-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Sure you *could* get a used laptop, but the size and battery life of this thing is pretty close to the sweet spot for me. It boots in 2 or 3 seconds, has the apps I need for light duty, and did I mention that it is tiny?
Anyway, I have an older P3 laptop (similar specs as this thing) that I never ended up using, mainly because the batter life is not all that great, and it takes longer than my regular laptop to boot. Even with my stubby fingers the keyboard is usable although a little awkward. Remember, this is not a replacement for a full scale laptop, but it does fit a certain niche quite well. Kevin Anderson wrote: > I bought two Dell 1501s last Christmas prices at 499 each. For that, we got > a > 80G HDD, a mobile Athlon, 512M of RAM and the usual bells and whistles. My > money says that they'll be back on sale in another month, likely in an > upgraded version. For the extra $100, why even bother with a used one? This > gives a year of warranty, and current hardware. > > Kev. > > > > On Friday 02 November 2007 13:24:56 Jesse Kline wrote: >> To the people that have already purchased one of these, >> >> Do you think that the Eee PC offers good value for money? If so, why? I >> must admit that they look attractive and if the price point was around >> $250, I probably wouldn't think twice about buying one. The $400 price >> seems reasonable, but I was looking at laptops awhile back and for $400 >> you can buy a decent used laptop with much more horsepower, more RAM, a >> way bigger hard drive, and a removable media (CD/DVD) drive. If you're >> looking for something small, you can probably get a pretty nice PDA for >> the same price. So, I'm trying to figure out if these things are >> actually worth buying. >> >> Jesse >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> clug-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca >> Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) >> **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFHK7s3wRXgH3rKGfMRAvUcAJ9yfo/QY8ZkxraSWsODmhAAb3Xg+QCfbfxI 5cDQzCIsPjAEeeiYnnqA/MA= =mu2O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
