Sinister Midget III <al@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On 2009-04-17, Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> claimed:
>
>> Huh? They're still at Target in our area.
>
> Same here. I may have to buy another one for $SON because he's always
> wanting to use mine.
>
>> They finally got an XP version on display. Twice the RAM, FOUR times the
>> SSD space, and XP, for $80 more. I guess we'll never see a breakdown of
>> price on that one.
>>
>> How about: $20 for an extra 512Mb; $30 for 16 Gb; $30 for XP Crippled
>> Edition?
>
> I paid a little more for the RAM, making it 2G. And a lot more for the
> SSD. But the SSD I got is guaranteed to be a lot faster than the one
> on the ex-Pee miniture laptop (it can no longer qualify as a 'netbook'
> once everything has to be ramped up enough to make eX-Pee sorta work).
> And I didn't get stuck with crappy Windross. So I paid about the same
> (a few bucks more) and got a better deal.
>
Does anyone know how the battery life goes for the XP versions?
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