bought a netbook

[jeffie7]

who has time for porn when you have a girlfriend?

You must not have a girl friend or don't keep them around long enough.

Anywho, damn this thread. now there's another thing on my "want" list.

fucking eh.

It's bad enough I've had a C class on my mind all week.

 

[jeffie7]

damn you people.

Acer Aspire One AOA150-1635 Netbook | Staples®

thinking about picking that up after work tomorrow.

I HATE using Linhs macbook, I find myself using it all the time since my computer is now in the basement, so having a netbook would rock for basic house use, plus I could install some of my language software on it and use it when in bed.

50 bucks more to go from 16gb to 160gb and also the atom processor.

Any ideas for a cheap external CD drive?

 

[nootrac22]

Newegg.com - Computer Hardware,CD / DVD Burners & Media,External CD / DVD Drives,$25 - $50,

 

[jeffie7]

That sucker is a brick! lol

Better yet, how can I link the computer to my desk top so I can just use the desktop cd drive my main drive.

Other then installing a few programs I really do have no reason to have a drive sitting around.

 

[nootrac22]

get an sd card load everything on to the sd card and transfer to your netbook

 

[jeffie7]

get an sd card load everything on to the sd card and transfer to your netbook

How do you load full blown programs onto an SD card? just do a full disc copy?
Rosetta Stone has a handful of disc for the install.

 

[awptickes]

Lol, I have an EeePC 701a. I feel inadequate with my 7.1 incher.

 

[TurboMirage]

to load vista i have a 4GB USB thumbdrive. made it bootable and had it install from there. i went with the 160gb model and swapped in a faster drive. only idiots get the SSD. cmon seriously lol

share out the CDROM on the desktop, and connect to it via a share. \\computername in the runbox and if you do it right the share will pop up.

 

[jeffie7]

now the 1000he or eh is on the top of my list, going to check it out in person.

The SSD drives are great when it comes to weight and sound. for basis use its nice. I wouldn't mind a 32gb SSD computer, but they all seem to be 8 and 16.....

Gotta keep in mind these little things are meant to be used for..... internet
not mp3 storage, movie storage and porn....

not to say I wouldn't.....

 

[TurboMirage]

i'm going to use mine mostly as a work machine. chances are when a faster atom comes out im going to swap that in too.

SSD is also great for speed. SSD is also great if you want to spend $250+ for 64GB, or $700+ for 256GB.

 

[klyph]

What about power consumption? My understanding was that the SSD's use a lot less juice than a spinning hard disk. I love the fact that when mine is running it has zero moving parts.
And SSD's cost about half of what you quoted. Prices are gonna drop like a rock once they become the new standard (which they will for portable devices).
How long does your battery last with the hard disk?

 

[TurboMirage]

they do consume less power, and interesting i was quoting ebay...

in XP i had about 4 hours of battery life on full power (anything less is well... i dont like to wait)

with Vista i get about 5.5 hours.

 

[klyph]

Newegg.com - Patriot Lite PL64GPEPCSSDR 64GB Mini PCIe Internal Solid state disk (SSD) - Solid State Disks

$138 for a 64GB SSD

I think I get about 6-6.5 hours out of a full charge. Seems worth it to me. I dunno, I think I like the idea of no moving parts more than anything. If they wanted to, they could print the whole computer onto a single circuitboard.

 

[TurboMirage]

64GB isn't enough.

never ever heard of patriot...

 

[jeffie7]

the unit I'm looking at comes with a standard harddrive 160gb and has a power rating of 9.5 hours. Real test have shown closer to 7hours to be a true # for people who really USE it.

 

[BodyDroppedNikes]

for some reason my dad sent me some money and told me to get an external hd, so i went and picked up a Western Digital 320gb Passport Essential. got it for $89. i coulda got a 500gb one for the same price but it required external power where as the Passport 320gb one doesnt. it was a tough call but thats the reason why i got the 320gb one.

 

[jeffie7]

Problem with external harddrives is IMO it defeats the point of having a mini computer, you can't just plop it into your jacket pocket and go. If you have a small harddrive, the way to go would be to setup a hosting site and FTP all your files to/from the computer.

 

[jamesA]

Hosting sites are less secure than just having the harddrive with you, IMO. I don't see how it defeats the purpose. My External HD is just as portable as my netbook.

 

[Drake]

I have a 120gig WD Passport that I toss in my laptop bag when I have my Acer out on the town. I have a couple movies and quite a few pictures and the only time it comes out is if I am showing someone some pictures or I am traveling. Then again I have the 160gig HD in my Aspire One. These things are not deffinatly not good for a primary rig. When my old laptop died I couldnt justify spending 700 or 800 bucks to just surf the web so I got a netbook. I have a slightly built desktop for anything heavier than managing my Zune (podcasts and such) or surfing.

 

[klyph]

64GB isn't enough.

The files you keep on a netbook that you use on a daily basis shouldn't be anywhere near 64GB. Anything else (media files, large applications, etc.) should be on removable media or a desktop PC. Do you seriously need 160GB on a daily basis on your netbook? Methinks you're trying to use it as a laptop, which it isn't.

never ever heard of patriot...

All the memory chips are made in the same factory in china. The brand name is just the people who solder them to a board. This may make a difference on things like MoBo's and Graphics Cards, but for SSD's and RAM sticks, you're just paying more for expensive solder.