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Just seeking advice from anyone who has one of these.
What is the performance like with the new Atom version?
My daughter is looking to buy one for her partner (a Linux programmer) as an Xmas present, but he doesn't want a hard disk version.
The 1000 is too expensive and too large.
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Looking at this sort of thing this morning with a colleague.
We both decided (if we were buying today) we'd go for an Acer Aspire One with the 1.6Ghz Atom.
I can see why some might prefer the interface of the Eee although the Acer would do me just fine.
Just found an excellent online demo of the Eee interface http://www.honeypothack.com/eee/
The One interface can be seen at the Acer website.
Back to the point 
Performance wise a Celeron 900Mhz vs an Atom 1.6Ghz?
From what I can see in the real world there's going to be little noticable difference with the Atom winning in the benchmarks (apart from Super Pi).
I made my choice on power savings.
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How important is size and battery life?
If battery life is less important, the Acer Aspire One (AA1) at £180 is the best value available.
In standard trim, if battery life is very important the Eee901 is best at 6600mah, but is £100 more expensive.
BIG BUT: Better batteries with the same capacity as the Eee901's are available for the AA1 @ £50-ish and the AA1 has a dedicated memory slot that merges with the onboard volume to increase the storage and has a second slot for swapping cards in.
The AA1 has a better keyboard than the Eee, all things considered, I'm with RiceDG, the AA1 is the One to get.
EDIT: Just to put the cat among the pigeons, what about one of these?
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I 'll talk to her about it.
I must say that I'm very impressed with the Atom (just built a PC usng a miniITX mobo) Gnome on HH runs fine, not sluggish at all (but then it isn't for games or video editing ) 
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EDIT: Just to put the cat among the pigeons, what about one of these?
Ruled out on several counts: hard disk, size, OS.
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wyliecoyoteuk (28/10/2008)
EDIT: Just to put the cat among the pigeons, what about one of these?
Ruled out on several counts: hard disk, size, OS.
OS can be changed for free, screen resolution is much better, optical drive, but yes it's a bit bigger.
I was going to buy a netbook but bought a Core 2 Duo 12" laptop instead, (Asus F9E £400 Ebuyer) don't regret it at all, but horses for courses, you can't beat a netbook for portability.
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Nolan/Planeman had a post on how to get the Aspire One for ~£150, at that price it's a no brainer
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wyliecoyoteuk (28/10/2008)
EDIT: Just to put the cat among the pigeons, what about one of these?
Ruled out on several counts: hard disk, size, OS.
OS can be changed for free, screen resolution is much better, optical drive, but yes it's a bit bigger.
I was going to buy a netbook but bought a Core 2 Duo 12" laptop instead, (Asus F9E £400 Ebuyer) don't regret it at all, but horses for courses, you can't beat a netbook for portability.
Yes, but he wants something small, solid state disk, no optical, the battery life will be poor too, and why buy windows if you don't want it.
Thing is personally, I like the netbook idea, but I have no real need for one. He has a need for a small portable Linux based device, he is employed as a Linux developer.
At least the netbook concept has woken things up in the mobile arena, and the range of options is better than ever.
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hi , had a look at the posting below and thought it a good bargain , any deals u know of, for the uk market?
the post i was refering to
Get a Linux-powered HP Netbook for $299 shipped
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-10076884-58.html
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