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    Express Gate-please share your experience

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by el_touristo_duo, Nov 28, 2008.

  1. el_touristo_duo

    el_touristo_duo Notebook Geek

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    I've never seen or used express gate and I'd like to know if
    it might influence my buying decision. Please share how you use it,
    how well it works for you, if you think its worth it, etc. Can it dramatically extend battery? (does lappy stay cooler and fans not run?) Can you browse internet without harddrive spinning up? MANY THANKS!! :D
     
    el_touristo_duo, Nov 28, 2008
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  2. ramgen

    ramgen -- Morgan Stanley --

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    When I purchased my laptop (F8Va-C1) the ExpressGate function seemed to be a huge plus but after using 3 months, I can say that I have never used it for more than 3-5 times... And those for all testing purposes... It ended up being useless for me...

    To address your questions: It does not extend battery life at all since It needs to run all the major components of the laptop. It does not make any reasonable difference in temperature and fan speeds either...

    I think it depends on how you use the laptop: If you are an intermittent user that checks e-mails 30 times a day and shuts down the machine afterwards, ExpressGate is for you! However if you are like me, who needs to do programming and some other complex tasks, you will end up with using your main OS anyways...
     
    ramgen, Nov 28, 2008
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  3. Delta_CT

    Delta_CT Notebook Evangelist

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    I think it actually kills battery life, short of gaming because there is no power throttling in ExpressGate, if I recall correctly from the G50V threads. At least in Vista there will be some amount of power saving due to EIST (or whatever Intel calls it these days) and Powermizer, that is absent in ExpressGate.
     
    Delta_CT, Nov 29, 2008
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  4. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    And also, if you really need such an OS you can always make your own Live-Linux bootable USB key, with SLAX or Knoppix or whatever other distro (as I always say).
     
    E.B.E., Nov 30, 2008
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