Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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> A refurbished Asus Eee PC netbook for $180 shipped
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> | As you might expect given that impulse-buy price, this model is pretty
> | bare-bones: 512MB of RAM, a 4GB solid-state drive, and a Linux operating
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> http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-10204848-58.html
Bargain!
Same as mine, tho I have 1GB ram and a slower 12GB SSD in addition to the
faster 4GB SSD.
4GB of SSD is plenty for a lightweight, wifi enabled Linux netbook,
as is 512MB ram. The LCD is 1024x700 with a Intel video chipset which it
100% Linux friendly.
Compare it to my $200 Palm Pilot, no wifi, 8MB ram, 16Mhz cpu with a b&w lcd
screen!
The EeePC900 has a 900Mhz Mobile Celeron, fast enuf to play movies, decode
mp3s, and run Open Office, Gimp, FwBuilder etc.
I really recommend this unit, its solid, and well built, tho not as pretty
as the Acer Aspire One, it's 100% functional.
Mine is one of my most useful tools.
And easy to add more ram and a mini pci SSD if you must, tho you'll probably
never need it.
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