Acer net books on sale at Comp USAn $250. Refurb.


http://www.compusa.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=4298116&sku=A180-8004%20ON&SRCCODE=COMEMBP061&cm_mmc=Email-_-Retro-_-COMEMBP061-_-recert

 Craig Smith

 Radio Shack sells them too. No way comparable with the EeePC.
 Hard drive don't fly well at high altitude.

 The EeePC 1000 Linux version has a larger screen and tons of software
 built in
 for free.. plus six hour battery life. No hard drive. 40 gig solid state
 memory.

 Paul Lamar

Craig,
That's the one I purchased and that's a good price, similar to what I
paid
considering the exchange rate. A great little computer. I find the touch pad
too small, I use a mouse and the batter life sucks and is about the normal
half of 'advertised life'.
Didn't know about the hard drive problem at altitude.
Horses for courses I guess.
George (down under)


Just to be clear, I wasn't making an endorsement, I was just passing on
the info FYI so to speak. I have used tablet computers with conventional
hard drives up to 17,000 ft with no problems. Your results may vary.
C. Smith

That is interesting perhaps they have the problem solved.
What brand? As I understand it the read write head "flies" over the surface
of the disk in ground effect. The theory is the air density needs to be
reasonable for this to happen. An airplane speeds up and or increases the angle
of attack to fly at higher altitudes to make up for the lower air density.

Paul Lamar