knowing my wife, she will use it for facebook, gmail, and skype. Looks like most of the deals are on units with 1GB RAM. I can handle upgrading that though. On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 1:41 PM, Doug Rooney <Doug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I second everything said below, I just purchased the HP Minis for our > sales staff and the love them, yes the keyboards are small, but for on the > road use it is fine. As an everyday use machine, it may not be so good. The > machines I ordered had 160 GB Hard Drive, 2 GB RAM, no optical drive. Also > if it will be used a lot on battery, one must be sure to understand proper > charging, even these modern batteries can get messed up if charged > improperly. > > > > Thank You > > ~Doug Rooney > Sonoma Tilemakers > IT Manager > 7750 Bell Rd. > Windsor Ca, 95492 > (707) 837-8177 X211 > (707) 837-9472 FAX > it@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On > Behalf Of *Evan Mann > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 10, 2010 11:24 AM > *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [THIN] Re: Off Topic: Netbooks > > > > If you’re interested in HD video playback. I like the new HP Mini 210 > because you can get it with an HD screen as an upgrade, 1366x768. And they > offer the Broadcom HD accelerator PCI-E add-in. For general computing, > the 1366x768 screen is a must for me, and that size is not common to find so > much on the 10.1” models. The smaller screen with only 600 lines of > resolution are just not very usable for me personally. > > > > Outside of that, they are all just about the same. The keyboard layout and > comfort with the typing should be a top deciding factor. Make sure you get > something with a 4-6 cell battery (skip 3 cell IMO). And get the new > generation Atom processors , not the original ones. The newer ones are more > energy efficient, so better battery runtime. > > > > *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On > Behalf Of *Greg Reese > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 10, 2010 2:18 PM > *To:* Thin > *Subject:* [THIN] Off Topic: Netbooks > > > > This is waaaaaay off topic, but I am curious what everyone's opinion is > with regard to netbooks. > > > > My wife wants one, and they all seem roughly similar between MSI, Acer, > Lenovo etc. > > > > or are such a commodity item nowadays the point that it really doesn't > matter. >