Re: Preview: Asus M3A78-EM | | @Stalker: Actually the camera's on loan from a friend. It's too complex for me to handle. I'm just learning a few basics, but the thing is I never get the time to shoot in the day. Flourescent light really mothers any shots you take.
I hate the pics. The camera is very capable, but my adjustments are a mess.
I'm putting a quick note on Express Gate. You have to install it from Windows, which sort of defeats the purpose. It's not hardcoded on the mobo, but there is a short routine in the BIOS that calls it before it calls the boot routine. The actual code is stored on the hard disk. It's pretty much useless actually, it has chat, skype and a browser, but no media player and very limited customisation.
Pretty much any live distro whumps this into the dust, including a tiny little thing I use called Pen Drive Linux (that's based on Mandriva IIRC).
The great thing abut Express Gate is that no configuration is required at all, specially if your net comes over a LAN cable thorugh a router. For any Live distro you need to input some basics, but this is truly plug and play. I'm a little surprised at the dependency on Windows. I'll see if it can run off the DVD.
No extended resolution support and no media player, no terminal, nothing. No capability to add software or other devices. It's like a kiosk, actually. |