resistance is not futile after all...

[andylawcc]

After a week of struggling and pondering (and mainly live cash back cut off), I would pass on the D90. So let's hope it will fall below MSRP next time when I am ready for it (skill wise and financially).

so with the $1299 saved, I got myself something else as a psychological rewards (;p) - the Asus 1000h netbook ($449 at Amazon, no rebate, no cashback), which could accompany my camera to many many places.

 

[randomlinh]

whoa, it dipped below $500? or is that the half gig ram model?

 

[abaez]

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/vie....hmx?scriteria=BA25232

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: randomlinh
whoa, it dipped below $500? or is that the half gig ram model?

amazon said 1 gig, but only one bank (according to Crucial's memory config database)

Originally posted by: abaez
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/vie....hmx?scriteria=BA25232

yes, combine with FW's 2% cashback it is a better only if you don't live in CA for the 8.75% sale tax

 

[jpeyton]

Curious why you went for the Asus instead of the Dell or Acer netbooks, which both seem better built. From Anand's review:

Here?s where ASUS falls short and Dell succeeds: the Inspiron Mini 9 feels like it?s worth much more than you?re paying for. The Eee PC, especially the 901 is actually not all that low-cost, and while build quality has improved it's still not perfect. The problem for ASUS is that the Inspiron Mini 9, at $349, feels like a more expensive product. Consider the bar raised.

This thing feels amazing, it?s the MacBook Air meets the Eee PC. There are $1500 notebooks that don?t feel this put together. Dell has been promising me that over the next 12 - 18 months that their products are going to get significantly better in terms of functionality, build quality and design - the Mini is the first example of just that. That's not to say that the Eee PC was bad, far from it, it's just that the Mini is better.

However, the Acer Aspire One competes better with Asus in specs; Dell chose SSDs, so disk space is limited (although adding a 16GB SDHC card for $40 is one workaround).

I have an Inspiron Mini on order; should be here in a couple weeks.

 

[andylawcc]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Curious why you went for the Asus instead of the Dell or Acer netbooks, which both seem better built.
I have an Inspiron Mini on order; should be here in a couple weeks.

i picked Asus 1000 over the others mainly mainly for the 10 inch screen. only the IBM/Lenovo S10 and MSI Wind matches it; while the S10 will be OOS for a while otherwise it would be my first pick (I missed out on the 15% off a while ago); the MSI Wind went up in price to $529. I didn't choose the Dell because I want a HDD instead of SSD (i am aiming for a laptop alternative, not a 'true' netbook really). So that leaves the Acer One, other than the smaller size it looks pretty nice, but I am brand whore so I went with Asus. ;p