Asus Eee PC 900 8.9" Netbook

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as long as your expectations are low, this looks like a fun little computer to keep in your kitchen for quick surfing and what not. Ordered mine just now.

You can upgrade these with a fairly inexpensive 16GB SSD (~$40) and get a mostly usable XP computer. The Linux that comes with it is crap but if you're a Linux nerd there are some much better distys. I use one of these travel. It runs office and can be used for just about anything. I use remote access services to get to my HEAVY laptop when needed.

You could always use nLite to make yourself a nice small version of XP too (got mine down to ~600mb). 4gb isnt much, but its enough if you plan to do small stuff like surf the net and check your email.

easy peasy ubuntu (based on v9.04) runs pretty well on these... great for typical email/surfing. only complaint about the eeepc 900 series is the keyboard is still the old/small layout with the whacked out right-shift key placement (same as the original eeepc 701 keyboards). also note this model at woot has no webcam. otherwise, great price!

I agree with #4, the keyboard is way too uncomfortably small, even for people with small hands. I'd also prefer a larger SSD but you can always opt to buy a big SDHC card as a storage unit.

I've never seen the point is mini laptops, but the more time goes by the more in the minority I am.

My wife is a teacher and uses a mini just to do school stuff with and surf the web on the couch. Works fine for that.

Now that my 6-yo lappy is dying i might give one of these a shot. I don't game as much as i used to. But still, how are the USB drivers for most HIDs?

netbooks make sense for mobility as a second machine. If you got an office job then you might not see the value. I see the value every time I lift my backpack.

waiting for the s12

My e3 is the best! Can pretty much do anything I throw at it, and weighs less then 3lbs!

Good deal, not worth buying, the performance totally outweighs the extra couple of bucks it costs to purchase a newer one.

I bought the same model for $154.99 at mwave
You still can do the same.
Current Woot price is no bargains at all.

People stated that previously it was $130 on Woot...

not sure what "performance" #12 speaks of... this model is the same intel N270 atom cpu as 99% the rest of the current netbook world. ram is DDR2 and can be upgraded to 2GB if you want. the only legit complaint is the 4GB base SSD here may be slow(er) than people like... $50 or so fixes that with a mini pci-e SSD (externally accessible bay) and you are on par with everything else in the netbook market of the current generation. note that for a *new* (non-refurb) unit, this is a very reasonable price.

that is... the mwave deal #13 speaks of is for a refurb (3-month warranty) of the same model. woot deal is new and full 1-yr asus warranty.

Corrections to #13's posts:

1) mwave refurb is actually going for $164.99, making the Woot deal that much better.
2) Previous Woot deal was for a refurbished model with only 512MB memory (this deal was for a new netbook with 1GB of memory).
3) Previous Woot deal was NOT $130; it was $150 + $5 shipping.

woot charges me tax, so no deal.

I picked up a Eee 900a from Mwave (refurb). It was spotless, no problems at all. Hackintoshed it and runs great.

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who buys these netbooks anyway

deal is over, but just like to say, I have one, good stuff !

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