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Oh wait, wasn't that Palm's original business plan to begin with? I wish Jeff would give up his brain chip pipe dream and start kicking ass and taking names over a Palm and make things go right.

A visual development environment for a smartphone which permits you to develop, test and deploy applications, and all the wailing willies can do is complain that their 1980's development tools aren't supported.

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But let me tell you, Gek, that I'm using a PC that has the "power" of a netbook and it is the kind of torment I would only like to inflict on Republicans and Capitalists. Oh wait -- that's you! Go buy it, big guy! Watch YouTube as slideshows. Have Flash ads bring it to its knees.

First of all, the HAB is a BestBuy-specific 'neutered' model designed to achieve a specific price point & ensure a specific B&M profit margin. As Palmato correctly states, they remove the N280 CPU and go with the older/slower N270 instead (533mhz FSB, .06Ghz slower CPU).

It also gets maybe 1/3 of the battery life of a full 1005HA-P (3-cell vs. 6-cell battery). The HAB also omits Bluetooth and the bundled neoprene pouch case.

Spend $43 more and get this one:
http://www.amazon.com/ASUS-Seashell-1005HA-PU17-BU-10-1-Inch-Netbook/dp/B002P3KMXK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1261495012&sr=8-3
if you insist on an Atom machine---it has Win 7 Starter (still better IMO than the antiquated XP from a security, stability, and overall modernity standpoint), a higher capacity HDD, and a newer/faster CPU. Factor in free shipping w/ Amazon + no sales tax and it's a no-brainer!

PERSONALLY, I would avoid an Atom-based machine entirely and get one of the Intel CULV-based 11.6" machines. Whether it's Diamondville, Silverthorne, or or Pineview, the Atom is very performance-challenged and really only compelling if you are on an ultra-tight budget and/or need to be away from an AC outlet all day and need 9+ hours of runtime.

These are in high demand at the $399.99 MSRP but even for $50 more, it's a steal of a machine. I personally have the SU7300 Core 2 Duo ULV version of this 11.6" Acer and it's probably the best unit I've ever had from a size/price/performance ratio:
http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-1410-2801-Widescreen-CineCrystal/dp/B002PIUYG0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1261495137&sr=8-2

Also, unless you are a hardcore gamer, there's no reason to go with ION + Atom over CULV on the higher end or straight up Atom on the lower end.

Email me if we need to discuss this further.
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Where it doesn't fare so well is decompression of MPEG 4 stored at full DVD quality.

And the CULVs are crap too. I tried one with Win 7 -- launching WordPad(!!!!) took FOUR FREAKIN SECONDS, OK? As crap as my desktop is, it doesn't take THAT long for WordPad!

WTF are you doing looking at FLV pr0n anyway? There's lots in WMV and MPEG. Or so the kidz tell me. Ahem.

"When you succeed with Free, you are going to die by Free. Your best bet is to recognize where you are in your company's lifecycle and maximize your profits rather than try to extend your stay at the top." – Mark Cuban

"Sooner or later, something fundamental in your business world will change." – Andrew Grove

"A strategic inflection point is a time in the life of a business when its fundamentals are about to change. That change can mean an opportunity to rise to new heights. But it may just as likely signal the beginning of the end. Strategic inflection points can be caused by technological change but they are more than technological change. They can be caused by competitors but they are more than just competition. They are full-scale changes in the way business is conducted, so that simply adopting new technology or fighting the competition as you used to may be insufficient. They build up force so insidiously that you may have a hard time even putting a finger on what has changed, yet you know that something has. Let's not mince words: A strategic inflection point can be deadly when unattended to. Companies that begin a decline as a result of its changes rarely recover their previous greatness. But strategic inflection points do not always lead to disaster. When the way business is being conducted changes, it creates opportunities for players who are adept at operating in the new way. This can apply to newcomers or to incumbents, for whom a strategic inflection point may mean an opportunity for a new period of growth." - Andy Grove

"The fact that an automated teller machine could be built has changed banking. If interconnected inexpensive computers can be used in medical diagnosis and consulting, it may change medical care. The possibility that all entertainment content can be created, stored, transmitted and displayed in digital form may change the entire media industry. In short, strategic inflection points are about fundamental change in any business, technological or not. We live in an age in which the pace of technological change is pulsating ever faster, causing waves that spread outward toward all industries. This increased rate of change will have an impact on you, no matter what you do for a living. It will bring new competition from new ways of doing things, from corners that you don't expect. It doesn't matter where you live. Long distances used to be a moat that both insulated and isolated people from workers on the other side of the world. But every day, technology narrows that moat inch by inch. Every person in the world is on the verge of becoming both a coworker and a competitor to every one of us, much the same as our colleagues down the hall of the same office building are. Technological change is going to reach out and sooner or later change something fundamental in your business world." – Andy Grove

give my regards to Oswald.

Flash performance on the original EEE sucks, G, although things must have gotten slightly better since then.

the beauty of netbooks is they're very light and easy to prop open with one hand. xD

this looks interesting too -

Lenovo - IdeaPad Netbook with Intel® Atom® Processor - Black
Model: S10E | SKU: 9648687

Reg. Price:
$249.99
You Save:
$52.99
Sale:
$197.00

http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1765774

http://www.stevenjgarner.com/2009/12/emachines-em250-with-ubuntu-910-netbook.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevenjgarner/4210316233/in/set-72157623061906144/

Acer Black 10.1" Aspire One AOD250-1624 Netbook PC with Intel Atom Processor & Windows 7 Starter Edition

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=12961478#Specifications

for $228 i couldn't resist. that's like a bar bill or a speeding ticket!

what's my best bet for email app? thunderbird? using that now since don't know of better alternatives. no outlook express with win7 which is what i used before.

best wishes all.

The two things your money goes to most!

Oh, you'll be needing a lot of those now. LMAO!

The EEE, even the cheapest 2G SSD version, destroyed the Fooleo in every single spec other than screen size/resolution. It certainly beat it in CPU/GPU speed, RAM, port selection, wireless connectivity etc.

The Fooleo was basically LifeDrive/TX innards blown up to netbook proportions. In fact, I've always maintained that Hawkins & Colligan had some kind of LifeDrive 2 in the works that used SSD for storage. But it eventually likely outgrew the feeble capabilities of Garnet, so the Fooleo project ultimately came about.
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A netbook IS a compromise too, you dimwit.

Distilled squirrel?

Gekko wrote:

what do you mean? what specifically do you disagree with?

Sony was making Netbooks back in 2000. albeit expensive.

And that's precisely the problem with this position. A netbook by my definition is not supposed to be expensive. The whole point of netbooks is that they are cheap because they are designed specifically for web and email use -- hence the name "netbook." Sony made small, expensive general purpose laptops which were made with the exact same chips as any other 2000 era laptop. There was no low power Atom chip designed to minimize battery life in 2000. There were only tiny (by the standards of the era), little VAIO laptops which even the sales drone would concede that "it looks like a toy" which would have meager battery life and would cost at least $500 more than a comparably specced big boy laptop.

The old Sony VAIO laptops were not netbooks then and the MacBook Air is not a netbook today.
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Screw convergence
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Gekko thinks these are Converses?
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What a maroon!

congratulations and good luck.

On the by and by, I come from a military family (Mexican military, then American). My cousins used to say that there were only two good reasons to go into the service: 1.) you want to jump start your life, 2.) you like to blow things up.

http://www.army.com/enlist/bootcamp-what-to-bring.html

The Marines are not quite as liberal:

http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?t=25168

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBXu-iY7cw

You take one suitcase, and yep, no electric shavers. But I've always used a razor anyways... electric shavers seem like an unnecessary expense for something so simple. (Although the price of replacement blades always seem to be going up by ridiculous amounts.)

Gekko: I'm convinced that the Village People are single-handedly responsible for the plummeting recruit numbers of various navies around the globe...

Why A 7-Inch iTablet Makes Sense
http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2009/12/23/why-a-7-inch-itablet-makes-sense/

Poor Gekko. He's being surrounded by Apple Apple Apple Apple.

Gary

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