-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Obviously I broke down and picked one up today. I have yet to use my actual laptop since I have been out of the office most of the day. It has proved to be quite handy.
Not for everyone, but I can say that I am pleasantly surprised. Gustin Johnson wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ 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 iD8DBQFHK7+DwRXgH3rKGfMRAsIiAKCLj/6o1FFHJG6E0ST+PHo700oP2gCcDfVi btgodkpM3LrHpxQaqWH8j8c= =yVr8 -----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
