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| Difference between these two netbooks?
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···34220505 - $389.99
»www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a···34220551 - $356.99
I need a netbook within a week or two. Thanks. |
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PeteC2
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clubs: | Aside of the price, no practical difference, outside of the color.
A very nice netbook, either way. As for me? I'd probably opt to save the $33, but no biggie either way.
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| ZipZoomFly had the cheaper of the two netbooks for $345 with a $20 MIR, so it ended up being $325 after rebate. That's about the going rate on ebay, so if I don't like the thing, I won't be out much.
I'll wait and see if I need to buy a stick of 2GB ram for $30. |
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| $345 works better for me. This is strictly my "take" on netbooks, mind you, but the closer you get to $300 the better. The best advantage of the ASUS, IMHO is the great battery run time these boast, although I doubt you will actually come close to what they claim in real usage, however, I see many folks claiming a real-world use of a solid 7 hours, which is awesome! My HP netbook with the 6 cell battery is more on the order of 5 - 5.5 hours, so that is really good!
Do you really "need" 2gb? Not so much if you stick with the supplied Windows XP that it comes with. That is more the limitations of XP than anything else. I am running 2gb, since I had it lying around anyways, but I see no performance boost at all. If you opt to go to Win 7 in the future, the 2gb will then be a very real benefit (I may or may not go this route)
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The 1000HE is a discontinued model; it's replaced by the 1005HA.
If you put the two side by side, the 1005HA has a much lower profile, better battery life, and a glossy screen.
Having owned both of these, I'd say the 1005HA is the way to go. Realistically, you should be getting 6-7 hours out of the HE and 8-9 out of the HA. |
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Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to fartness
I know of a $300 netbook. It has 1GB ram, 160GB hard drive, and Intel® Atom Processor® N270 (1.6GHz/533Mhz FSB/512K cache). I can post a link if you want. |
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| A matter of taste, of course, but I am no fan of glossy screens, especially for netbooks.
The very premise of ultra-portability to me suggests that most will use netbooks in varied lighting environments...particularly outdoors. The small amount of color/blacks that glossy screns provide are more than countered by the glare rersistance of matte screens.
I ue my netbook out on my deck quite often, where I used to lug my notebook with it's glossy screen. The netbook's matte screen is much nicer to deal with out there.
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Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to fartness
»configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/···piron-10
Thats the link. |
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1 edit | Wow...no wonder Dell makes money...a ka-zillion pages of add-ons! Some of the so-called "essentials" made me laugh!
Hell, you could easily spend double/triple what the basic unit costs in the first place...and $40 to change the color??? Basic black looks better 'n better! 
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P.S. Not that HP does not do the same thing! It's just that a netbook is meant to be an ultra-portable, inexpensive alternative...start jacking the price up, and you'd be better off with a full-powered thin and light laptop.
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