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Go down to your local Best Buy or Costco and take a look at their floor models. Purchased an after-market 8 cell off eBay and now can get 7.5-8 hours. I read reviews comparing most of the current 10" netbook offerings before deciding on this one and I have not been disappointed.
I did buy the 2GB memory upgrade, but performance was fine with the standard 1GB. One final note: Open Office is compatible with and as easy to use as the MS Office suite. Mine came with a 4 cell battery, which is good for 3.5-4hours.
This netbook has exceeded my expectations. I download a lot of videos for play back on my LCD TV and the image is as sharp and smooth as it is with my Toshiba Centrino notebook. It's also free (donations accepted)
If you're concerned about the keyboard size, it's about 85% the size of a standard notebook keyboard - very easy to get used to. What I wasn't expecting was the performance to be as good as it is.
In fact many prefer its familiarity and efficiency over Vista Home edition.There are three minor issues:1) the reduced size keyboard means a shift key is in an odd spot2) the touchpad proximity means that you'll want to use a mouse most often and disable the touchpad3) the reduced height screen makes some applications a little difficult to useBut these are really minor issues when you consider how inexpensive the PC 1000H is and how lightweight it is. This is a nearly perfect replacement laptop. You might think that you are only going to get a couple of hours from such a small unit but it will run all day on one charge. Not too long ago you could pay a very high premium for a laptop that weighs just two pounds.The battery life and performance are excellent. I picked this up for a friend and nearly kept it for myself. I'd rather run something other than the OS that is on it, but for most people XP Home edition is perfectly fine.
She complained about missing the DVD rom. I paid for $450 three month ago, since I really need it for working in airplane for cross country flight (my Dell D630 is still too big and last only three hours with a $400 9-cell battery). It is hard to compare, since I never use it. But I have heard the Samsung one has a longer battery life and cheaper. The battery last the whole flight, and it does what I need to do. My child use it when I am not traveling.
Touch typing is no problem. Even if the person in front of me on the plane has their seat back down, it's comfy to use. There's only one minor concern -- the up-arrow and the right-shift are in the wrong place, but you can remap the keyboard. This little netbook is amazing. My original thought was to upgrade it to 2GB of RAM, and I may still do it, but it hasn't proven necessary; this running Office and stock analysis software.
Not as powerful or as fast as a big laptop, but suits my needs to pick up e-mail, surf the net, research, plays music and videos,the speaker is not bad for a little thing, but for great sound just plug in headphones. No regrets. Small enough to take along that doesen't weigh you down, but with a screen big enough to see comfortably. You can add an external Hard drive. 5 stars *****---not 2**This is my very first laptop-or netbook-or mini-laptop.
The only drawback is no slot for cd or dvd. I was also originally looking at its smaller brother- the 7 inch screen- but then found this 10 inch big brother. You can get an external one though.I'm very happy with my purchase. 5 stars*****---not 2** Not a loud fan. The one I have has 80 gigabytes of hard drive, bluetooth and wireless wifi which works off my husbands wireless modem and public wifi.
I did alot of research before purchase. Perfect for my needs and gives a whole screen shot. I have had this for 2 months, and have only used less than 40 gigs of memory. My needs were simple. I don't even notice it and I'm bothered by ticking clocks,and sounds like that in the background. It reads e-books just like a sony or kimble, but can do everything a laptop can do as well, just a little bit bigger.
I was originally looking for a kimble reading device--decided a small computer would be more versatile for the same money, and it is. I have the larger 6 cell battery that doesn't really give you 7 hrs of time, more realistically 4-5.
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