Asus Eee PC 1015CX-BLK024W Netbook (Atom Dual Core 2nd Gen/2 GB/320 GB/ExpressGate Cloud)

Bought this item from a local store as Flipkart doesn't deliver it to my current location. Very nice product, if you are a person who needs to travel often and your computations needs are few like presentations, spreadsheets, word processing, videos, music and light coding, this a product for you. Linux Support: Works flawlessly with linux Mint 13 & ubuntu 12.04, cedarview display drivers in the multiverse repository is all you need (to change the display from 800x600 to 1024x600), but the support is limited to 2D graphics with linux. Mageia supports cedarview out of the box and is also another option for linux users. However since 3D acceleration on the driver is not present you will have to work with mate, KDE, xfce, lxde etc. Unity3D, Gnome 3 and cinnamon will not load. Audio: There is a single speaker on the machine hence the low volume, however with earphones the sound is good, at least on linux. On windows avoid the drivers provided on the accompanying DVD and you should find it satisfactory. Battery Backup: I get a decent 6 -7 Hrs of backup depending on the activity, wifi data transfer has the worst battery drain. Rough estimate after a month of use, 6:30 - 7:00 hrs of video playback with wifi on and connected on linux. On windows the backup is approximately 30 minutes more, without the use of super hybrid engine. Operating temperature: linux: processor: 40-50 deg, hdd 35-40 deg plugged in & constant use for over 16 hrs windows: processor :50-60 deg , hdd 35-40 deg plugged in & constant use for over 16 hrs. Laptop on the desk without any heat syncs or fans and ambient room temp : 25 deg Note: you might like to change the apm settings of HDD to avoid frequent disk parking. QuietHDD works fine under windows, I doubt I need to tell linux users how to customize it.

This is the 2nd time i am buying this same netbook from flipkart.The previous one had a 1GB Ram. I ordered the Laptop on tuesday evening and got it on thursday.Flipkart delivery is superb. The Laptop works well with Windows 7 Ultimate.No lag no performance issues.Tried playing 1080p Video.After installing the video driver it played smoothly with Windows Media Player.I would suggest to install all drivers even if you install Windows 7 which doesn't always need drivers to be installed. Good for Browsing,Watching Movies,Reading PDF.If you have a low budget,Don't want a big screen,want it for travel and don't want it for playing Graphic intense games you definitely go for it.