Asus r2h windows 8

Revealing ethernet and expansion ports behind the door cover view large image. Top of the R2 view large image. On the bottom of the R2 we just find the battery lock buttons and some vents for allowing heat out.

Bottom of the R2 view large image. On the underneath side of the R2H you can see the GPS antenna and kickstand that allows you to prop up the R2 so it can stand facing you. In the bottom left hand side is also a silo for storing the stylus. On the front side of the R2H you can see the 1. Down the right side is the joystick navigation button that acts like a mouse, pushing it in acts as a left click. The Page up and Page Down nav buttons are below the joystick on the right, and then a shortcut button to the Asus Power4 Gear utility that allows you to adjust system power and display settings.

On the left side is a fingerprint reader for biometric login — this can be used to replace the regular Windows login. Below that are buttons that serve as left and right mouse click buttons. Below that is a D-pad for screen scrolling — the joystick controls the cursor while the D-pad serves as a method for scrolling within windows. Finally, on the lower left side is a shortcut button to open the Program Launcher.

Front view of the Asus R2 view large image. The Asus Power4 Gear utility comes up when you hit the lower right button view large image. When you hit the lower left hand button it launches this built in application called "Program Launcher" where you can quickly navigate to useful programs to open view large image. Overall the R2H has an excellent array of ports for its size. This is the most up to date chipset you can get and supposedly offers fast fix times, high sensitivity for locking satellites in urban areas and a low power drain on battery life.

I was never able to acquire satellites from indoors by a window, but going up on the roof of a story building did eventually yield success in acquiring 5 satellites and a very precise location.

After that the GPS worked okay, and I could even acquire a couple of satellites from indoors by a window, but performance was never outstanding. I think it might have something to do with all the interference from the internal workings of the R2H. The stylus you get with the R2 is no fancier that what might come with a PDA.

I found using Tablet PC applications and writing on the screen tough because of the size, and the feel unnatural. Included with the R2H is a full version of Microsoft Streets and Trips , a handy piece of software for planning trips and getting maps of the U. The integrated GPS works in conjunction with this program to locate where you are and also provide directions to a destination.

A cool little accessory that comes with the R2 is a Netlink cable that allows you to connect to a PC and access files or optical drives on that PC. It also allows you to browse the hard drive of the R2 from your PC. Below is a picture of the R2 connected to my ThinkPad using this cable. ThinkPad and Asus R2 connected via included Netlink cable view large image. Honestly, while some of the security stuff and automatic update utilities are well intended, I think the end user would have appreciated a somehow more stripped down OS with minimal pre-installed software.

When in native resolution mode x if you open one program and display all the icons in the system tray your entire bottom toolbar is occupied. The caveat to saying any one piece of software is really great to use on the R2 is the fact the processor and sluggish performance could turn the application into a slog. The R2 has a mono speaker built-in on the left lower side. System sounds are fine, but listening to MP3s is quite painful as the sound is tinny and low in volume.

I figured that with the Celeron M processor inside power consumption and heat would be low. But the R2 got hot at times, the fan on the top had to puff out air as fast as it could after a couple of hours of continuous usage. The fan was certainly audible when it revved into high gear.

When running HDTune it even warned me my hard drive was at a critical temperature of 59C, so things can certainly get warm inside. The front surface of the R2 never seemed to get really hot, but the back area and vents did get very warm. The R2H came with a 4-cell battery, I was prepared for pitiful performance but was able to get 3 hours of usage out of one charge. This was accomplished having the screen brightness set to level 3 brightness low , but the screen was still quite viewable indoors at this setting.

Wireless was toggled between on and off over this period and the device was used for about 2 hours of the time. Battery life certainly beat my expectations. Asus included an Wireless was decent but reception was not as good as what I get from my regular laptop that has an Intel wireless card. The cool factor is high for having GPS, a web camera, wi-fi and Bluetooth all crammed into this pretty looking device.

Great minds My R2H is working with windows 8 too. I've got the Wifi working, the standard microsoft "update driver" search worked for me. It found the Atheros driver in where ever MS keep their stuff. Some of the metro stuff doesn't work. I read that there's a minimum screen res x but it doesn't seem to absolute. The stylus on mine is only slightly off no where near a centimeter.

Maybe about 1mm left and low. Let us know how you get on. I also got the wireless working with only the Graphics driver to go Just slapped XP back on and now it's on it's way to ebay Did try to stick an ssd in once. Messages: 3 Likes Received: 0 Trophy Points: 6. Mine has a Mhz one and the setup checks failed Dan Dar3: Asus R2H. Dan Dar3 , Sep 16, Messages: 7 Likes Received: 0 Trophy Points: 5. Mine has the standard Mhz celeron BUT I did slap in a 1Gb stick of ram when I opened the thing a couple of years back for a staggering 1.

Clean install. But even the standard Microsoft Basic Adapter Display driver I see it can do transparency and Aero Peek, even through remote desktop works well I did eventually disable the transparency and still looks good enough.

I personally like the fact that there's at least a few of us that still have working R2h machines Mine does get quite hot even though the fan is nearly at full blast. It'll be a shame to see it go. You must log in or sign up to reply here.

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