Tom J
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Anyone seen them? Been looking at laptops for the missus, want something portable that we can take away with us etc. Its pretty much got the same sort of spec as my current laptop-half the price and half the size. Been difficult getting hold of one though as they been sold out everywhere but picking one up tomorrow 
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/editorial/advent-netbook/?int=home-1
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Doug
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If its easier to type on than that god awful EE-PC then I will have one
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Doug
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Also depends on battery life
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Brett
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quote:
Originally posted by Doug
If its easier to type on than that god awful EE-PC then I will have one
Fuck off, Doug, you loved the EEE not so long ago 
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Doug
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Untill I tried using one
I felt like Homer when he had to get a dialing stick for the phone as he was too fat
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Brett
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Oh well, I still want one.
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Tom J
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on it now, keyboard is bigger than i thought it would be, impressed so far. battery life is around 2.5 hours ish, but they are due to bring a 6 cell battery out soon that you could get at a later date. tbh it is a similar spec to my current laptop but half the sizee, just doesnt have the cd rom drive but as its for travel dont really need it
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Tom J
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also screen is quite bright considering, my other laptop is really dim when it isn't plugged in
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John
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If it's dim when it's not plugged in you have to turn it up a bit
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Tom J
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yes but is still bright considering the battery and the amount of time it lasts for
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Brett
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So, which is "better"?
I'm guessing the Asus is smaller still?
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Tom J
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asus eee is smaller but keys are so close together hard to type, and screen is smaller so you have to scroll horizontally more. battery life worse than the wind. wind has windows, 80gb hdd and the new atom processor whereas the eee, depending on which model has flash memory and linux, and struggles with windows as i think max they have is 20gb hdd. may want to consider the acer aspire one which is out soon aswell
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