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simIAN



Joined: 02 Sep 2007

PostPosted: Mon Apr 13, 2009 9:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just bought an acer aspire one for about 350 canadian. I went standard HD over the SS HD because the SS ones can bog up the system due to slower write speeds. I am impressed with it so far. The price is decent too.
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the dakota kid



Joined: 20 Jul 2004
Location: Not in Seoul...

PostPosted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ditto on the Acer Aspire1. Small, light...not a replacement for my desktop PC. I have not installed the Micro XP, I have 1.5 GB and 160 GB HD...so I am not too worried about space, yet. The price was right, under 300 USD at Staples, plus a slug of discounts and coupons that I was saving.
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Gollywog



Joined: 14 Jun 2008
Location: Debussy's brain

PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2009 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

DCJames wrote:

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You get what you pay for..



Not in Korea, you don't.



Ask a Korean to search in Korean for prices on netbooks. Several months ago I saw one -- a name brand -- listed at about the same price as in the U.S., but it was a Korean language listing - and the OS was in Korean.

And of course don't even think of buying at a store like EMart or LotteMart. Their prices are more than double U.S. prices for laptops.
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dporter



Joined: 26 Apr 2009

PostPosted: Fri May 01, 2009 4:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have the Asus 900 upgraded to 2GB of memory and it works perfectly.

At work I use a Mac G5 and a Dell 530 - and as far as Office stuff and web surfing the 900 is just as good.

You're not going to edit videos with any speed on the Asus but that isn't what its for.

I boot into XP on the 4GB C drive. I install programs on the 8GB F drive. I have a 8 GB SDHC card that I use to store videos and mp3s. If I want to boot into Ubuntu I have another 8 GB SDHC card that I just swap in and reboot.
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Gaber



Joined: 23 Apr 2006

PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 6:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I got a 901eee a month or so back off gmarket, quite happy with it. I'm on it now infact. It's korean XP though, which is not too much trouble, I use it at work all the time, but I have wanted to change over to a custom xp (tinyxp) and haven't been able to because of the lack of a CD drive. tried making a bootable usb too, but no luck.
Anyway, I'd buy it again. It's good fun being to play late ninties/early naughties games on the way to work.
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OneWayTraffic



Joined: 14 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Mon May 04, 2009 12:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you have access to a PC somewhere else and a wireless router, you can use the PC's drive as a networkable one. Otherwise you can get a USB IDE converter cheaply in Yongsan and put a desktop CD ROM in that.
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