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[TSE]

hey guys i have an apple 20" display, one of the non-aluminum LCD ones. I have a PowerBook G4 titanium 1 GHZ running it. I was thinking abou buying an eeepc 1000h on amazon, but it doesn't have an optical drive. Since both laptops have wireless internet, could I use the PowerBook's optical drive for the eeepc similar to what the macbook air does? Is the eeepc powerful enough to run the apple 20" display with full res? thanks!

 

[mkrishnan]

You have this display, right?

http://reviews.cnet.com/lcd-monitors/apple-cinema-display-20/4505-3174_7-21048608.html

Does it even have a VGA port, or do you have an ADC-VGA adapter? The Eee definitely won't drive it on ADC.

As far as the resolution itself, yes, people have reported no problems using the 1000h at 1680x1050, e.g.:

http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewtopic.php?id=45132

As far as using the optical drive on the Powerbook from the Eee, I don't know of any easy / effective way to do that, because you're crossing operating systems. In a pinch you could certainly make ISOs of your CDs on your Powerbook, and then make them available via network sharing or put them on a USB key, but I don't think you would be able to do something like booting the Eee off the PB's optical drive.

 

[TSE]

Yea thats the display. I have an ADC to DVI cable.

I wasn't talking about booting the eeepc off the optical drive, but rather just using the optical drive of the powerbook g4, for like small games and stuff.

 

[thejadedmonkey]

That's why you get no-cd hacks

I haven't used a physical CD to play a game in years.. think late 90's here.

 

[TSE]

1. no-cd hacks are against the license agreement

2. i dont want to go through the process for every game

3. cd hacks can have viruses on them

 

[mkrishnan]

1. no-cd hacks are against the license agreement

2. i dont want to go through the process for every game

3. cd hacks can have viruses on them

4. You should devise another plan, then.

 

[SnowLeopard2008]

Just a note, the EEEPC isn't made for gaming of any kind. It's a netbook, for surfing the web and word processing... nothing hefty.

 

[Pixellated]

Just a note, the EEEPC isn't made for gaming of any kind. It's a netbook, for surfing the web and word processing... nothing hefty.

+1 , they use GMA945 . Coupled with an underpowered 1.6GHz Atom (like an 800MHz Celeron)

 

[K3mp]

I mount the DMG with toast. Works well with halo. The only downside is that you have to have the DMG available somewhere. With the cross-platform problem I have read/seen that the eee's work well with OSX86.

 

[TSE]

+1 , they use GMA945 . Coupled with an underpowered 1.6GHz Atom (like an 800MHz Celeron)

I was going to play age of empires II and eqclassic, which is a game that is not come out yet but a game written with code from 1999. I should be fine.

 

[Abstract]

1. no-cd hacks are against the license agreement

4. You should devise another plan, then.

Haha, yeah, what mkrishnan said.


I'd just try to buy an MSI Wind and hack OS X onto it. It's easy.


Also, why don't you just get an external DVD drive for the EeePC??

 

[TSE]

I was actually thinking that would be the best route, how much does an external USB 2.0 DVD drive cost?

 

[Abstract]

Don't know.

Have you checked teh internetz?

 

[TSE]

just did. looks like i can find one for around $30

 

[mkrishnan]

just did. looks like i can find one for around $30

Yeah, I don't have one for my Eee, but a lot of people at eeeuser.com do. Then I use Linux and don't play games on my Eee.

Good luck!

 

[chrono1081]

I have an eeePC and I love it for internet and word processing when I am on travel (would love to have a mac that size )

However my model will not do widescreen. It is an older model (the 4G) and Asus has since come out with 3904209384049835384^428340 models since so some of the newer ones may do it.