, MO Suite Activation Assistant,MO Works (is that a trial). I am so confused with what's important. I also wanted to install Firefox. How does one turn off IE? I did say OK to the Trend Micro Trial as I use it on my older laptop. Sorry I am so illiterate with all this. I appreciate your help in advance. What to ditch? I got my Asus 1005PE MU a few days ago. Charged battery for 12 hours before turning on. Today is my first day starting it up. Can someone please guide me as to how to clear out... » Read More What to ditch? I got my Asus 1005PE MU a few days ago. Charged battery for 12 hours before turning on. Today is my first day starting it up. Can someone please guide me as to how to clear out the excess clutter/trials that came with it? Do I start with the Windows Update first? Saw it said there were 30 updates but some seemed for Word, works, Excel, etc. Do I ditchChicken Invaders2, Compatibility Pack for the 2007 Office system, Micro.Office Home and Student 2007 (put open office on), MO Language Pack 2007 for Dutch, French, German, Italian, Live Add-in 1.3, MO Suite Activation Assistant,MO Works (is that a trial). I am so confused with what's important. I also wanted to install Firefox. How does one turn off IE? I did say OK to the Trend Micro Trial as I use it on my older laptop. Sorry I am so illiterate with all this. I appreciate your help in advance. « Show Less
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Gary, I can't seem to get rid of anything I mentioned as it isn't removed. So I just added Firefox and use it. I didn't know IE was needed for the purpose you mention about updates so am glad I left it there. That's a very useful bit of info for the future. I did keep Trend Micro but am using Avast (that one is new to me and so far I've been very happy with it) and can use on 3 computers. I haven't needed Open Office yet but will keep in mind either it or cloud apps you mentioned. I've been very pleased with this netbook and its battery life. Thanks so much
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Gary, I do have a question you might be able to answer for me. Since I'm home a lot using the netbook, should I conserve my battery as I'd seen someone mention elsewhere? Is is best to remove the battery and use the power cord to do so? Is that harmful in any way to battery life or computer?
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John,Thank you for replying to my post; I will follow your suggestions regarding maximizing my battery life!
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Keep the battery installed but keep it plugged in whenever possible. That way you will (1) minimize the number of charge/discharge cycles on the battery, which is the main criteria in maximizing how long the battery will last before you need to replace it, and (2) you'll start with a full charge whenever you need to use it unplugged. Taking the battery out multiple times will also eventually wear out the battery contacts. Actually, I don't know if this particular netbook will even work with the battery out, some won't, but definitely leave the battery installed.
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I'll suggest you get rid of all you write of with the exception of IE. Leave Trend Miro as well and seek out Microsoft Security Essentials. Install Firefox as default but keep IE on board for access to MS updates. If you need an Office Suite loaded to your net-book, seek Open Office.org or consider using the cloud apps available from Google, Windows Live or Adobe
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I don't believe ours came with instructions either. We just put it into my sisters computer, let it charge until the white light came on that tells her its charged and then unplugged it and started using it. The only thing I can suggest, if you haven't done it already, is to let the battery charge for a full 24 hours. I know that's how you used to have to do it and maybe it will work now. If nothing else, take it to Staples, they have a computer check thing that I believe is free and they may be able to check the battery itself as well as your computer to make sure something isn't wrong in your charging system. I hope I've helped. Good luck. I don't believe ours came with instructions either. We just put it into my sisters computer, let it charge until the white light came on that tells her its charged and then unplugged it and started using it. The only thing I can suggest, if you haven't done it already, is to let the battery charge for a full 24 hours. I know that's how you used to have to do it and maybe it will work now. If nothing else, take it to Staples, they have a computer check thing that I believe is free and they may be able to check the battery itself as well as your computer to make sure something isn't wrong in... » Read More I don't believe ours came with instructions either. We just put it into my sisters computer, let it charge until the white light came on that tells her its charged and then unplugged it and started using it. The only thing I can suggest, if you haven't done it already, is to let the battery charge for a full 24 hours. I know that's how you used to have to do it and maybe it will work now. If nothing else, take it to Staples, they have a computer check thing that I believe is free and they may be able to check the battery itself as well as your computer to make sure something isn't wrong in your charging system. I hope I've helped. Good luck. « Show Less
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I have a small Acer notebook, it works as a charger or back up battery, once it saved me for 3 hours and still had 75% power remaining, I guess it depends how big your computer is, to prove it once, I charged mi iPod and phone 3 times each in it, then it was time to reload power.
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I've been using my Eee Slate 4gb/64g version since the end of Jan. I can get 4-4.5hrs easy on battery in power saving mode with the screen dimmed, and at it's lowest setting its quite bright and clear. This is no noticable lag, only glass effects are turnedoff in power saving mode. I did this yestuday while in a meeting, running excel, ie8 or or ie9, and an X-server (cygwin) using wireless and keyboard/mouse. The latest service pack (Win7 sp1) stopped the fans from running too.
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Not sure, I replaced the battery because the laptop would not hold a charge overnight while is was "asleep" Now it does. I usually do not clock the battery. I also added 16 Gig RAM and parallels running Win7. I have been happier with the laptop since I upgraded the battery.
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For new batteries always do a complete drain. To accomplish this, turn off power management on the phone, disable screen dimming and any other power saving feature. Leave the phone on until the phone turns off on it's own. Battery should be fully drained at that point. Connect to wall outlet charger - do not use USB port on computer. Charging should only take 3 - 3.5 hours at most. The phone should show 100% capacity. If it doesn't then repeat the process for a 2nd time. If after second full drain and charge the battery still doesn't show 100% charge then you may have an issue with the battery at which time contact the manufacturer for replacement. For new batteries always do a complete drain. To accomplish this, turn off power management on the phone, disable screen dimming and any other power saving feature. Leave the phone on until the phone turns off on it's own. Battery should be fully drained at that point. Connect to wall outlet charger - do not use USB port on computer. Charging should only take 3 - 3.5 hours at most. The phone should show 100% capacity. If it doesn't then repeat the process for a 2nd time. If after second full drain and charge the battery still doesn't show 100% charge then you may have an issue with the... » Read More For new batteries always do a complete drain. To accomplish this, turn off power management on the phone, disable screen dimming and any other power saving feature. Leave the phone on until the phone turns off on it's own. Battery should be fully drained at that point. Connect to wall outlet charger - do not use USB port on computer. Charging should only take 3 - 3.5 hours at most. The phone should show 100% capacity. If it doesn't then repeat the process for a 2nd time. If after second full drain and charge the battery still doesn't show 100% charge then you may have an issue with the battery at which time contact the manufacturer for replacement. « Show Less
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What they mean by "Nonstandard" is that you probably can't replace the battery. It's a lithium battery that is built in, so you can't simply go to the store and replace it.The battery is rated for 10 hours by Asus. That would probably translate to something like 8 hours for typical use. Results will vary depending how you are using it, brightness, wifi, GPS, etc....Also the optional keyboard dock has a battery in it that will add another 5 hours of use to it. Probably more like 4 in real world use though. So there could be potentially be a total of 12 hours or so if you get the keyboard dock too. What they mean by "Nonstandard" is that you probably can't replace the battery. It's a lithium battery that is built in, so you can't simply go to the store and replace it.The battery is rated for 10 hours by Asus. That would probably translate to something like 8 hours for typical use. Results will vary depending how you are using it, brightness, wifi, GPS, etc....Also the optional keyboard dock has a battery in it that will add another 5 hours of use to it. Probably more like 4 in real world use though. So there could be potentially be a total of 12 hours... » Read More What they mean by "Nonstandard" is that you probably can't replace the battery. It's a lithium battery that is built in, so you can't simply go to the store and replace it.The battery is rated for 10 hours by Asus. That would probably translate to something like 8 hours for typical use. Results will vary depending how you are using it, brightness, wifi, GPS, etc....Also the optional keyboard dock has a battery in it that will add another 5 hours of use to it. Probably more like 4 in real world use though. So there could be potentially be a total of 12 hours or so if you get the keyboard dock too. « Show Less
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I was just about to suggest (and feeling a bit smug about it, I'll admit) that you simply re-boot. I had forgotten about the non-removable battery. Oops. Who feels foolish now? This is a great post. I hope somebody comes up with a useful suggestion.
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I wrote the following in my review of the 1000HE netbook. Did you follow all these steps? It was a breeze to replace the installed 1GB with 2GB -- remove 2 screws, take off cover, push out the two retaining clips on either side of the 1GB module, take out the 1GB module, put in the 2GB module, press down, replace cover and screws, done! Oh, one more thing. As the computer starts to boot up (and I mean right when it starts to power up) hold down the F2 key to bring up the BIOS. Verify that it sees 2GB of RAM. Then hit F10 to save the configuration. Once booted up, check by right-clicking My Computer, Properties. I wrote the following in my review of the 1000HE netbook. Did you follow all these steps? It was a breeze to replace the installed 1GB with 2GB -- remove 2 screws, take off cover, push out the two retaining clips on either side of the 1GB module, take out the 1GB module, put in the 2GB module, press down, replace cover and screws, done! Oh, one more thing. As the computer starts to boot up (and I mean right when it starts to power up) hold down the F2 key to bring up the BIOS. Verify that it sees 2GB of RAM. Then hit F10 to save the configuration. Once booted up, check by... » Read More I wrote the following in my review of the 1000HE netbook. Did you follow all these steps? It was a breeze to replace the installed 1GB with 2GB -- remove 2 screws, take off cover, push out the two retaining clips on either side of the 1GB module, take out the 1GB module, put in the 2GB module, press down, replace cover and screws, done! Oh, one more thing. As the computer starts to boot up (and I mean right when it starts to power up) hold down the F2 key to bring up the BIOS. Verify that it sees 2GB of RAM. Then hit F10 to save the configuration. Once booted up, check by right-clicking My Computer, Properties. « Show Less
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Did everyone try charging the unit while it is powered off?It seems to make a different to me. I bought three(3) and so far all battery seemed to be decently averaged out around 2.5 hours or so (mainly net surfing and video conferencing) after few months of usage. Power on while charging seems like charges don't hold too well even it shows 100% charged.Try it out...it may make some different.
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Send it to Samsung and WAIT... oh, and expose your private data to nosy techs. The battery is NOT user replaceable. I know... stupid, stupid, stupid. When you get through this nonsense, buy a Dell laptop with Pro (Gold) tech support and the inexpensive "keep your hard drive option". Samsung computers are really NOT ready for "prime time"! Period.
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Thank you for the feedback. Guess I will have to try it in person at a retail store first. Why can't we have both "crunchy" and "smooth"? :)Another question, why do we have to wait so long for this to be released? Releasing a product after Christmas seems like a huge miss in opportunity.My Revolution MX works great, except the rechargeable built in battery is getting a little old. If I don't put it in cradle every night I might run out of juice the next day.I really like the Microsoft Natural 6000 mouse. After using that for a few weeks all other mice feel very uncomfortable. I use it on my 2nd computer. Maybe a Natural 6000 mouse with BlueTrack and "crunchy" scrolling... that would be my dream mouse... maybe in 2009 Thank you for the feedback. Guess I will have to try it in person at a retail store first. Why can't we have both "crunchy" and "smooth"? :)Another question, why do we have to wait so long for this to be released? Releasing a product after Christmas seems like a huge miss in opportunity.My Revolution MX works great, except the rechargeable built in battery is getting a little old. If I don't put it in cradle every night I might run out of juice the next day.I really like the Microsoft Natural 6000 mouse. After using that for a few... » Read More Thank you for the feedback. Guess I will have to try it in person at a retail store first. Why can't we have both "crunchy" and "smooth"? :)Another question, why do we have to wait so long for this to be released? Releasing a product after Christmas seems like a huge miss in opportunity.My Revolution MX works great, except the rechargeable built in battery is getting a little old. If I don't put it in cradle every night I might run out of juice the next day.I really like the Microsoft Natural 6000 mouse. After using that for a few weeks all other mice feel very uncomfortable. I use it on my 2nd computer. Maybe a Natural 6000 mouse with BlueTrack and "crunchy" scrolling... that would be my dream mouse... maybe in 2009 « Show Less
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"and Have EXTRA patience when first turning them on outta the BOX, it takes several resets and trys, took about 20 minutes ! IT WILL COME ON..."What are you talking about?!?! Maybe you had issues, but I never did at all, I took it out and charged the battery like you are supposed to, and then it worked perfectly afterwards and has ever since (just over a year now). I never heard of anyone else having this initial start-up issue, I was a regular on the Archos Fans forums and never saw multiple discussions on this (meaning it was *not* a big problem that lots of people were having). Don't try and tell people that *everyone* will have this issue happen to them, that is so not cool... "and Have EXTRA patience when first turning them on outta the BOX, it takes several resets and trys, took about 20 minutes ! IT WILL COME ON..."What are you talking about?!?! Maybe you had issues, but I never did at all, I took it out and charged the battery like you are supposed to, and then it worked perfectly afterwards and has ever since (just over a year now). I never heard of anyone else having this initial start-up issue, I was a regular on the Archos Fans forums and never saw multiple discussions on this (meaning it was *not* a big problem that lots of people... » Read More "and Have EXTRA patience when first turning them on outta the BOX, it takes several resets and trys, took about 20 minutes ! IT WILL COME ON..."What are you talking about?!?! Maybe you had issues, but I never did at all, I took it out and charged the battery like you are supposed to, and then it worked perfectly afterwards and has ever since (just over a year now). I never heard of anyone else having this initial start-up issue, I was a regular on the Archos Fans forums and never saw multiple discussions on this (meaning it was *not* a big problem that lots of people were having). Don't try and tell people that *everyone* will have this issue happen to them, that is so not cool... « Show Less
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i get about 6 hours on basic day to day things, like internet and word document. but i keep the backlit keyboard turned of, the screen brightness on low, and i keep it on powersave mode. on the first day that i got it, i was curious how long it would last if i did absolutely nothing, just letting the computer idle. (screen turned of as well). i got over 9 hours.
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It should not overheat that much. If you are watching ripped videos direct from the SSD, the battery should last you I'm guessing 5-6 hours... maybe a bit less... Apple rates the battery at 8 hours, but I've never run my to being completely depleted nor was I timing it. I've had it last over 4 and I'm pretty sure over 5 hours while suspending and starting (shutting and reopening) for brief periods while running multiple apps, Outlook, Excel, Word, Chrome with 15+ tabs open, and probably at least another 10+ utility type apps (1Password, Forklift, Evernote, Messages, Lync, and some system bar apps). Of course keeping the background apps to a minimum while watching videos would probably help some too, but it should last longer than your Toshiba by far...
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My ASUS Eee PC is 6 years old and is still hanging in there. I only use it for writing books. I haven't done anything to it other than put in a new battery (pain in the backside) so it is running the original VISTA operating system and Windows Office '07. ASUS doesn't make these computers anymore - nor do they have batteries for them. I had to order a battery from Taiwan and install myself using a video I found on YouTube. Since its memory is so small, I wouldn't think Windows 8 would fit on it. My recommendation, leave it well enough alone as ASUS won't be able to help if you ruin it. I love this little computer and will cry when it no longer works. There is nothing else its size on the market today. My ASUS Eee PC is 6 years old and is still hanging in there. I only use it for writing books. I haven't done anything to it other than put in a new battery (pain in the backside) so it is running the original VISTA operating system and Windows Office '07. ASUS doesn't make these computers anymore - nor do they have batteries for them. I had to order a battery from Taiwan and install myself using a video I found on YouTube. Since its memory is so small, I wouldn't think Windows 8 would fit on it. My recommendation, leave it well enough alone as ASUS won't be able to help if you ruin it. I... » Read More My ASUS Eee PC is 6 years old and is still hanging in there. I only use it for writing books. I haven't done anything to it other than put in a new battery (pain in the backside) so it is running the original VISTA operating system and Windows Office '07. ASUS doesn't make these computers anymore - nor do they have batteries for them. I had to order a battery from Taiwan and install myself using a video I found on YouTube. Since its memory is so small, I wouldn't think Windows 8 would fit on it. My recommendation, leave it well enough alone as ASUS won't be able to help if you ruin it. I love this little computer and will cry when it no longer works. There is nothing else its size on the market today. « Show Less
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Make sure you completely charge it Before you use it. When you turn it on hold the "on" button until the screen lights up then release it. Mine takes about 10 seconds or so to turn on regardless of the amount of charge it has. Then it takes maybe another 10 seconds to load all the programs. Once that happens I can use it. Be careful using it as it gets hot. Not too hot to handle but to hot for kids to use. Good luck.