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Title: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on September 05, 2008, 10:56:19 PM: They're totally sold out of both Acer and Asus models they carry.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: Vizzys on September 05, 2008, 11:26:21 PM: get an msi wind
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on September 06, 2008, 12:23:59 AM: Screw that. If I'm going to buy online, I'm going to go get me one of those new Dell units.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: Vizzys on September 06, 2008, 12:30:12 AM: hold out for the gigabyte offering, it has a tablet screen
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Post by: The Fake Shemp on September 06, 2008, 12:31:01 AM: Why? $350 for Ubuntu-powered Dell subnotebook sexiness within a month.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: Vizzys on September 06, 2008, 12:33:21 AM: hows the battery life and keyboard, I havent followed the dell offering

I know the aspire one has a shitty 3cell unless you get it at BB/ebay

msi wind has the best keyboard so i read although its a bit overpriced admittedly
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: TVC15 on September 06, 2008, 12:34:35 AM: Hey, Viz, you have an Aspire? Would you recommend it if I got one with a 6 cell? Now that all the big offerings for the year are out, I'd like to jump in.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on September 06, 2008, 12:35:10 AM: Dell's non-extended battery has the most power of all the subnotebooks thus far. Drive space is skimpy and there aren't any extended batteries for sale yet, so points have been docked on that. Build quality is pretty good.

Plus, it'll be using Ubuntu as of October and that should increase battery performance. I tried to get the Aspire One on sale at Best Buy, but the entire region is sold out. Totally disappointing. Oh well.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: Vizzys on September 06, 2008, 12:36:46 AM: no, ive just been reading up on these because i might get one, I have read a lot about the aspires poor battery life though of 2-3 hours, the best buy one comes with a 6 cell which is obviously better
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: TVC15 on September 06, 2008, 12:37:59 AM: Prole has an EEE 900, and that's apparently pretty decent on battery life.

I'm kind of torn between MSI Wind, Aspire, and possibly the Dell E (or whatever its been renamed to).
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on September 06, 2008, 12:38:17 AM: Good luck trying to find one, though.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: TVC15 on September 06, 2008, 12:39:39 AM: Quote from: Willco on September 06, 2008, 12:38:17 AM
Good luck trying to find one, though.

I'll order online.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on September 06, 2008, 12:40:01 AM: Dell Inspiron Mini 9.

The Wind is good but pricy, the Aspire is only good if you can find one at a Best Buy (but good fucking luck) and the Dell is great but you sacrifice HD space and screen size (in comparison to the Wind). But it'll have Ubuntu.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: The Fake Shemp on September 06, 2008, 12:40:15 AM: Quote from: TVC 15 on September 06, 2008, 12:39:39 AM
Quote from: Willco on September 06, 2008, 12:38:17 AM
Good luck trying to find one, though.

I'll order online.

Best Buy is sold out online, as well. New Egg and the like don't have the same particular model for purchase.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: TVC15 on September 06, 2008, 12:42:42 AM: The MSI Wind appears to be the only one difficult to find online.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 06, 2008, 01:22:25 AM: mmmm, my eee 901 is buttsekz
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 06, 2008, 01:55:15 AM: Yeah i've been toying with the idea of a 901, but goddamn my hp tx1000 has been so good.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: Reb on September 06, 2008, 08:03:36 AM: Quote from: Professor Prole on September 06, 2008, 01:22:25 AM
mmmm, my eee 901 is buttsekz

It's on route to my house. :hyper
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: bork on September 06, 2008, 10:24:48 AM: Quote from: Professor Prole on September 06, 2008, 01:22:25 AM
mmmm, my eee 901 is buttsekz

Just bought one today! :hyper It's for the wife but imma be playin' with it too! Upgrading to 2gb RAM was once again a snap. What's the best free anti-virus I should get? Avast?
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: pilonv1 on September 06, 2008, 10:45:01 AM: EEE PC 900 series is awesome
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Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 06, 2008, 12:16:53 PM: why would you buy ANY anti-virus program, it's just wasted resources
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: Reb on September 06, 2008, 12:56:29 PM: I haven't used an anti-virus program for months, after I uninstalled AVG.

No problems if you don't download from random places.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: bork on September 06, 2008, 02:25:54 PM: Quote from: Professor Prole on September 06, 2008, 12:16:53 PM
why would you buy ANY anti-virus program, it's just wasted resources

Quote from: lyte edge on September 06, 2008, 10:24:48 AM
What's the best free anti-virus I should get? Avast?

???

Okay, so what's good to have for protection that isn't a resource hog? I'm not worried about downloading anything...like I said before, it's for my wife.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: DJ_Tet on September 06, 2008, 02:33:14 PM: If it's on sale and sold out, did you ask if they are offering rain checks? If it's just a normal sale they should give you one.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 06, 2008, 03:23:31 PM: my wife uses my pcs all the time, and i've never had virus issues. run windows update regularly and tell her not to download anything random -- or to click on random ads. problem solved.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: Reb on September 06, 2008, 04:07:33 PM: Also use firefox with adblock.
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Post by: pilonv1 on September 06, 2008, 11:40:03 PM: for the EEE PC guys - does it have 1 or 2 slots for ram? I have 2x1gb sticks from upgrading my Asus G1 notebook.
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 06, 2008, 11:41:36 PM: I havent had a virus ive known about since I was like 15, and thats cause I was dumb and download anything from anywhere
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 06, 2008, 11:48:09 PM: the first thing i do whenever i get a new pc is uninstall whatever bullshit virus protection comes pre-installed

i use avast, but i leave it turned off most of the time

i've had a couple of email worms over the years, and a fuckton of spyware, but now i just run ad aware and avast once in a while and haven't had any problems
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: Van Cruncheon on September 07, 2008, 01:44:55 AM: http://www.slashgear.com/asus-n10-launches-749-with-160gb-hybrid-graphics-draft-n-0415354.php -- OMG will buy
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: Vizzys on September 07, 2008, 01:57:19 AM: subnotebook with real grafix??
Title: Re: Are there any brick and mortar stores that sell subnotebooks OTHER than BB?
Post by: pilonv1 on September 07, 2008, 02:36:20 AM: fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

who wants to by my EEE PC 900? :-*