Re: [Hampshire] Re: Eee 900

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Author: Andy Random
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Re: Eee 900

On Fri, 2 May 2008, Simon Reap wrote:

> On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 01:01 +0100, Peter Salisbury wrote:
>> What really amazes me is that these machines which started as rock
>> bottom price items are now considerably more expensive than a cheap
>> laptop. Maybe it's just that you have to pay the extra to be allowed
>> not to have Vista!
>
> I'm very happy with my 701

[SNIP]
> I'm not sure I would have spent over 300 pounds on it, though, even with
> more memory and screen area.


That's more or less where I am as well.

I'd like a bigger screen and more memory, but the price increase for the
900 just doesn't make it that appealing to me.

I'll stick with my 701 for now and see how the mini-notebook market
evolves for a while...

Andy