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    New Express Gate features coming soon?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by iPoodz, Oct 6, 2008.

  1. iPoodz

    iPoodz Notebook Guru

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    This may have been posted before, but I just recently saw this.
    http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=NjEwNw
    In the article, it says that ASUS' R&D department is working on something that will allow Express Gate to play DVDs/CDs by 2008.
    Has this already been released or is it just a rumor that never came to fruition?
     
    iPoodz, Oct 6, 2008
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  2. RdWing

    RdWing Notebook Consultant

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    Uhm....this is a standard feature in ExpressGate...and has been for quite some time.
     
    RdWing, Oct 7, 2008
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    It depends what was meant by play DVDs/CDs. Express Gate allows access to the DVD/CD drive for playback of audio files and picture files, but it doesn't play back video files (or DVD video) except for videos playing from Internet sites (like YouTube).

    Hopefully they'll add a video/DVD player to an update of Express Gate in the near future.
     
    Avid Gamer, Oct 7, 2008
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    im just hoping for a fix for it to work with RAID
     
    Silverio, Oct 7, 2008
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  5. iPoodz

    iPoodz Notebook Guru

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    The feature to play DVD Video is what I believe the site, and I was referencing. I think HP's QuickPlay software has something like that, and I would love to see ASUS' software be comparable to that.
     
    iPoodz, Oct 7, 2008
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    dainja Notebook Enthusiast

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    too bad expressgate is useless on my F8VA...the boxes for WIFI are greyed out (blocked) so I can't use it for anything
     
    dainja, Oct 7, 2008
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    ExpressGate is useless. It consumes power significantly faster than Windows.
     
    thatdaveguy, Oct 7, 2008
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  8. E.B.E.

    E.B.E. NBR Procrastinator

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    Interesting, that's the first time I see this mentioned. If that happens, probably it doesn't implement power management properly.

    It would be useful if other people could test this, to confirm it's not isolated to one machine.
     
    E.B.E., Oct 8, 2008
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    I've seen it mentioned here before...
     
    avi85, Oct 8, 2008
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    ravenmorpheus Notebook Deity

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    Er what exactly does Express Gate do and how do I use it? I have a M70VM which apparently has it installed and I can't work out how I use it...
     
    ravenmorpheus, Oct 8, 2008
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  11. ClearSkies

    ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..

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    EG is a pre-boot Linux variant Asus came up with that you can use to access (8 sec boot time) certain productivity things without having to get all the way into Vista. I believe you access it by hitting a certain button on the notebook instead of the main power.

    Check out Asus' product pages for a more complete discussion, or look at the resellers like GenTech or BTOTech as they might have details.
     
    ClearSkies, Oct 8, 2008
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