I bought this last time that woot sold it (month ago?) on a whim. I like mine a lot for packing around light and taking notes in class but beware that the keyboard on the 900 is tiny ... much smaller than the 10-inch version keyboard, if you haven't played around with any display netbooks. It hurts my hands a bit after an hour or so of work.
Also, the hard drive is small (4 gb) and can cause problems when doing updates on the installed OS. I installed eeebuntu notebook revision and haven't had any problems ... the ubuntu NBR was fine but had some function key layout glitches.
I upgraded mine by slapping a bootable 16GB SDHC (XP sp-3, for netbook). Yes, even I'm using a class-6 SDHC, it's a bit slowwww. Will upgrade to 32 GB SDHC, when its price is right.
ronniiii said: I bought this last time that woot sold it (month ago?) on a whim. I like mine a lot for packing around light and taking notes in class but beware that the keyboard on the 900 is tiny ... much smaller than the 10-inch version keyboard, if you haven't played around with any display netbooks. It hurts my hands a bit after an hour or so of work.
Also, the hard drive is small (4 gb) and can cause problems when doing updates on the installed OS. I installed eeebuntu notebook revision and haven't had any problems ... the ubuntu NBR was fine but had some function key layout glitches.
RE: the keyboard on the 900 is tiny
Use an external keyboard.
tpcool
Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2009 @ 11:52a
>> Does it have a VGA connector port? I hope it does. I plan to connect this one to my LCD monitor and/or HDTV (which has a VGA inp ut). Has anyone tried this? If so, could you share your experience. Thanks
Just checked the specs and pictures attached here. It sure does have a VGA port which is good.
I'm holding out at this price point or lower with webcam.
willy2
Senior Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2009 @ 1:58p
I was referring to the OS, but I didn't really expect an answer, I just couldn't resist... They said the first target was netbooks...
rjbismark
Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2009 @ 2:56p
there is no reason it should not work, the 900a has the atom processor which can run basically all x86 compatible software. but who knows what kind of hardware support google is planning for chrome os...
Bot this when it was slightly cheaper (169.99), replaced it with a Patriot SSD and installed Ubuntu Netbook remix 3.0. Battery lasts 5-6 hrs on a good charge. Kids played frozen bubbles for a good while till the battery died. Very easy to upgrade! Prefer this to the Acer Netbooks which are a b*tch to work on.
kamax
New Member
posted: Jul. 9, 2009 @ 7:08p
yesidonoitall said: ronniiii said: I bought this last time that woot sold it (month ago?) on a whim. I like mine a lot for packing around light and taking notes in class but beware that the keyboard on the 900 is tiny ... much smaller than the 10-inch version keyboard, if you haven't played around with any display netbooks. It hurts my hands a bit after an hour or so of work.
Also, the hard drive is small (4 gb) and can cause problems when doing updates on the installed OS. I installed eeebuntu notebook revision and haven't had any problems ... the ubuntu NBR was fine but had some function key layout glitches.
RE: the keyboard on the 900 is tiny
Use an external keyboard.
why the hell would you use an external keyboard, when the point of having a netbook is mobility?
CheapCheap1 said: I upgraded mine by slapping a bootable 16GB SDHC (XP sp-3, for netbook). Yes, even I'm using a class-6 SDHC, it's a bit slowwww. Will upgrade to 32 GB SDHC, when its price is right. How did you do that? You boot from a memory stick?
kamax said: yesidonoitall said: ronniiii said: I bought this last time that woot sold it (month ago?) on a whim. I like mine a lot for packing around light and taking notes in class but beware that the keyboard on the 900 is tiny ... much smaller than the 10-inch version keyboard, if you haven't played around with any display netbooks. It hurts my hands a bit after an hour or so of work.
Also, the hard drive is small (4 gb) and can cause problems when doing updates on the installed OS. I installed eeebuntu notebook revision and haven't had any problems ... the ubuntu NBR was fine but had some function key layout glitches.
RE: the keyboard on the 900 is tiny
Use an external keyboard.
why the hell would you use an external keyboard, when the point of having a netbook is mobility?
RE: hen the point of having a netbook is mobility Maybe yes, maybe no.... When I take the baby one in the restaraunt, external KB and mouse and my Magic Jack...and a phone.
Why the red? I've been wondering the same thing. Some of my nerdy friends are already drooling over chrome coming out. But the slobber might just be because they're anti-microsoft.
Some FW users just like to give red because they are retards, some might not even know that Chrome is a browser and an OS (which naming them the same is a bit tadry' to me).......
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