So December 2009, I moved from Wisconsin to Texas and had to ship all of my
stuff to Texas. At the time I was unaware that I could carry my laptop
as a carry-on and had decided to purchase a Netbook to replace the ASUS
AEEPC 701 I had sold in November.
I was very pleased with my ASUS as many of you who own them have agreed,
but the ASUS 1000 series that were available locally just weren't doing
it for me. I had narrowed my choices to three brands.
Lenovo's Ideapad - this netbook support 4GB of RAM as opposed to 2GB on the ASUS, prices started at $400
ASUS 1000 Series - running XP Home, 120-160 GB HD, starting at $379
HP Mini - mostly the same deal as the ASUS but much better support, also about $60 less.
Now keep in mind, there are other netbooks ont he market that may be
just as good a machine, but (1) I hate Toshiba and have had horrible
luck with that brand, (2) Dell Mini is a nice machine but slightly
overpriced, and (3) Acer ONE are never in stock. I needed a machine
ASAP as I was leaving the next day.
My choices in town were Target, WalMart, Best Buy, and Sears as they sold the three brands I was looking for.
