[plug] Eee 901 and other "netbooks"

[Trevor Phillips]

On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian at creative.net.au> wrote:
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>> The Acer one looks very good on paper, at $400 (+rebate) for a 9", atom,
>> 8GB SSD, linux.
>
> Their battery life is pretty anemic though, right?

Yep, from what I've read the Acer has a really nice keyboard
(comparatively), but crappy battery life, and a tiny touchpad. So it's
"lots of typing near a powerpoint" versus "less typing on the move"...

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