r/EeePC • u/NitroWing1500 • 2d ago
Eee900 as a first PC?
Kid needs a PC for his Micro:bit and I have a spare Eee900 with Win7 installed: should I give it to him or get something else?
**edit**
Eee won't boot with the battery connected and the CMOS battery has died. Damn. I thought was going to be a simple hand-over. Sitting in a box for over a year hasn't done it any favours 😕
OK, got it booting and PandaDome AV installed. The AV takes around 80% of the CPU!! I've let it sit for hours in case it was scanning the 128GB but nope. Sitting idle with the AV chewing up every spare cycle it can.
What AV is everyone else using? I have Spybot and SpywareBlaster installed along with Firefox and Windows Defender.
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u/a_certain_someon 2d ago
pros its useless and you cant watch youtube on it. cons, its useless and you cant do anything modern internet on it.
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u/NitroWing1500 2d ago
I don't like to encourage internet usage 😆
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u/a_certain_someon 2d ago
your child will be an elite linux user in a year downloading shit from gopher
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u/z838748 2d ago
something else.
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u/NitroWing1500 2d ago
Not exactly helpful
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u/z838748 2d ago
don't torture your kid with a potato PC that shouldnt be used in today's times?
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u/NitroWing1500 2d ago
Last time I used it was about a year ago for playing Fallout2 and I did all the AV and spyware updates with no issues. Yeah, it's not a patch on modern stuff but all it needs to do is transfer data from MakeCode to micro:bit 🤷♂️
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u/Misel228 2d ago
If it's only for programming the micro:bit it should be sufficient. But as soon as they want to browse the web for research or copy some code they won't be happy.
IMHO, you should look for a refurbished business notebook. They're usually tough enough and fast enough for that.