I love this little thing. Infinitely more usable than the Sony Vaio UX390N, both in screen size and keyboard usability, not to mention speed (but that most likely was the Vista crap on the Sony). Screen isn't as large as the Vye S37 I had, but I much prefer the weight and size of the FS.
Replacing the 30GB drive with a 60GB was easy and a worthwhile upgrade (not to mention cheap) at $70 shipped. It's not just doubling the capacity, but going from a 2MB buffer to an 8MB buffer.
Faster, yes. Cooler, not real sure. When it's doing processor- and disk-intensive tasks, the device does get somewhat warm to the touch, but no more than any laptop would, and certainly nowhere near as hot as the VYE S37 did.
I'm sorry these have gone the way of the dodo; they're great little devices. Quite spry. I couldn't install Adobe CS2 or CS3 due to screen resolution checks by the Adobe installer, but I was able to install Photoshop CS and Illustrator CS without difficulty. They both run just fine.
Acrobat Professional 7.0 runs well. Have not yet installed the Pitstop plugin.
I installed Adobe FrameMaker 7.1, and it's very peppy and usable. Would I do full page layout from scratch on the FS? No, but there are times when I need to tweak book files and index entries at a moment's notice, and this works well.
Next step: install some games and see how they do.
1-2 years from now, when 64GB SSD are semiaffordable (and if there is one in a 1.8" 5mm form factor), it will be interesting to see what those do to the device as far as performance and battery life.
One problem though: Couldn't find if there is a Fn combination that gives you a PrintScreen key... I wanted to do some screen captures but couldn't figure out how without installing 3rd-party software...
Replacing the 30GB drive with a 60GB was easy and a worthwhile upgrade (not to mention cheap) at $70 shipped. It's not just doubling the capacity, but going from a 2MB buffer to an 8MB buffer.
Faster, yes. Cooler, not real sure. When it's doing processor- and disk-intensive tasks, the device does get somewhat warm to the touch, but no more than any laptop would, and certainly nowhere near as hot as the VYE S37 did.
I'm sorry these have gone the way of the dodo; they're great little devices. Quite spry. I couldn't install Adobe CS2 or CS3 due to screen resolution checks by the Adobe installer, but I was able to install Photoshop CS and Illustrator CS without difficulty. They both run just fine.
Acrobat Professional 7.0 runs well. Have not yet installed the Pitstop plugin.
I installed Adobe FrameMaker 7.1, and it's very peppy and usable. Would I do full page layout from scratch on the FS? No, but there are times when I need to tweak book files and index entries at a moment's notice, and this works well.
Next step: install some games and see how they do.
1-2 years from now, when 64GB SSD are semiaffordable (and if there is one in a 1.8" 5mm form factor), it will be interesting to see what those do to the device as far as performance and battery life.
One problem though: Couldn't find if there is a Fn combination that gives you a PrintScreen key... I wanted to do some screen captures but couldn't figure out how without installing 3rd-party software...