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Originally Posted by Jaime_Astorga
Outside of class and in my dorm room or house, reading textbooks or novels in pdf is just dandy. The netbook is small, so I can lie in bed and put it in whatever position I find most comfortable (including on my chest) and just read. I love computers and are used to staring at their screens for hours on end (incidentally, I am blind as a bat and wear glasses for seeing far away objects; I wonder if there is a relation?), so I don't mind reading books in my screen. It's just like reading webpages with a lot of text, but for longer periods of time.
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Lol, same here. Happy to know I'm not the only one that does this. Terribly myopic, too, but at least I don't need glasses to read from my netbook.
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Originally Posted by Jaime_Astorga
More people are locking up their wireless networks (greedy bastards), and anyways, a netbook isn't really a device you use while walking on the street.
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Locking up your network is prudent and in no way means you are greedy. There are cases of identity theft, stolen bank passwords, etc due to people leaving their wireless networks open. Also, if someone downloads a bunch of MP3s from Limewire using your wireless network, will you be happy if you get sued by the RIAA?
Besides, many ISPs are starting to implement bandwidth caps and for people with those ISPs, it's probably best to be greedy.
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Originally Posted by desertgrandma
so far, the Acer Aspire One seems to be the favorite.
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When I did my search a while back, it seems to be one of the cheaper ones. Last I checked, the 8.9" XP Home, 160GB, 6-cell model costs $280 from Amazon. As specifications go, it's also one of the closer ones to a traditional laptop (XP, largish hard drive), aside from size, that is.