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Originally Posted by All4Fun
Wow, that's quite the expensive netbook. I really hope that netbook satisfies her needs.
As you've acknowledged, it's double the price of a 1000HE, however it is indeed smaller and low weight. But DOUBLE THE PRICE!!! And, it still has several shortcomings that you've outlined. I'd rather the 3G dongle than the ethernet/VGA one but i guess that's personal preference.
For me, a netbook is intended to fill a gap with already having another "main" computer. I would find it very hard to spend $1K on a netbook to fill that gap with some of the inherent limitations that having a netbook has. But I guess if a netbook is your main computer, perhaps the expenditure is worthwhile.
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Making that her primary PC was one of the primary reasons we felt that the price was worth it. So While we ended up getting a netbook, it was more of a replacement for a ultra portable Laptop.
While she does have larger 15" Notebook, its too big and heavy (3.5KG) for her to lug around, and as she moves quiet regularly between 4 countries, it really makes sense for her to have a thin and light notebook.
The one she was using previously was an older Sony Viao TX ultra portable which cost $3000 when My dad bought it a few years ago, but it finally conked out recently, having survived 6 years of abuse and a war.
So compared to what one of the other ultra portable laptops cost £900-£1500 up, the price is not so bad.
As for the dongle, the same issue of travel comes up. Getting dongles for each place is tedious, and unlocked Dongles while available, are pretty expensive costing between £100-£200 so the built in 3G does provide some decent value.
As such, it really comes down to what the needs and usage scenario are, and while I personally could never survive with just a netbook as my only PC, For Her it makes sense, and she's really getting used to it, and enjoying the heck out of it.