Re: [PLUG] Hacking the eeePC

[brent timothy saner <brent.saner@gmail.com>]

Brian Vagnoni wrote:

> Consider the HP 2133 as well.
> 
> http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/321957-321957-64295-321838-306995-3687084.html?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
> 

also. hate to beat a dead horse, but the eeepc's a better deal for your
money.

sure, the HP has a bigger screen for the same price*, but check out the
rest of the specs. uhh, a VIA chip? at 400 mhz?? /really/? only 512 mb
ram? a VIA gfx chip? only 4gb SSD?

are you kidding me?


i'm sorry, but overall that's ridiculous. i'll tell you what you're
paying for with that higher pricetag:

-a VERY SLIGHTLY larger screen, which is really kind of negligible for a
sub-notebook in the first place since it really doesn't add much (i'm
not impressed).

-SuSE license, which most of us wouldn't even use anyway. (bulk of the
extra price)

-standard HP markup (other half of the bulk)


overall, not a good deal if you ask me.


*compared to eeepc 8gb models, which run for $499 as well. per
dynamism.com, where i ordered my black galaxy 8gb model.

-- 
brent saner.
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