I was planning to buy a netbook for myself. I narrowed down to Asus EeePC 1000HE - 22k Samsung N120 - Samsung NC310 - $399
I was still kind of saddened by the fact that none of the above offer a CD/DVD drive. I read online that that was the very purpose of calling it a netbook. But I felt that the cd drive is going to be a a very essential feature. There was then the latest Asus offering, http://www.asus.com/news.aspx?N_ID=9CEa2w4Lz1370Mvz I can max out on 30K. I need 160Gig of HD space, 2 Gig of RAM and full Linux compatibility. I plan to install Arch/Fedora on it the very day I buy it. Is there another alternative. ie. A very compact USB DVDcombo that comes in at around 2-3K so that I can go in for the NC120 that I actually love at the moment. Also http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001G17L18?tag=epb-20&camp=211493&creative=379989&linkCode=op1&creativeASIN=B001G17L18&adid=01VG638XDTC98F6B2G7V&; I looks a little pricey and does not advertise a CD/DVD reader. But it does give an XP downgrade CD. So It might have one. Also, how is its Linux compatibility --- Ashok `ScriptDevil` Gautham _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
