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Originally Posted by Elsi
I did see the jetBook at $199. I hadn't done my research on it, and that wasn't a special price, so I decided not to buy anything.
And, I spent 25 minutes playing with various netbooks. Leaning toward the Acer Aspire One at $359 with 10-inch screen or a newer Acer at $399 with an 11-inch screen. I couldn't make a decision and nothing was on sale, so I decided to decide later!
Acer Aspire One with 10-inch screen:
* Atom N270 processor
* 1 Gig memory
* 160 G hard drive
* six-cell battery
* Windows XP Home Edition
Acer Aspire (whatever) with 11-inch screen:
* Atom Z520 processor
* 2 Gig memory
* 250 G hard drive
* three-cell battery
* Windows Vista Home Basic
I liked the larger screen in a netbook that was barely any larger than the other one -- but it was abysmally slow, which may be due to the Vista OS load it came with. I would replace the operating system, but the three-cell battery is also a concern.
So, I'm still thinking about which netbook I want to get.
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Yes, I don't like vista too. I have netbook Samsung NC10-14GW loaded with Win XP and I have no any complaints. I like bettery life (about 7 hours), big keyboard and good weight
(2.8 lbs).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001I45T9O/
10.2" Wide, 1024 x 600 WSVGA , 220 nits
Intel Atom Processor N270, 1.6 GHz, 533 MHz Front Side Bus, 512 KB Level 2 Cache
160 GB, 2.5" HD, 1 GB DDR2 800 MHz
Intel® 945GSE shared, 802.11 b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR, 10/100 BaseTX LAN
6-Cell Lithium Ion, Genuine Microsoft XP® Home with Service Pack 3, 1.3 Mega Pixel webcam, Kensington Key Lock, 1 year standard parts and labor, 2.8 lbs
I don't use it to read ebooks but use it pretty often for web browsing sitting on my sofa
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As for jetBook I'm pretty sure that NEWEGG will have it for $169.95 (they already offered this price 2 times) and it looks like a good deal
because they don't charge taxes and offer free shipping (2-3 days shipping by UPS or FEDEX).