Netbooks, who's got 1?

[flb_78]

I was doing a little surfing and decided to check out the some netbooks.

Dang, they're right up there with full size laptops now.

The Asus Eee 904HA has 1gb of memory, 160gb HD, a 95% size keyboard, 8.9" screen, up to 7.5 hours of battery life , for the low, low price of 349 bux shipped from NewEgg. A 2gb stick of memory is only 25 bux, so I would upgrade that immediately.

Any reason why this would not be a good deal?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834220442" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://gadgetmix.com/index/?tag=asus-eee-904ha-review" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[atxgun]

It's the of the future, man.

Only reason to potentially not get one: that money could be used to by a new gun Tough call.

[flb_78]

It's the of the future, man.

Only reason to potentially not get one: that money could be used to by a new gun Tough call.

plus, as soon as I buy it, it'll be outdated by something twice as fast, half the weight and half the price within a week!!!

[Liberty]

I have one in fact I'm using it now. Mine is the Acer Aspire One. I've had it for about a month. I really like it. This one has 120 Gig Harddrive and XP pro. I just got back from Biloxi and its nice bringing a laptop in a little 2 pound package. Those who cart a real laptop to a hotel room or on a plane soon understand just how unportable a laptop really is. I use mine for surfing the net, checking email, creating OOo Docs, and downloading music. It is very capable for its assigned tasks. Most folks probably don't need or benefit from a more powerful machine. The bigest negative is that it is really a half screen, so one ends up scrolling a lot on web sites such as this one therefore it is a little bit slower navigating it.

So far the only only accessories I've bought for this is Headset, 8 Gig SD card. Ethernet cable for the one hotel that didn't have wireless.
Edit to corect specs: 12/29

[WarHawk-AVG]

I wonder how long that laptop would run if it didn't have a power hungry harddrive in it, if it had a largish RAMDRIVE like a USB pendrive with a USB bootable OS like a linuxlive cd would it be able to run longer?

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[Captain Matt]

Prices are too high to replace my old laptop but they're coming down.

[Liberty]

I wonder how long that laptop would run if it didn't have a power hungry harddrive in it, if it had a largish RAMDRIVE like a USB pendrive with a USB bootable OS like a linuxlive cd would it be able to run longer?

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The demand for high speed processing and memory access along with lighting up the monitor make the biggest demands on power. However shutting off the wireless can make a significant difference.

[pedalman]

OK, I'll admit that I was an early adopter and bought the Asus eeePC 701 when it came out. I still have it and it does what I want it to do. I did not buy it as a replacement for a desktop computer.

I also bought an Acer Aspire for my daughter for Christmas. She absolutely loves it.

The netbook has its place.