http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/ Engadget Comments for ExpressGate "instant-on" OS tested on ASUS Eee Box http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 4:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/
Really. Good job.]]>Jul 18th 2008 4:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 4:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 4:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/
Keep in mind, this is being run on a 1.6Ghz Atom with 1GB of RAM, not a 4GB system using (I assume) a C2D. But it seems as though this instant-on OS could be improved: in the time Laptop spent introducing the viewers to the initial interface of the OS, instant-on probably could have loaded all applications instead of waiting for the user to choose what it should load before actually doing anything. If it kept a record of the frequency that the user runs each application, it could prioritize loading each application in such an order until the user actually makes the choice.

tl;dr: This OS might be faster on a more powerful system and could probably be greatly improved.]]>Jul 18th 2008 5:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/
Unfortunately, it really isn't that useful and I don't personally mind waiting under a minute to load my computer.]]>Jul 18th 2008 6:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/And you're not limited to some shitty basic OS.]]>Jul 18th 2008 9:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Aug 2nd 2008 1:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 4:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 5:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 4:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/
There's a whole banner to pool together all the iPhone stories to cover the addition of 3G, GPS and an app store...which could have all been handled in three stories, but was raped for as many talking points as was concievable...and all you're seeing is Eee stories?]]>Jul 18th 2008 5:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/
The goggles! They do nothing!]]>Aug 3rd 2008 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 4:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 7:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 8:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 8:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Our dlp tv isn't instant on. >:[]]>Jul 18th 2008 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 5:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 5:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 5:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/
all this bitching about the comment system... its called user error.]]>Jul 18th 2008 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 6:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 6:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/You're that person.

The point they were making is that it takes a long ass time to boot up for something they call "instant-on." Don't be such a jack-ass.]]>Jul 18th 2008 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/
And BTW, even 1 second isn't INSTANT on.]]>Jul 18th 2008 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 6:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/
THIS WOULD WORK GREAT FOR A REPLACEMENT TO MY GRUB LOADER]]>Jul 18th 2008 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 10:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Dec 31st 2010 6:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/Jul 18th 2008 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/
I pronounce it kinda like hey-sus, just without the H sound, but then the chick in the video pronounced it as ha-sus (again without the H sound), so it got me wondering what the generally accepted pronunciation.]]>Jul 18th 2008 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/
But "instant-on" is not why I like Expressgate. Imagine being able to effortlessly access the web to download drivers, research issues WHILE you're installing a new motherboard, WITHOUT the need of another computer and sneaker-netting. Imagine troubleshooting a hard disk or driver failure from the same box. (or hell, filling out the RMA for a drive that just died ON the computer that was using that drive. It's built-in. It's quick. It's effortless, And best yet, it can do most of the stuff that Firefox can do, minus a bunch of extensions. (Common features like Flash work and work well. You can youtube and google maps all day if you like.)

In short, the "instant-on" is a fun thing to play with and it can come in handy once in a great while, but having the backup access to the internet in the event of a problem makes Expressgate incredibly useful!]]>Jul 19th 2008 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/18/expressgate-instant-on-os-tested-on-asus-eee-box/My eee box just went blank after i've reboot it. It wont go to OS and just .... blank
need help!]]>Sep 7th 2008 9:00PM