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    Instanton = bust?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by dementor, Mar 3, 2007.

  1. dementor

    dementor Notebook Consultant

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    After realizing my instanton on my new a8jr doesnt work I did some research. It appears most peoples do not work.
    Was any fixes/workarounds ever found?
     
    dementor, Mar 3, 2007
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  2. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    It does not appear so. I'm guessing ASUS had a license deal with the company behind InstantOn, but it fell through at the last minute.
     
    coriolis, Mar 3, 2007
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    System64 Windows 7 x64

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    InstantOn is pratically half useless. The loading time and interface for the InstantON Media center is slow and sluggish.
     
    System64, Mar 3, 2007
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    stamar Notebook Prophet

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    It is false advertising that has been in existance for a few years

    I do believe its an actual failure of the orignal hardware that they just wired around, and then concocted an entirely worthless peice of software to fit with the orignal description.

    Only a few asus models, w2j is one actually have this feature. Asus didnt really bring this feature to market even though its on $500 dells and acers etc.
     
    stamar, Mar 4, 2007
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