[Tfug] Netbook for $150

[keith smith]

That sound like a great deal.  Amazon has them for 449.99.  Where did you get yours?


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Keith Smith



--- On Sat, 1/3/09, Jon <bigj at voipmogul.com> wrote:
From: Jon <bigj at voipmogul.com>
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Netbook for $150
To: "Tucson Free Unix Group" <tfug at tfug.org>
Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 1:53 PM

Robert Hunter wrote:
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>> Just saw this at Compgeeks, this is the first Netbook under $150 (just
barely)
>> that I've seen.  Anyone know anything about this unit?
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> No, I don't know anything about that device, but perhaps you would
like to hear about an alternative.
>
> I just picked up a Eee PC 901 for just over $400, and I am very happy with
it.  I'm currently running a customized Ubuntu distro on it\
> , and it is getting plenty of use -- it pretty much follows me everywhere.
>
> It has phenomenal battery life, solid Wi-Fi, bluetooth, and decent video
performance.  I watch movies on it while working out, and listen to music, too.
In fact, I was going to eventually post a followup to John G.'s thread about
ebook readers, given the amount of reading I have been doing with this device.
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> I got the one with the 20GB SSD because I wanted something that would take
some abuse.  The drawback with the SSD is that write performance is abysmal --
It takes better than ten minutes to copy a DVD video to it.
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> RH
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I prefer the MSI Wind. Runs Windows and/or OSX. 10" screen, 1 gig ram, 
120 HD, built-in webcam all for $349. I bought one a few weeks before 
Christmas for the wife and 4 other people I work with bought one with a 
week after getting their hands on mine.



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Jon
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