For $20 more, you can get the Aspire One with XP Home, 1GB RAM and a 120GB conventional HD. This version has a battery that's twice as big (although the HD consumes much more power). I suppose you could buy this version and replace XP with Linpus Linux Lite that the Linux version comes with....
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
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tommyrot - Oct 06, 2008 7:16:09 am PDT #7767 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Typo Boy - Oct 06, 2008 8:12:41 am PDT #7768 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
The resolution is 1024 x 600. It looks nice. I haven't used it yet for anything graphics-intensive..
I'm mainly concerned with text and light graphics - word processing, and web sites that keep their graphics well below eyeballs bleeding intensity.
Typo Boy - Oct 06, 2008 8:14:00 am PDT #7769 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
How much more does the Aspire One weigh? There is something to be said for a lower capability/lower weight tradeoff...
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2008 8:24:01 am PDT #7770 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
How much more does the Aspire One weigh?
2.2 lbs.
Typo Boy - Oct 06, 2008 8:33:24 am PDT #7771 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
So no difference between the more advanced models? That was what I was asking. Adding the increased memory, bigger disk and doubling the battery capacity to support all this does not add to the weight?
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2008 8:36:42 am PDT #7772 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Adding the increased memory, bigger disk and doubling the battery capacity to support all this does not add to the weight?
I would think it would, but a quick google didn't get me the weight of the XP version....
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2008 8:42:28 am PDT #7773 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
More googling is just confusing me....
One site said both versions are 2.2 lbs. Another said the Linux one is 2.1 lbs. Yet another said both are 2.3 lbs.
Typo Boy - Oct 06, 2008 8:57:08 am PDT #7774 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Hmm, sounds like not a huge weight difference in any case. I guess we are talking about fashlight size batteries, not the type one ordinarilty associates with laptops. So a not-huge difference makes sens.
tommyrot - Oct 06, 2008 9:12:27 am PDT #7775 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, one retail site I saw had the XP version being $40 more. (It was $20 more at MicroCenter, where I bought mine.)
Sophia Brooks - Oct 06, 2008 9:17:22 am PDT #7776 of 25501
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What is the benefit of QuickBooks Pro versus Premier? IT is asking me which one I want.... I am going to use it to track income and expenses for each class we do, and to print receipts for the students, and also to do a end of year report for each class.